There were no attentive ones among us except for four...
There were no attentive ones among us except for four persons – Zayd Bin Harisa in one side from the sides of our soldiers, praying Salat and reciting the Quran; and Abdullah Bin Rawaha in another side, praying Salat and reciting the Quran; and Qatada Bin Al-Nu’man in another side, praying Salat and reciting the Quran; and Qays Bin Aasim in another side, praying and reciting the Quran.
وَ قَيْسُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ فِي جَانِبٍ آخَرَ يُصَلِّي وَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فَخَرَجُوا فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الظَّلْمَاءِ الدَّامِسَةِ وَ رَشَقُونَا بِنِبَالِهِمْ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ بَلَدَهُمْ وَ هُمْ بِطُرُقِهِ وَ مَوَاضِعِهِ عَالِمُونَ وَ نَحْنُ بِهَا جَاهِلُونَ فَقُلْنَا فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا دُهِينَا وَ أُوتِينَا هَذَا لَيْلٌ مُظْلِمٌ لَا يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَتَّقِيَ النِّبَالَ لِأَنَّا لَا نُبْصِرُهَا They came out in the intense darkness of the night and fired their arrows at us.
And it was their city, and they were familiar with its ways and its places, and we were ignorant with these. We said between us, ‘They are cunning with us and coming to us, in the darkness of this night. It is not possible for us to dodge the arrows because we cannot see these coming’.
فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ رَأَيْنَا ضَوْءاً خَارِجاً مِنْ فِي قَيْسِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ كَالنَّارِ الْمُشْتَعِلَةِ وَ ضَوْءاً خَارِجاً مِنْ فِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ كَضَوْءِ الزُّهَرَةِ وَ الْمُشْتَرِي وَ ضَوْءاً خَارِجاً مِنْ فِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَوَاحَةَ كَشُعَاعِ الْقَمَرِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ وَ نُوراً سَاطِعاً مِنْ فِي زَيْدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثَةِ أَضْوَأَ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ الطَّالِعَةِ While we were like that when we saw an illumination coming out from the mouth of Qays Bin Aasim Al-Miqary, like the flaming fire; and an illumination coming out from the mouth of Qatada Bin Al-Nu’man like the illumination of the venues and the Jupiter; and an illumination coming out from the mouth of Abdullah Bin Awaha like rays of the moon in the dark night; and light spread out from the mouth of Zayd Bin Harisa, more illuminating than the emerging sun.
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