So we rode back laden with whatever spoils we desired, while they withdrew in remorse for their defiance.
We pledged to the Messenger of God our solemn covenants, vowing perfect amity,
and when they heard our proclamation they were already thinking, at the first light of alarm, of turning away.

Ibn Hishām relates (1) that ʿAbbās ibn Mirdās al-Sulamī composed the following verses about the Conquest of Mecca (2):
[al-Kāmil metre]
With us in Mecca, on the day Muḥammad opened it, marched a thousand—clearly marked—till the valleys overflowed.
They championed the Messenger and witnessed his signs; their watch-word on the day of encounter was “Advance!”
They held their ground in a tight position where heads lay strewn like earthen jars.
Their hooves had torn up Najd before that day, until even the dark Ḥijāz stood subdued beneath them.
God granted him mastery and humbled his foes; the verdict belonged to the swords, and the press of earnest warriors.
The trunk of leadership stands high, its brow upraised, its mouth gaping wide for every noble deed.

Ibn Hishām (3) also recounts the reason for ʿAbbās ibn Mirdās’s acceptance of Islam. His father had worshipped a stone idol called Dimār, and when death approached he charged his son to look after it. One day, while ʿAbbās was tending the idol, he heard a voice issue from its hollow saying:
[al-Kāmil metre]
“Tell every clan of Sulaym: Dimār has perished and the people of the Mosque now thrive.
The heir to Prophethood and guidance after the son of Mary is a rightly-guided man from Quraysh.
Dimār is gone—he was once adored—before the Book came to the Prophet Muḥammad.”
ʿAbbās thereupon burned Dimār, went to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and entered Islam. The complete story has already been presented in the chapter on “The Voices of the Jinn,” together with similar accounts; to God belong all praise and favor.

After the Conquest the Prophet ﷺ dispatched Khālid ibn al-Walīd to the Banū Jadhīmah of Kinānah. Ibn Isḥāq reports (4): “Ḥakīm ibn Ḥakīm ibn ʿAbbād ibn Ḥanīf told me, on the authority of Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī …”