Ibn Isḥāq (1) said: When God routed the idolaters and delivered them into the hands of His Messenger ﷺ, a Muslim woman cried out:

[rajaz]
God’s cavalry has beaten the cavalry of al-Lāt;
and God is worthier of enduring triumph.

Ibn Hishām added: One of the transmitters of poetry recited to me:

[rajaz]
You have beaten—God’s cavalry—the cavalry of al-Lāt;
God’s horsemen are the ones more entitled to stand firm.

Ibn Isḥāq (2) continued: When Hawāzin broke and fled, the killing within Thaqīf—specifically among the Banū Mālik—was fierce. Seventy of them fell beneath their banner, which had been carried by Dhū al-Khimār. When he was slain, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rabīʿah ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥabīb seized it and fought on until he too was killed.

ʿĀmir ibn Wahb ibn al-Aswad told me that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard of his death he said,

“May God cast him far away, for he used to hate Quraysh.”

Ibn Isḥāq (3), on the authority of Yaʿqūb ibn ʿUtbah, also reported that a Christian slave belonging to this ʿUthmān was killed beside him. A man from the Anṣār came to strip the body and found it uncircumcised, whereupon he shouted at the top of his voice,

“People of Arabia! By God, Thaqīf are uncircumcised!”

Al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah al-Thaqafī said, “I seized his hand, fearing that this report would spread among the Arabs, and said, ‘Do not say that—may my father and mother be your ransom! He is only a Christian slave of ours.’ I then began uncovering the slain for him and said, ‘Do you not see that they are circumcised, as you can plainly observe?’”

Ibn Isḥāq (4) said: The banner of the Aḥlāf was with Qārib ibn al-Aswad. When the army fled he propped his standard against a tree and ran off—he, his cousins, and his clan. Only two men of the Aḥlāf were killed: one of Banū Ghiyara named Wahb, and one of Banū Kubbah named al-Julāḥ.

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed of al-Julāḥ’s death he remarked,

“Today the leader of Thaqīf’s young men has been killed—apart from Ibn Hunaydah,” meaning al-Ḥārith ibn Aws.

Ibn Isḥāq (5) said: al-ʿAbbās ibn Mirdās (6) then composed verses, mentioning Qārib ibn al-Aswad—who had fled from his kinsmen—and Dhū al-Khimār, who remained and led his people to death:

[al-wāfir]
Is there anyone to carry from me a message to Ghailān?
I think the bearer of certain news will soon reach him.