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فنزقا فرسيهما

Hence al-Ribbil and Hammal urged their horses on

قالوا" أن يشد على هذا الفيل

They replied, "To attack this elephant

قال رجلان من بني أسد، يقال لهما الربيل وحمال" يا معشر المسلمين أي الموت أشد

Two men belonging to the Banu Asad, whose names were al-Ribbil and Hammal, said" "O Muslims, which is the most painful death

كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ سَيْفٍ، عن مجالد، عن الشعبي، قال

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—Mujalid—al-Shacbi

وَبَصُرَ بِهِ سَائِسُهُ، فَبَقَرَ أَنْفَهُ وَجَبِينَهُ بِفَأْسِهِ

The el-ephant rider noticed al-Ribbil, however, and slit his nose and fore-head with an axe

وَنَفَحَهُ الرَّبِيلُ، فَأَبَانَ مِشْفَرَهُ

Al-Ribbil struck him and severed his trunk

فَطَعَنَهُ فِي عَيْنِهِ، فَأَقْعَى، ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى

"Hammal" pierced his eye,the elephant sat down on his hindquarters and then stood up

فَانْفَرَدَ بِهِ أُولَئِكَ

These "two Muslims) dealt with the elephant alone

فَاخْتَارَ الضَّرْبَ، فَحَمَلَ عَلَيْهِ حَمَّالٌ وَهُوَ مُتَشَاغِلٌ بِمُلاحَظَةِ مَنِ اكْتَنَفَهُ، لا يَخَافُ سَائِسُهُ إِلا عَلَى بِطَانِهِ

Al-Ribbil chose to strike the trunk, and while the elephant was distracted by those who surrounded him, Hammal attacked him, his rider fearing only for the girth

وَحَمَلَ حَمَّالٌ، وَقَالَ لِلرَّبِيلِ" اخْتَرْ، إِمَّا أَنْ تَضْرِبَ الْمِشْفَرَ وَأَطْعَنُ فِي عَيْنِهِ، أَوْ تَطْعَنُ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَأَضْرَبُ مِشْفَرَهُ

Hammal launched an attack, saying to al-Ribbil" "You have the choice" either strike his trunk and I shall pierce his eye, or you will pierce his eye and I shall strike his trunk

وَوَقَعَ لِجَنْبِهِ، فَقَتَلُوا مَنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ

The elephant fell on his side, and the Muslims killed those who were riding him

فَنَفَحَهُ الْقَعْقَاعُ، فَرَمَى بِهِ

Al-Qa‘qac struck him and threw him down

وَقَبَعَ وَنَفَضَ رَأْسَهُ، فَطَرَحَ سَائِسَهُ وَدَلَّى مِشْفَرَهُ

The elephant roared, shook his head, threw off his rider, and let his trunk hang down

فَلَمَّا خَالَطُوهُمَا اكْتَنَفُوهُمَا، فَنَظَرَ كُلٌّ واحد مِنْهُمَا يُمْنَةً وَيُسْرَةً، وَهُمَا يُرِيدَانِ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَا، فَحَمَلَ الْقَعْقَاعُ وَعَاصِمٌ، وَالْفِيلُ مُتَشَاغِلٌ بِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ، فَوَضَعَا رُمْحَيْهِمَا مَعًا فِي عَيْنَيِ الْفِيلِ الأَبْيَضِ

When they came close to the elephants and surrounded them, each elephant looked right and left, preparing to hit the ground with his feet, and while the elephant was distracted by those around him al-Qaqa‘ and Asim launched an attack and simultaneously pierced the eyes of the white elephant with their spears

وَهُمَا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ، فَفَعَلَ حَمَّالٌ وَالرَّبِيلُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ

Meanwhile, al-Qa‘qa‘ and ‘Asim were intermingling with the Persians, and Hammal and al-Ribbil did the same

فَأَخَذَ الْقَعْقَاعُ وَعَاصِمٌ رُمْحَيْنِ أَصَمَّيْنِ لَيِّنَيْنِ وَدَبَّا فِي خَيْلٍ وَرَجُلٍ فَقَالا" اكْتَنِفُوهُ لِتُخِيرُوهُ

Al-Qacqa‘ and Asim took two solid but flexible spears, moved forward with the horsemen and footmen, and said" "Surround the elephant in order to confuse him

وَكَانَتْ آلِفَةً لَهُ كُلُّهَا، وَكَانَ بِإِزَائِهِمَا

All the elephants were following the scabby one, which was opposite Hammal and al-Ribbil

وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى حَمَّالٍ وَالرَّبِيلِ" اكْفِيَانِي الْفِيلَ الأَجْرَبَ

Sa‘d sent a message to Hammal (b. Malik) and to al-Ribbil (b. Amr), saying" "Take care of the scabby elephant for me

وَكَانَتْ كُلُّهَا آلِفَةً لَهُ، وَكَانَ بِإِزَائِهِمَا

All the elephants were following the white one, which was stationed opposite al-Qacqa‘ and Asim

فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْقَعْقَاعِ وَعَاصِمِ ابْنَيْ عَمْرٍو" اكْفِيَانِي الأَبْيَضَ

Sa'd sent a message to al-Qaqac and Asim, the two sons of ‘Ami; saying" "Take care of the white elephant for me

فَقَالُوا" نَعَمِ، الْمَشَافِرُ وَالْعُيُونُ لا يُنْتَفَعُ بِهَا بَعْدَهَا

They said" "Yes, the trunks and the eyes; when these are gpne, the elephants are of no use

فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنِ الْفِيَلَةِ" هَلْ لَهَا مَقَاتِلٌ

When they came to him, he asked them whether the elephants have vital organs where a wound would cause death (maqatil

وَلَمَّا رَأَى سَعْدٌ الْفِيَلَةَ تُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الْكَتَائِبِ وَعَادَتْ لِفِعْلِهَا يَوْمَ أَرْمَاثَ، أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُولَئِكَ الْمُسِلَمَةِ" ضَخْمٍ، وَمُسْلِمٍ، وَرَافِعٍ، وَعَشَنَّقٍ، وَأَصْحَابِهِمْ مِنَ الْفُرْسِ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا

When Sa'd saw the elephants' driving a wedge between the Muslim units and doing again what they had done on the Day of Armath, he sent for pakhm, Muslim, Rafic, ‘Ashannaq, and their Persian companions who had embraced Islam

كتب إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَطَلْحَةَ وَزِيَادٍ، قَالُوا

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—Muhammad, Jalhah, and Ziyad

فباعه باثني عشر ألفا

Shabr sold "the spoils" for twelve thousand "dirhams

فوافاه بالسلب، فحمد اللَّه سعد وأثنى عليه، ثم قال" إني قد رأيت أن أنحله إياه، وكل من سلب سلبا فهو له

Shabr brought the spoils to Sa‘d, who praised God, glorified Him, and said" "I see fit to give him the spoils; whoever actually takes spoils, they are his

فذبحه وسلبه، ثم أتى به سعدا، فقال" إذا كان حين الظهر فأتني

Then Shabr slew the Persian, took his possessions, and brought the corpse to Sa'd, who said" "Come to me at the time of the noon prayer

فقال" صيحوا ما بدا لكم، فو الله لا أفارقه حتى أقتله وأسلبه

Shabr said" "Shout as much as you like, but by God I shall not leave him until I kill him and plunder his possessions

فجعل أصحابه يصيحون به

Shabr's companions shouted at him

فأقبل عليه وهو يسحب، فافترشه

While the Persian was being dragged, Shabr trampled upon him

ومقود فرسه مشدود بمنطقته، فلما استل السيف حاص الفرس حيصة فجذبه المقود، فقلبه عنه

The halter of the Persian's horse was tied to hisbelt, and when the Persian drew his sword, the horse swerved so that the halter pulled him and overturned him

فلما رآه الفارسي هدر، ثم نزل إليه فاحتمله، فجلس على صدره، ثم أخذ سيفه ليذبحه

When the Persian saw Shabr, he roared, dismounted near him, bore him down, and then sat on his chest and grasped his sword in order to slay him

فلما رأى أنه لا يمنع أخذ سيفه وحجفته، وتقدم

When he saw that no one was preventing him from taking his sword and his shield, he went for-ward

فقال" أما والله لولا أن تزدروني لخرجت إليه

Then he said" "By God, if it were not that you would treat me with contempt, I would go forth to fight him

قد أنصفكم الرجل، فلم يجبه أحد، ولم يخرج إليه أحد

This man has dealt with you fairly, but nobody has responded to him and nobody has gone forth to fight him

فخرج رجل منا يقال له شبر بْن علقمة وكان قصيرا قليلا دميما فقال" يا معشر المسلمين

A man from among us, whose name was Shabr b. ‘Alqamah, and who was short, slender, and ugly, said" "Oh Muslims

لما كان يوم عماس خرج رجل من العجم حتى إذا كان بين الصفين هدر وشقشق ونادى" من يبارز

On the Day of ‘Imas, a Persian went forth, stood between the battle lines, and called out in a sonorous voice" "Who is going to fight me

كَتَبَ إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عن عبد اللَّه بْن المغيرة العبدي، عن الأسود بْن قيس، عن أشياخ لهم شهدوا القادسية، قالوا

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—‘Abdallah b. al-Mughirah al-‘Abdi—al-Aswad b. Qays—their elders who participated in the battle of al-Qadisiyyah

فقال عمرو" أمكنوني من لجامه، فأمكنوه منه فركبه

‘Amr said" "Let me have his reins," and they gave the reins to him and he mounted the horse

فنزل عنه الفارسي، وحاضر إلى أصحابه

The Persian dis-mounted from his horse and hastened to join his companions

وأبصره المسلمون، فغشوه

When the Muslims saw this, they struck him

فالتفت الفارسي إلى عمرو، فهم به

The Persian turned toward ‘Amr and intended to kill him

فحركه الفارسي، فاضطرب الفرس

The rider spurred him on, but the horse was agitated "and did not move

فلما رأى أصحابه، وانفرج عنه أهل فارس أخذ برجل فرس رجل من أهل فارس

When he saw his companions and the Persians disengaged themselves from him, he seized the leg of a Persian soldier's horse

وإن سيفه لفي يده يضاربهم، وقد طعن فرسه

He was fighting them, holding the sword in his hand, his horse having been stabbed

فحملوا حملة، فأفرج المشركون عنه بعد ما صرعوه وطعنوه

They launched an attack, following which the polytheists let ‘Amr b. Ma‘dikarib loose after they had thrown him down and stabbed him

ما أنتم بخلقاء أن تدركوه، وإن فقدتموه فقد المسلمون فارسهم

You are not likely to reach him in time, and, if you lose him, the Muslims will have lost their |choicej horseman

فقال أصحابه" ما تنتظرون

His companions said" "What are you waiting for

فحمل فما انثنى حتى ضرب فيهم، وستره الغبار

He launched an attack, started fighting them without delay, and was kept out of sight by the dust

فإن أدركتموني وجدتموني وفي يدي السيف

When you reach me, you will find me with a sword in my hand

فلا تدعوني أكثر من جزر جزور، فإن تأخرتم عني فقدتم أبا ثور، فإني لكم مثل أبي ثور

Do not leave me alone longer than is necessary to slaughter a camel, for should you be late, you will lose Abu Thawr, and where are you going to find for yourselves again someone like Abu Thawr

إني حامل على الفيل ومن حوله لفيل بإزائهم

I am about to attack the elephant and those who are around it "meaning the elephant in front of the Muslims

كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ سَيْفٍ، عن المقدام الحارثي، عن الشعبي، قال" قال عمرو بْن معديكرب

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—al-Miqdam al-Harithi— al-Sha'bi" ‘Amr b. Ma'dikarib said

وتنجزوا من اللَّه فتح فارس، فإن إخوانكم من أهل الشام قد أنجز اللَّه لهم فتح الشام، وانتثال القصور الحمر والحصون الحمر

Ask God to grant you victory over the Persians, because He has already fulfilled His promise to give your brethren victory over Syria and to wrest "from their enemies" the excellent castles and palaces "there

فانصروا اللَّهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ

Help God, so that He may help you

بعد إذ أنتم يعدو بعضكم على بعض عدو الأسد، ويختطف بعضكم بعضا اختطاف الذئاب

"All this happened" after you had been attacking each other like lions and violently abducting each other like wolves

فأصبحتم بنعمة اللَّه إخوانا. دعوتكم واحدة، وأمركم واحد

By the grace of God you have become brethren. Your call is one and you are united

يا معشر العرب، إن اللَّه قد من عليكم بالإسلام، وأكرمكم بمحمد ص

0 Arabs! God has favored you with Islam and has honored you with Muhammad; may God pray for him and grant him peace

أن قيس بْن المكشوح، قال مقدمه من الشام مع هاشم، وقام فيمن يليه، فقال لهم

Qays b. al-Makshuh said upon his arrival from Syria with Hashim, standing among those who were next to him

كتب إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عن ابى كبران الحسن ابن عقبة

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—Abu Kibran—al-Hasan b. 'Uqbah

وما كان عامة جنن الناس إلا البراذع، براذع الرحال، قد أعرضوا فيها الجريد، وعصب من لم يكن له وقاية رءوسهم بالأنساع

Most of the Muslims were shielded only with saddle cloths across which they fastened leafless palm branches; those who did not have any protection bound their heads with girths

كنا نرى أنه كان على الميمنة

We saw that Hashim b. Utbah was in charge of the right wing

كَتَبَ إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عن عمرو بْن الريان، عن إسماعيل بْن مُحَمَّد، قال

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—'Amr b. al-Rayyan—lama'll b. Muhammad

وكان في الميمنة

Hashim was in the right wing

كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف عن محمد وطلحة وزياد، قالوا

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—Muljammad, Talhah, and Ziyad

فأجال فنزل وترك فرسه، ثم خرج يضربهم حتى بلغ حيث قالوا

He wheeled around, dismounted, left his horse, and went forth hitting the Persians until he reached the place that they mentioned

قالوا" كذا وكذا

They said" "Such-and-such a place

أين ترون سهمي كان بالغا لو لم يصب أذن الفرس

What do you think, where would my arrow have reached if it had not hit the horse's ear

فلما وقف في الناس رمى بسهم، فأصاب اذن فرسه، فقال" وا سوأتاه من هذه

When he stood among the Muslims, he shot an arrow, which hit the ear of his own mare, and said" "What a bad shot it is

فكان لا يقاتل إلا على فرس أنثى، لا يقاتل على ذكر

He always fought on a mare and never on a male horse

قدم هاشم بْن عتبة القادسية يوم عماس

Hashim b. ‘Utbah reached al-Qadisiyyah on the Day of 'Imas

كتب إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عن عمرو بْن الريان، عن إسماعيل بْن مُحَمَّد بْن سعد، قال

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—Amr b. al-Rayyan—Isma'Il b. Muhammad b. Sa'd

كلهم على ما أصابه كان صابرا، وكلما بلغ منهم المسلمون بلغ الكافرون من المسلمين مثله، وكلما بلغ الكافرون من المسلمين بلغ المسلمون من الكافرين مثله

Everybody endured his suffering patiently; whatever the Muslims inflicted upon the infidels, the infidels inflicted upon the Muslims, and whatever the infidels inflicted upon the Muslims, the Muslims inflicted upon the infidels

ولم يكن في أيام القادسية مثله، خرج الناس منه على السواء

Among the battle days of al-Qadisiyyah there was none like this, and the two armies emerged from it equal

كان اليوم الثالث يوم عماس

The third day "of the battle of al-Qadisiyyah" was the Day of ‘Imas

كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ، عَنْ شعيب، عن سيف، عن مجالد، عن الشعبي، قال

According to al-Sari—Shu'ayb—Sayf—Mujalid—al-Sha'bi

فدخلوا مع الناس في صفوفهم

His men joined the Muslim battle lines

فلما دنا تعجل في ثلاثمائة، فوافق الناس وهم على مواقفهم

When he drew near "al-Qadisiyyah", he hastened forward with three hundred men and reached the Muslims when they were in their positions

منهم ابن المكشوح

Ibn Makshuh was among these

قدم هاشم في أهل العراق من الشام، فتعجل أناس ليس معه أحد من غيرهم إلا نفير

Hashim came from Syria with the Iraqis. He hastened forward with men, almost all of whom were from Iraq, except for very few

كَتَبَ إلي السري، عن شعيب، عن سيف، عن جخدب بْن جرعب، عن عصمة الوابلي وكان قد شهد القادسية قال

According to al-Sari — Shu'ayb — Sayf—Jakhdab b. Jar'ab—'I§mah al-Wabili, who took part in the battle of al-Qadisiyyah

قال مجالد" وكان قيس بْن أبي حازم مع القعقاع في مقدمة هاشم

According to Mujalid" Qays b. Abi Hazim was in Hashim's vanguard with al-Qa‘qa

فتعجل في سبعين، فيهم سعيد بْن نمران الهمداني

He hastened with seventy men, among who was Sacid b. Nimran al-Hamdani

قدم هاشم بْن عتبة من قبل الشام، معه قيس بن المكشوح المرادى في سبعمائة بعد فتح اليرموك ودمشق

Hashim b. 'Utbah came from the direction of Syria with seven hundred men after the victories at al-Yarmuk and at Damascus, accompanied by Qays b. Makshuh al-Muradi

فلولا الذي صنع اللَّه للمسلمين بالذي ألهم القعقاع في اليومين وأتاح لهم بهاشم، كسر ذلك المسلمين

If God had not favored the Muslims by inspiring al-Qa‘qa‘ in the two days of battle, and if He had not made things easier for them by the arrival of Hashim, the Muslims would have been routed

وأصبحت عنده للذي لقي بالأمس الأمداد على البرد

He had reinforcements at the postal stations, keeping them "for such an eventuality as" he had faced on the previous day

ولا يكون بينهم نقطة إلا تعاورها الرجال بالأصوات حتى تبلغ يزدجرد، فيبعث إليهم أهل النجدات ممن بقي عنده، فيقوون بهم

When the smallest thing occurred between them, the Persians would shout the information to each other until it reached Yazdagird, and he would send to them the reinforcements that he still had so that the Persians were strengthened by them

وكان يوم عماس من أوله إلى آخره شديدا، العرب والعجم فيه على السواء

The battle on the Day of ‘Imas was heavy throughout the day, the Arabs and the Persians being equal

فكان القتال كذلك، حتى عدل النهار

The battle went on in this manner till the end of daylight

فلم يكن ذلك منهم كما كان بالأمس، لأن الفيل إذا كان وحده ليس معه أحد كان أوحش، وإذا أطافوا به كان آنس

But they did not succeed in doing this as they had done on the previous day, because the elephant is more ferocious when he is alone and there is no one with him; when he is accompanied, he is more gentle

إذا أرادوا كتيبة دلفوا لها بفيل وأتباعه، لينفروا بهم خيلهم

When the Persians wanted to attack a military unit, they moved toward it with an elephant and its escort in order to scare the horses of the Muslims

ومع الرجالة فرسان يحمونهم

The infantrymen were, in turn, accompanied by horsemen, who protected them

وأقبلت الفيلة معها الرجالة يحمونها أن تقطع وضنها

The elephants moved forward, accompanied by infantrymen, who protected them against the possibility of their girths' being cut again

وأصبحوا على مواقفهم

By morning they were in their positions

وقد بات المشركون في علاج توابيتهم، حتى أعادوها

The polytheists spent the night repairing the litters of their elephants and putting them back in place

حتى عاد إلى موقفه، وما زالت مقانبه تطلع إلى الأولى

Hashim then returned to his position, while the groups of horsemen continued to arrive and join the first ones

ثم ضربها حتى بلغت العتيق، ثم ضربها فأقبلت به تخرقهم

Then he hit her until she reached al-Atiq, and he hit her again until she rushed with him and broke through the Persian lines

فنزقها وقد نزع السهم

Having dislodged the arrow, Hashim spurred his mare on

فقيل" العتيق

They said" ""It would have reached" al-cAtiq

أين ترون سهمي كان بالغا

What do you think, where would my arrow have reached