The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 2 of 4

IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMATL IBN KATH~R
We saw that there is no Lord but God, and that the
Messenger of God was making truth plain,
Our light, naked swords were like firebrands that
someone wielded before your eyes,
With them we destroyed their force and they scattered,
and those who were evil met their doom.
Abii Jahl was cast down dead upon his face and I left
Vtba staggering.
Shayba and al-Taymi I left dead in the tumult, and all
of these had disbelieved in Him of the throne,
And so they became fuel for fire in its abode (hell),
and all who disbelieve are moving towards bell.
It will consume them, its 6res stoked with molten
metal and rock.
The Messenger of God had told them to come forward, but
they had turned away, calling him a sorcerer.
All this for a purpose God had willed, that they perish
by it; and there is no diverting any command God decreed."
Ka'b spoke the following verses about the battle of Badr:
"Has it reached Ghassm, in their far-off abode - and
the best to tell of matters are those who know them well -
That Ma'add, cruel in their enmity, their young and
mature alike, have attacked us,
Because we worshipped God, hoping for none but Him and
for the gardens of paradise, when its leader came to us,
A Prophet, a man with a patrimony of honour and
inherited qualities of veracity fed by their roots.
They advanced and so did we, meeting like lions, their
roaring impossible to quiet.
We struck them until they fell in our attacks so that
the greatest of Lu'ayy stank to the nose.
They fled, our sharp swords felling them, and we cared
not whether it be their ancilliaries or their core forces."
Ka'b also spoke the following verses,
"By your father's life, 0 two sons of Lu'ayy, regret
your pride and haughtiness,
Now that your horsemen circled at Badr but did not
persist when the forces met.
We came to it with God's light illuminating and
alleviating from us the obscurity of the shadows,
The Messenger of God leading us with orders from God,
the ultimate decision-maker.
Your horsemen did not gain mastery at Badr and did not
bring back to you any solution,