Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Khdlid ~ : And your name is?
Uriel : The same as the angel of death, Uriel.
Part 1:Damascus
Khdlid ~ (laughing) : 0 enemy of Allah, your namesake is in search of you to send
you to Hell and is therefore remembering you!
Uriel : I ask you in the name of your religion, what did you do with Calius?
Khdlid ~ : He is sitting there with his hands tied behind his back.
Uriel: He brings nothing but disaster. What has stopped you from killing him?
Khdlid ~ : Because I want to kill you two together.
Uriel : Will you accept 1,000 Mithqal (4.4 kg) gold, ten sets of silk clothing and five
horses in exchange for giving me his head?
Khdlid ~ : That is the price of his blood. What is the price of your life?
Uriel (furious) : What will you take?
Khdlid ~ : Your disgraced head as Jizyah!
Uriel : 'Arab brother, the more we respect you, the more you disgrace us and
increase in sarcasm. Prepare for attack.
Khalid ~ blazed like a flame and attacked Uriel who fought back. The two engaged
each other for a considerable time. Uriel was such a warrior that his exploits were
recited by every Syrian child. He said, "I take oath by my religion! If! wish to, I can
capture you, but out of mercy I will make peace with you and your army. It is better
that you voluntarily hand yourself over to me so that everyone sees you captured."
Khdlid ~ : 0 enemy of Allah, you entertain such hopes when this is the group which
conquered Palmyra, Hawran, Sakhnah and Busra, who sold their lives to Allah in
exchange for Paradise, who have chosen the Permanent Abode above the temporary
abode and who have preferred the Hereafter over the world. Now you will find out
which of the two of us will conquer his enemy and his enemy's territories and enforce
his law therein.
He then increased the intensity of his combat and employed such tactics that
confounded the enemy and, instead of speaking of capture, now began sweating and
so said in a flattering tone, "'Arab brother, why do you joke like this?"
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