Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth

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b. Qays b. 'Adiy b. Sad b. Sahm; Hishiim b. al-'A~ b. Wii'il b. Sa'd b.
Sahm (197); Qays b. Hudhiifa; ... Abu Qays b. al-J:liirith; ... 'Abdullah
b. Hudhiifa ... al-Harith b. al-J:larith; ... Mamar b. al-J:larith; ..
Bis}~r b. al-Harith .. '. and a brother of his from a Tamimite mother called
SaId b. 'A~r; Said b. al-I~arith; ... al-Sii'ib b. al-J:larith; ... 'Umayr b.
Ri'ab b. Hudhayfa b. Muhashshim; ... Mal,1miya b. al-Jaza', an ally of
theirs from B. Zubayd. Fourteen men.
E. 'Adiyy b. Kab: Ma'mar b. 'Abdullah; ... 'Urwab. 'Abdu'l-'Uzza; ...
'Adiy b. NadIa b. 'Abdu'l-Tzza... and his son al-Nu'miin; 'Amir b.Rabl'a,
an ally of the family of al-Khagab from 'Anz b. Wa'il with his wife Layla.
Five.
B. 'Amir b. Lu'ayy: Abu Sabra b. Abu Ruhm ... with his wife Umm
Kulthum d. Suhayl b. 'Amr; ... 'Abdullah b. Makhrama b. 'Abdu'!­
'Uzza; 'Abdullah b. Suhayl ... Sali; b. 'Amr b. 'Abdu Shams ... and his
brother al-Sakriin with his wife Sauda d. Zama'a b. Qays b. 'Abdu Shams;
.•. Malik b. Zama'a b. Qays ... with his wife 'Amra d. al-Sadl b.
Waqdiin b. 'Abdu Shams; ... J:lii;ib b. 'Amr b. 'Abdu Shams; ... Sa'd b.
Khaula an ally of theirs. Eight persons (I98).
B. al-J:larith b. Fihr: Abu 'Ubayda b. al-Jarriil,1 who was 'Amir b.
'Abdullah b. al-Jarral,1; ... Suhayl b. Bay'W who was Suhayl b. Wahb
b. Rabl'a b. Hilal b. Uhayb b. l;:>abba ... (but he was always known by his
mother's name, she being Dad d. Jal,1dam b. Umayya b. Z:arib b. al­
J:larith ... and was always called Bay~a'); 'Amr b. Abu Sarl,1 b. Rabl'a ...
'Iyii~ b. Zuhayr b. Abu Shaddad b. Rabl'a b. Hilal b. Uhayb b. l;:>abba b.
al-J:Hirith; but it is said that this is wrong and that Rabi'a was the son of
Hilal b. Malik b. l;:>abba; and 'Amr b. al-J:larith; ... 'Utl,1man b.
'Abdu Ghanm b. Zuhayr; and Sad b. 'Abdu Qays b. Laql; ... and
his brother al-J:larith. Eight persons.
The total number of those who migrated to Abyssinia, apart from the
little children whom they took with them or \Vere born to them there, was
eighty-three men if 'Ammar b. Yasir was among them, but that is doubtful.
The following is an extract from the poetry which has been written in
Abyssinia by 'Abdullah b. al-J:larith b. Qays b. 'AdlY b. Sa'd b. Sahm. They
were safely ensconced there and were grateful for the protection of the
Negus; could serve God without fear; and the Negus had shown them
every hospitality.
a rider, take a message from me
To those who hope for the demonstration of God and religion, I
To everyone of God's persecuted servants,
Mistreated and hard tried in Mecca's vale,
Namely, that we have found God's country spacious,
Giving security from humiliation, shame and low-repute,
So do not live a life in humiliation
I This seems to be an allusion to the last verse of Sura 14.
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And shame in death, not safe from blame.
\Ve hav~ followed the apostle of God, and they
H.a:-·c reJccte~ the words of the prophet, and been deceitful. I
VlSIt thy pumshment on the people who transgress
And protect me lest they rise and lead me astray.