The Battle of Qadisiyyah by Abdul Malik Mujahid

Iranians. The victory came after a long fight and ferocious
upheaval. The Muslims were also well armed but the
enemy confronted the Muslims with a powerful and huge
army that no eye had ever seen before. From the Muslims,
Sa' d bin Ubayd, the Qur' an reader, and many others were
martyred whose real number is known to Allah alone.
When night fell, they used to recite the Qur' an plentifully
in the loneliness of the night. These fighters were such
lions that real lions did not resemble them. Those who
survived are also fortunate, their status is unequalled; but
those w ho were martyred are superior to them by virtue
of their martyrdom."
Sayyidana Umar Al-Faruq ~ was so deeply interested
in the outcomes of this consequential campaign that
he used to get the most recent information about Al­
Qadisiyyah from every caravan that came to Madinah.
He used to go outside the gates of Madinah early in
the morning, to see if he could, by chance, meet some
messenger from the battlefield. He would then return
before midday. So it was significant, and a blessing,
when he went out that day when a camel-rider arrived
outside the city bearing the good news of the victory at
Al-Qadisiyyah.