She saw the enemies gleeful...
She saw the enemies gleeful, with their misery pleased, She saw how with her brother they dealt every foul deed.[^23] Zajr Ibn Qays came to them and shouted at them to leave as he kept whipping them. Others surrounded them and mounted them on camel humps.[^24] Zainab the wise rode her own she-camel. She recollected the days of lofty honour and inviolable prestige, guarded by fierce and honourable lions of ‘Abd al-Muttalib's offspring, surrounded by anxious swords and polished spears.
And she was surrounded by servants who would not enter without her…
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