Ibn Isḥāq relates (1): Abū Qays Ṣirmah ibn Abī Anas also composed the following verses, recalling the favor Allah bestowed upon the Anṣār through Islam and the distinction He granted them by sending His Messenger ﷺ to them:

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He dwelt among Quraysh for thirteen seasons of Pilgrimage,
Constantly reminding them—if only a willing friend would listen.
He offered himself to every crowd that gathered for the rites,
Yet found no sheltering patron, no one to give him refuge.
But when he reached us and destiny allowed him rest,
He woke in Ṭaybah joyful, content and reassured.
He found a loyal friend and the pangs of distance calmed;
Allah’s help appeared to him, clear and manifest.
He recounts to us what Noah said to his people,
And what Moses said when he answered the heavenly call.
He now fears no man at all—
Neither one who is near nor one who is distant.
We offered him our wealth, lawful and pure,
And our lives in battle, sharing every hardship.
We treat as enemy whoever shows him enmity, from all mankind—
Even were that foe a loved one who once consoled us.
We know that none but Allah exists,
And that the Book of Allah has become our guiding light.
I say, whenever I pray in every sanctuary:
“By Your mercy, do not grant our enemies dominance over us.”
I say, whenever I cross a land that strikes with fear:
“Blessed is the Name of Allah; You are our Protector.”
So tread the earth with caution—death lies in many a place,
And you cannot keep your own soul alive forever.
By Allah, a youth knows not how his striving will fare
Unless Allah appoints for him a guardian.
And the once-parched date-palms care nothing for their owner
When they have drunk their fill and he goes on his way.

Ibn Isḥāq and others preserved these lines. ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr al-Humaydī and others transmitted them from Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd al-Anṣārī, from an elderly woman of the Anṣār who said: “I saw ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās visiting Ṣirmah ibn Qays, narrating these verses.” Al-Bayhaqī recorded it (7).

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Medina, too, was ennobled by his ﷺ migration to it, becoming a refuge for Allah’s allies and His righteous servants.