And finally you returned in abjectness And failed in your...

And finally you returned in abjectness And failed in your vengeance and gained no victory! Midwives say that Hind gave birth to a bastard son." 42 Other poems have been composed with a different rhyme on this subject, and they are quoted in his poetical work as follows: "Whose is this child who has fallen on a corner of the earth in the land of al- Batha'? A child who is abandoned without a cradle in the dust? A young beautiful and free woman gave birth to him.

She went wailing to her lover; as-Sabbah. O Hind! How enraged you are! A respectable woman who used the best perfume of India to make herself sweet-smelling! How like his mother is this child! But the likeness to a black father with curly hair; as-Sabbah, is much greater. That vile woman showed unruliness, abstained wholly from quoting it, or quoted only the necessary part, or they altered it completely. Among such writers are Ibn Hisham at-Tabari and al-Bukhari.

This painful story is a long one in the history of Islam, and we will make some references to it in future. 42. Hassan's poetical works 87 printed Europe, and at-Tabari 2/525-526 printed Dar al-ma'arif, and Description of Hassan's poetical works 229-230 printed Egypt, and al-Aghani 14/16-21 published by Sasi.

For, rebellion was a constant habit with her, As well as taking a bone between her teeth and biting it." 43 In another biting and satirical poem, Hisham describes Hind in the following manner: "Whose are those children that have fallen in the desert, Rubbing their feet on the desert of Ajyad? Fangs of labor overcame her, And then she gave birth to her child, While she had no midwife, But beasts of the wild and jinn of the desert!

Among the abandoned babies fallen in the desert There is one whose mother is of high lineage. That woman said weekly in her travail: O, that I had been a camel-driver, And would not be involved with this condition!

They abandoned this child in the dust and went away, While that woman's father and uncle Were the Sheikhs and chiefs of the tribe." 44 Ibn Hisham, the well-known biographer, quotes about thirty and a few more odes from the Muslims and infidels about the battle of Uhud in which the savage acts of Hind and Abu Sufyan are recorded.45 Abu Sufyan as leader in the battle of al-Khandaq The Quraysh proceed towards the battle of al-Khandaq while Abu Sufyan was their leader.