O best of all who ever mounted a beast or strode upon the earth when souls are reckoned!
We have fulfilled the pledge you bound upon us while the horses, reined by warriors, ground their bits.
From every slope of the valley of Buhthah there poured a host before whom the mountain passes quaked,
until, at dawn, we reached the people of Mecca in a single steel-grey column led by a lion-hearted chief.
Each rider was a formidable man of Sulaym, white, close-linked mail and lofty helmets flashing above him.
He drenches his spear whenever he ventures into the fray; you would think him a lion when his brow grows grim.
He breaks upon the squadron, banner aloft, a keen blade in his hand that cleaves the densest ranks.

At Hunayn a thousand of our men stood faithful—a stalwart reinforcement granted to the Messenger.
They formed a living shield before the believers, though the sun that day blazed down upon them.
We advanced, guarded by the Almighty’s protection; whom God guards is never lost.
We were detained by deeds of valor in a confinement God approved—and what an excellent confinement it was!
On the morning of Autās we delivered a charge that checked the enemy, and the cry went up: “Hold them!”
Hawāzin appealed to kinship with us, yet the breast they offered was milkless, dry.
We left their host as though it were a herd of wild asses, mauled in turn by ravenous beasts.

He also said:

Who will tell the nations that Muhammad, wherever he turns, is God’s true Messenger?
He called upon his Lord and sought help from God alone; God fulfilled His promise and bestowed His favor.
We journeyed by night and met Muhammad at Qudayd, he leading us under a command firmly decreed by God.
They doubted us at dawn until the light revealed—beside the breaking day—youths and seasoned men, well arrayed.
Mounted on horses, our mail strapped tight, and on foot we stood, a bulwark against the onslaught.
If you ask about the nobles of the clan, they are Sulaym, and among them are those who were spared.
And troops of the Anṣār never abandon him; they obey and never disobey, not even with a word.
Should you appoint Khālid over the people and set him forward, he has already advanced,
with an army guided by God, whose commander you are, through which you strike, in justice, the one most prone to wrong.