Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Part 3: Al - Yarmuk
'Ubddah ~ : 0 Jabalah, do you not know how we confronted their great armies at
Ajnadayn and other places? Allah helped us and their tyrant flees from us. So now
we know that whatever you can throw at us will be quite easily handled. We fear
none that comes against us. We have tasted the blood of Rome and find nothing
sweeter. 0 Jabalah, I invite you to the Din of Islam. Enter together with your people
into our Din. That will bring you honour in this world and the next. Stop being a
servant to that Christian of Rome for whose sake you are destroying yourself. You
are one of the leaders and kings of the' Arabs. Our Din is such that its start is so clear
and the end is as clear as the start. Follow the way of those who follow the Truth and
are true to it. Say - There is no deity but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
o Allah convey salutations and peace on him, his family and his S-anabah.
Jabalah (angry) : I will never abandon my faith.
'Ubddah ~: So if you insist on remaining on your Disbelief, then beware of meeting
me at the first clash, for it will be most severe. If the blades of our swords reach you
there will be no escape. Leave us to deal with the Romans for they are insignificant
to us. If you are going to stay in this state then the same fate will befall you as will
befall the Romans.
Jabalah (even more angry) : How dare you try to scare me with your swords! We are
'Arabs like you are 'Arabs. Men like you.
'Ubddah ~ : We are well aware that you came to trick us and spy on us. We are most
certainly not alike. Woe unto you! We are firm in our battle, taking our Rabb as one.
We follow the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad. Behind us is an army which
conquers all lands leaving them desolate.
Jabalah : I know of no army behind you besides that little one. Who is there to help
you besides them?
'Ubddah ~ : By Allah! You lie, 0 Ibn al-Ayham. Behind us is an army of great
warriors who regard death as a blessing and life as a burden. Each one of them is
enough to take on an entire army. Woe unto you! Have you forgotten 'Ali and his
strength; 'Umar and his sternness; 'Uthman and his generosity; al-'Abbas and his
great build; az-Zubayr and all the other Muslim horsemen from Makkah, a!-Iaif,
Yaman and other places?
Jabalah : 0 cousin, I had come solely as a well-wisher, even if you deny this, and
ask your people to accept peace.
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