The Story of the People of Afrūliyya

Antonius said, “Had we shown true resolve, we would have been like the people of Afrūliyya.” They asked, “And how was that?” He replied, “The king of Asqūliyya once dispatched an expedition to Afrūliyya. The voyage by sea took sixty nights, and all the while the troops had no food or water except what they themselves had brought along.”