Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth
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The LIfe <strong>of</strong> <strong>Muhammad</strong><br />
Vle smote men with our sharp s\vords<br />
Until they flocked to his religion<br />
And \ve begat the greatest <strong>of</strong> Quraysh. I<br />
We bcgat the prophet <strong>of</strong> good <strong>of</strong> Hashim's line.<br />
Do not boast, 0 Banil Darim, for your boast<br />
\Vill turn to shame when noble deeds are mentioned.<br />
Curse you, would you boast against us<br />
When you are our servants, half wet-nurses and half slaves?<br />
If you've come to save your lives and property<br />
Lest they be divided as booty,<br />
Then give not God an equal and embrace Islam<br />
And do not dress like foreigners.<br />
881. There is another verse which we have omitted because it is obscene.<br />
882. Another version is '0 boil like the boils <strong>of</strong> a camel and death in the<br />
house <strong>of</strong> a Saluli woman!'<br />
883. Zayd b. Aslam from 'Ata' b. Yasar from 1. 'Abbas said: God sent down<br />
concerning 'Amir and Arbad: 'God knows what every female carries, what<br />
the wombs keep small and what grows larger' as far as the words 'and they<br />
have no friend against Him.' He said, 'The mu'aqqibiit are those who "by<br />
God's order" protect <strong>Muhammad</strong>.' Then He mentioned Arbad and how<br />
God killed him and said 'And He sends thunderbolts and He smites whom<br />
He will' as far as the words 'powerful in device' (13. 9-14).<br />
884. His verse '\Vho spoiled the spoiler' is on the authority <strong>of</strong> Abu 'Ubayda<br />
and his verse 'Liberal when times were bad' has not 1.1.'s authority.<br />
885. The last verse has not I.I.'s authority. [It is to be found in Die Gedichte<br />
des Labid, ed. C. Brockelmann, Leiden, 1891, p. 2, with some variants.]<br />
886. These tv.'o verses are part <strong>of</strong> a larger poem <strong>of</strong> his [cd. Chalidi, pp. 15 f.]<br />
887. al-Jarud b. Bishr b. al-Mu'alla was in the deputation. He was a<br />
Christian.<br />
888. Another report is that he said, 'I am done with him who does not<br />
pronounce the shahiida.'<br />
889. Musaylima b. Thumama surnamed Abu Thumama.<br />
890. Or al-l;Iaushiya [in Najd].<br />
891. Malik b. I:Iarim al-Hamdani was the leader on that day.<br />
892. ,The first verse and the words 'If we conquer' are from someone other<br />
than 1.1. [It is not cited by T., a fact which might perhaps indicate that it<br />
was added by an interpolator.]<br />
893. Abu"Ubayda quoted me the line thus: 'Hoping for its welfare and the<br />
praise <strong>of</strong> it.'<br />
• 1 Through the prophet's great-grandmother. v.s.<br />
Ibn Hz"sham's Notes<br />
894· Abu 'Gbayda recited the verse to me thus:<br />
I gave you an order on the day <strong>of</strong> Dhu $an'a'.<br />
I ordered you to fear God, to come to Him and accept His promise<br />
But you were like a little donkey ,<br />
\Vhose lust beguiled him away.<br />
He did not know the rest <strong>of</strong> the poem. [Five more verses are given by T<br />
(1733 f.).] ..<br />
895· The word bithafn' is on Abu 'Ubayda's authority.<br />
8.9 6 . AI-Ash'ath was a SOn <strong>of</strong> 'the cater <strong>of</strong> bitter herbs' on his mother's<br />
sIde._ !he eater,s_ ",~ere al-I:-Iarith b. 'Amr b. I:-Iujr b. 'Amr b. l\lu'awiva b.<br />
al-I:Ianth ~. l\Iu a~""lya b. Thaur b. .l.VIuratti' b. .l.VIu'a\....iya b. Kindi or Kinda.<br />
He was gIven thIS name because 'Amr b. al-Habula al-Ghassani raided<br />
them when al-I:Iarith was ~way and plundered and took captives. Among the<br />
!atter was Umm Unas ~. Auf b. l\Iul)allam al-Shaybani, wifc <strong>of</strong> al-Harith b.<br />
:un~' On the way she saId to 'Amr: 'l\lethinks I sec a black man with'blubber<br />
lIps lIke those <strong>of</strong> a camel eating bitter herbs who has seized thy neck' .<br />
I H- . h S h " meaning<br />
a - . ant. 0 e was called 'the eater <strong>of</strong> bitter herbs'. 1\.1urar arc plants<br />
~hen al-I:Lir~thfollo,":ed ~im with B. Bakr b. \Va'il, overtook him and killed<br />
hIm and deltvered hIS \\flfe, and what he had seized. AI-H,'irith b HT<br />
aI-Yashkuri said to 'Amr b. al-l\Iundhir who was 'Amr b. i-lind al-Lak~~~~<br />
~e .forced you, lord <strong>of</strong> Ghassan, to pay for (killing) I\lundhir<br />
\\ hIIe the blood that was shed could not be measured, ,<br />
because al-!:Iarith. al-A'raj al-Ghassani had killed his father al-l\lundhir.<br />
The verse ~ccurs In ~~ odc <strong>of</strong> his. This story is too long for me to relate as<br />
! have avoI~~d'prohxlt~. Some .say the eater <strong>of</strong> bitter herbs \vas I:Iujr b.<br />
Amr b. ~u aWlya :\'ho IS the ~ubJect <strong>of</strong> this story, and got the name because<br />
he and hIS companIOns ate thIS herb on this raid.<br />
897. THE COMING OF THE DEPUTATIO:".~ OF HAMD.i.~<br />
~ccording to ,",,:hat ~ trush-vo~hy a~thorit? tol(~ me from 'Ann b. 'Abdullah<br />
. Udhayna al- Abdl fro~ Abu IsI:wq al-Subay 1::l deputation from I-Iamd,ln<br />
among v.'hom \vere lVIiihk b. Namat, and Abu Thaur Dhu'!-I\'II·S)l'·- d<br />
M-n b A ' ' . - - dr, an<br />
a 1 _ .. ~ yla, and I)lmam b. :I\Ialik al-Salm,inl, and 'Amira b. I\-IaIik<br />
al-Khanfl<br />
b<br />
came and met the apostle on his return from Tabu-k<br />
., weanng<br />
.<br />
TO es <strong>of</strong> Ya:nan cloth, and, turbans <strong>of</strong> Aden, with wooden saddles on 1\-lahri<br />
a?d ArJ:tabl camels. Maltk b. Namat and another man were the rajaz<br />
sIngers <strong>of</strong> the people, one <strong>of</strong> them saying:<br />
Hamdan has the best <strong>of</strong> princes and <strong>of</strong> subjects'<br />
It has no equal in the universe.<br />
'<br />
High is its position, and from it come<br />
Warriors and chiefs! with goodly wealth therein.<br />
A.Dh. is \\Tong in saying that this word (dka-l) means 'what kings take from their<br />
subjects'. See Lane.