(1)
We pressed on past al-Rukn of Wurqān, and we sped by al-ʿArj, hailing every settled quarter we met.
(2)
We skirted al-Ḥily without even tasting its water, and we wrestled with Marr through a long, unbroken night.
(3)
We drew the mares close to their foals, hoping thereby to hush their neighing.
(4)
Then, once we reached Mecca, we made its men lawful spoil, tribe after tribe.
(5)
We traded with them the keen edge of swords, and at every turn we snatched away the blood-money;
With iron-hard maces we battered them, kneading them as a mighty victor kneads the abject weak;
We slew Khuzaʿah in its very abode, and Bakr we struck down, generation after generation;
We drove them from the king’s land, never again to set foot on level ground;
Their captives were left in iron, and from every clan our long-nursed rancor was satisfied.
Ibn Isḥāq said:
(6) When Rizāḥ returned to his homeland, God granted offspring to him and to Ḥunn alike, and they are the two clans of ʿUdhrah to this day.
Ibn Isḥāq also said:
(7) Concerning the matter Qusayy ibn Kilāb recited:
[Wāfir]
I am the son of the guardians, the sons of Lu’ayy;
in Mecca lies my dwelling, and there I was reared.
To the vale of al-Baṭḥāʾ—all Maʿadd bears witness—
I came, and its broad stretches I embraced, well pleased.
I shall not be deemed victorious unless the sons of Qaydar
and Nabīt strike lasting roots within its bounds. (8)
Rizāḥ is my supporter—through him my name endures;
so long as I live, I shall never fear oppression.
(9) Al-Umawī reported, through al-Athram, from Abū ʿUbaydah, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥafṣ, that Rizāḥ did not arrive until after Qusayy had expelled Khuzaʿah. God knows best.