I am a petal of grass in thy hands...

I am a petal of grass in thy hands, What do I know where will I fall; Whether I am Hilal (moon) or Bilal, I am fan of thy sun; Why should moon worry about sorrow and grief, It runs after the sun like its shadow; Rivers have emerged into ferocious flood, They have left themselves to the mercy of love, Ever rotating like the stone of the grinding mill, ( 75 ) Night and day they are rotating and wailing anxiously, Another instance: - Islamic historians describe a famous tragedy in the early days of Islam as Ghuzwa-i-Raji, and the day of that tragedy has been named as 'Day of Raji".

It is an inspiring story: Some people of the tribe of 'Azal and Qara, who were obviously in league with Qureish and had settled near Mecca, in the third year of Hijra came to the Prophet and said, "A section of our tribe has embraced Islam. Kindly send a deputation of Muslims so as to teach us the meanings of the faith and instruct us in the Quran, the rules and the fundamentals of Islam". The Prophet sent six of his companions for this purpose along with them.

He appointed Mursad bin Abi Mursad or 'Asim bin Sabit as the leader of the deputation. The deputies of the Prophet accompanied that band who had arrived in Medina, and left for their abode. When they reached near the habitation of the tribe of Hozail, they encamped. The companions of the Prophet were taking rest that all of a sudden a group of the tribe of Hozail, with swords in their hands, emerged like lightning and attacked them.

It transpired that the band, which had come to Medina, had initially evil designs and that when they reached this point they changed their mind and out of greed they conspired with the tribe of Hozail. They gave these six persons in captivity to the tribe of Hozail. When the companions of the Prophet got aware of this conspiracy, they rushed to their arms and prepared themselves for defence.

But the people of Hozail swore that they did not want to kill them and that their object was to sell them to Meccans so as to get money from them. They said that even now they would promise not to kill them. Three persons from amongst the captives, including 'Asim bin Sabit, said, "We will never accept the promise of the infidels". They fought to death. But the other three persons, namely, Zaid bin Dosna, Khobaib bin 'Adi and Abudllah bin Tariq showed weakness and surrendered.

The people of Hozail tied them fast in strong ropes and left towards Mecca.