1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:15,259 --> 00:00:18,260 Mawaddah Association is pleased 3 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:22,260 to present to you vignettes from the lives of the Companions 4 00:00:22,260 --> 00:00:25,260 by 'Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha, 5 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:27,289 may Allah have mercy on him. 6 00:00:27,289 --> 00:00:33,049 Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him. 7 00:00:45,460 --> 00:00:51,570 Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud possessed a sharp, vigilant heart, 8 00:00:51,570 --> 00:00:53,570 brilliant intellect, 9 00:00:53,570 --> 00:00:55,570 and exceptional resourcefulness—entering and exiting tricky situations with ease. 10 00:00:55,570 --> 00:00:58,570 No dilemma could impede him, nor could any problem defeat him. 11 00:00:58,570 --> 00:01:03,570 He exemplified the desert bedouin with all the sound intuition Allah had bestowed upon him, 12 00:01:03,570 --> 00:01:06,569 alongside quick wit and deep cunning. 13 00:01:06,569 --> 00:01:10,569 However, he was a man given to youthful indiscretions and a companion of pleasure, 14 00:01:10,569 --> 00:01:14,569 both of which drew him most strongly to the Jews of Yathrib. 15 00:01:14,569 --> 00:01:20,569 Whenever his soul yearned for a songstress or his ear craved the sound of a lute, 16 00:01:20,569 --> 00:01:23,569 he would pack his saddlebags and set out from his people's dwellings in Najd, 17 00:01:23,569 --> 00:01:26,569 heading straight toward Medina, 18 00:01:26,569 --> 00:01:29,569 where he spent his wealth generously upon its Jewish inhabitants 19 00:01:29,569 --> 00:01:32,569 so that they, in turn, would lavish pleasure upon him even more generously. 20 00:01:32,569 --> 00:01:37,569 Consequently, Nu'aym frequented Yathrib often 21 00:01:37,569 --> 00:01:40,569 and maintained close ties with its inhabitants, 22 00:01:40,569 --> 00:01:42,569 particularly Banu Qurayzah. 23 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:48,599 When Allah honored humanity by sending His Messenger with the religion of guidance and truth, 24 00:01:48,599 --> 00:01:51,599 and the mountain passes of Mecca shone with the light of Islam, 25 00:01:52,599 --> 00:01:56,599 Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud was still giving free rein to his desires. 26 00:01:56,599 --> 00:02:00,599 Thus, he turned away from the new faith with utter aversion, 27 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:04,599 fearing it would come between him and his pleasures and delights. 28 00:02:04,599 --> 00:02:10,599 Soon, however, he found himself driven to join the fiercest enemies of Islam, 29 00:02:10,599 --> 00:02:14,599 compelled to unsheathe his sword against it. 30 00:02:14,599 --> 00:02:16,819 Yet Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud 31 00:02:16,819 --> 00:02:22,819 opened a new chapter for himself in the history of the Islamic da'wah on the Day of the Trench (al-Ahzab). 32 00:02:22,819 --> 00:02:28,819 Upon this page, he penned one of the most marvelous stories of stratagem in war— 33 00:02:28,819 --> 00:02:34,819 a story that history continues to recount with immense awe at its tightly woven chapters 34 00:02:34,819 --> 00:02:37,819 and admiration for its sharp, intelligent hero. 35 00:02:37,819 --> 00:02:40,819 To grasp the full story of Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud, 36 00:02:40,819 --> 00:02:44,819 you must step back a little in time. 37 00:02:44,819 --> 00:02:47,819 Shortly before the Battle of the Trench, 38 00:02:47,819 --> 00:02:51,819 a faction from the Jewish tribe of Banu al-Nadir in Yathrib rose up, 39 00:02:51,819 --> 00:02:58,819 and their leaders began mobilizing the confederate factions to wage war against the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and eliminate his religion. 40 00:02:58,819 --> 00:03:01,819 They came to Quraysh in Mecca, 41 00:03:01,819 --> 00:03:04,819 inciting them to fight the Muslims 42 00:03:04,819 --> 00:03:08,819 and pledging to join forces with them upon their arrival in Medina, 43 00:03:08,819 --> 00:03:11,819 setting a firm, unalterable appointment for that purpose. 44 00:03:12,819 --> 00:03:15,819 They then left them and set out for Ghatafan in Najd, 45 00:03:15,819 --> 00:03:18,819 stirring them up against Islam and its Prophet 46 00:03:18,819 --> 00:03:22,819 and calling on them to eradicate the new religion from its roots. 47 00:03:22,819 --> 00:03:26,819 They disclosed to them what had been agreed upon between themselves and Quraysh, 48 00:03:26,819 --> 00:03:29,819 pledged to them the same commitments, 49 00:03:29,819 --> 00:03:32,819 and informed them of the agreed-upon date. 50 00:03:32,819 --> 00:03:36,819 Quraysh thereupon marched out from Mecca in their entirety, 51 00:03:36,819 --> 00:03:38,819 with all their cavalry and infantry, 52 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:41,819 led by their chieftain Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, 53 00:03:41,819 --> 00:03:43,819 heading toward Medina. 54 00:03:43,819 --> 00:03:47,860 Likewise, Ghatafan set forth from Najd with all their equipment and numbers, 55 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:51,860 led by 'Uyaynah ibn Hisn al-Ghatafani. 56 00:03:51,860 --> 00:03:54,860 At the forefront of Ghatafan's men 57 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:57,860 was the hero of our story, Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud. 58 00:03:57,860 --> 00:04:00,949 When the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, received 59 00:04:00,949 --> 00:04:02,949 news of their mobilization, 60 00:04:02,949 --> 00:04:05,949 he gathered his Companions and consulted them on the matter. 61 00:04:05,949 --> 00:04:09,949 Their decision settled upon digging a trench around Medina 62 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:12,949 to repel this massive invasion 63 00:04:12,949 --> 00:04:14,949 which they lacked the strength to face head-on, 64 00:04:14,949 --> 00:04:18,949 allowing the trench to stand against the dense invading army. 65 00:04:18,949 --> 00:04:23,269 Scarcely had the two invading armies from Mecca and Najd 66 00:04:23,269 --> 00:04:25,269 drawn near the outskirts of Medina 67 00:04:25,269 --> 00:04:28,269 when the leaders of the Jewish tribe of Banu al-Nadir went 68 00:04:28,269 --> 00:04:32,269 to the leaders of Banu Qurayzah residing inside Medina, 69 00:04:33,269 --> 00:04:36,269 inciting them to enter the war against the Prophet 70 00:04:36,269 --> 00:04:41,269 and urging them to support the two armies coming from Mecca and Najd. 71 00:04:41,269 --> 00:04:44,269 The leaders of Banu Qurayzah said to them, 72 00:04:44,269 --> 00:04:47,269 "You have called us to that which we love and desire, 73 00:04:47,269 --> 00:04:51,269 but you know that between us and Muhammad 74 00:04:51,269 --> 00:04:54,269 is a covenant to maintain peace and non-aggression with him, 75 00:04:54,269 --> 00:04:58,269 in exchange for living in Medina safe and secure. 76 00:04:58,269 --> 00:05:03,269 You know that the ink on our covenant with him has not yet dried, 77 00:05:03,269 --> 00:05:06,269 and we fear that if Muhammad emerges victorious in this war, 78 00:05:06,269 --> 00:05:09,269 he will strike us with a mighty blow 79 00:05:09,269 --> 00:05:14,269 and eradicate us completely from Medina as punishment for our treachery toward him." 80 00:05:14,269 --> 00:05:19,269 However, the leaders of Banu al-Nadir kept enticing them to break the pact, 81 00:05:19,269 --> 00:05:22,269 embellishing for them the act of betraying Muhammad, 82 00:05:22,269 --> 00:05:28,269 assuring them that the tide would inevitably turn against him this time, 83 00:05:28,269 --> 00:05:32,269 and bolstering their resolve with the arrival of the two grand armies. 84 00:05:32,269 --> 00:05:36,269 Before long, the Jews of Banu Qurayzah yielded to them, 85 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:40,269 broke their covenant with the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 86 00:05:40,269 --> 00:05:43,269 tore up the document that existed between them and him, 87 00:05:43,269 --> 00:05:46,269 and declared their alignment with the Confederates in waging war against him. 88 00:05:46,269 --> 00:05:50,269 The news fell upon the Muslims like a thunderbolt. 89 00:05:50,269 --> 00:05:53,399 The armies of the Confederates besieged Medina, 90 00:05:53,399 --> 00:05:56,399 cutting off supplies and provisions from its people. 91 00:05:56,399 --> 00:06:00,399 The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, felt 92 00:06:00,399 --> 00:06:03,399 that he was caught between the jaws of the enemy: 93 00:06:03,399 --> 00:06:08,399 Quraysh and Ghatafan were encamped opposite the Muslims outside Medina, 94 00:06:08,399 --> 00:06:14,399 while Banu Qurayzah lay in wait, poised behind the Muslims inside Medina. 95 00:06:14,399 --> 00:06:18,459 Furthermore, the hypocrites and those in whose hearts was a disease 96 00:06:18,459 --> 00:06:22,459 began to reveal what was hidden in their souls, saying, 97 00:06:22,459 --> 00:06:26,459 "Muhammad used to promise us that we would possess the treasures of Chosroes and Caesar, 98 00:06:26,459 --> 00:06:31,459 yet today, not one of us feels secure enough 99 00:06:31,459 --> 00:06:34,459 even to go relieve himself!" 100 00:06:34,459 --> 00:06:38,459 Then they began defecting from the Prophet group after group, 101 00:06:38,459 --> 00:06:42,459 under the pretext of fearing for their women, children, and homes 102 00:06:42,459 --> 00:06:47,459 against an attack that Banu Qurayzah might launch upon them if fighting broke out, 103 00:06:47,459 --> 00:06:52,459 until none remained with the Messenger except a few hundred sincere believers. 104 00:06:52,459 --> 00:06:55,529 On one of the nights of the siege, 105 00:06:55,529 --> 00:06:58,529 which lasted nearly twenty days, 106 00:06:58,529 --> 00:07:02,529 the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, turned to his Lord, 107 00:07:02,529 --> 00:07:05,529 supplicating Him with the prayer of one in desperate distress, 108 00:07:05,529 --> 00:07:08,529 repeating in his supplication the words: 109 00:07:08,529 --> 00:07:11,529 "O Allah, I beseech You for Your covenant and Your promise! 110 00:07:11,529 --> 00:07:14,529 O Allah, I beseech You for Your covenant and Your promise!" 111 00:07:15,529 --> 00:07:18,529 On that very night, Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud 112 00:07:18,529 --> 00:07:21,529 was tossing sleeplessly upon his bed, 113 00:07:21,529 --> 00:07:25,529 as though his eyelids had been nailed open, unable to close for sleep. 114 00:07:25,529 --> 00:07:31,529 He began gazing at the stars floating across the clear expanse of the sky, 115 00:07:31,529 --> 00:07:33,529 lost in deep reflection. 116 00:07:33,529 --> 00:07:37,529 Suddenly, he found his inner self questioning him, saying: 117 00:07:37,529 --> 00:07:39,529 "Woe to you, O Nu'aym! 118 00:07:39,529 --> 00:07:43,529 What brought you from those distant lands in Najd 119 00:07:43,529 --> 00:07:46,529 to fight this man and those with him? 120 00:07:46,529 --> 00:07:49,529 You are not fighting him to champion a stolen right, 121 00:07:49,529 --> 00:07:52,529 nor out of honor for a violated sanctity; 122 00:07:52,529 --> 00:07:56,529 you have only come to fight him for no known reason! 123 00:07:56,529 --> 00:07:59,529 Is it fitting for a man endowed with a mind like yours 124 00:07:59,529 --> 00:08:03,529 to fight and be killed, or kill, for no cause? 125 00:08:03,529 --> 00:08:05,529 Woe to you, O Nu'aym! 126 00:08:05,529 --> 00:08:09,529 What makes you unsheathe your sword against this righteous man 127 00:08:09,529 --> 00:08:12,529 who commands his followers to observe justice, benevolence, 128 00:08:12,529 --> 00:08:14,529 and charity to kinsfolk? 129 00:08:14,529 --> 00:08:18,529 What drives you to plunge your spear into the blood of his companions, 130 00:08:18,529 --> 00:08:22,529 who have merely followed the guidance and truth he brought them?" 131 00:08:22,529 --> 00:08:26,589 This fierce inner dialogue within Nu'aym was resolved only 132 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:30,589 by a firm resolve that he immediately rose to execute. 133 00:08:30,589 --> 00:08:35,590 Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud slipped out from his people's camp under the cover of darkness 134 00:08:36,590 --> 00:08:41,590 and hastened his steps toward the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 135 00:08:41,590 --> 00:08:46,620 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, saw him standing before him, he said, 136 00:08:46,620 --> 00:08:48,620 "Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud?" 137 00:08:48,620 --> 00:08:50,620 He replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." 138 00:08:50,620 --> 00:08:52,620 He asked, 139 00:08:52,620 --> 00:08:55,620 "What brings you at this hour?" 140 00:08:55,620 --> 00:08:56,620 He said, 141 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:59,620 "I have come to bear witness that there is no god but Allah, 142 00:08:59,620 --> 00:09:02,620 that you are the servant of Allah and His Messenger, 143 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:04,620 and that what you have brought is the truth." 144 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:06,620 He then added, saying, 145 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:08,620 "I have embraced Islam, O Messenger of Allah, 146 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:11,620 and my people do not know of my Islam. 147 00:09:11,620 --> 00:09:13,620 So command me as you wish." 148 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:16,620 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 149 00:09:16,620 --> 00:09:18,620 "You are but a single man among us. 150 00:09:18,620 --> 00:09:22,620 Go back to your people and undermine them if you can, 151 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:24,620 for war is deceit." 152 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:27,659 He replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, 153 00:09:27,659 --> 00:09:30,659 and you shall see what pleases you, Allah willing." 154 00:09:30,659 --> 00:09:34,750 Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud went immediately to Banu Qurayzah, 155 00:09:34,750 --> 00:09:37,750 having been an old friend and companion of theirs, 156 00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:38,750 and said to them, 157 00:09:38,750 --> 00:09:40,750 "O Banu Qurayzah, 158 00:09:40,750 --> 00:09:44,750 you know my affection for you and the sincerity of my counsel to you." 159 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:45,750 They said, "Yes, 160 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:48,750 you are not suspected of any ill intent among us." 161 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:49,750 He said, 162 00:09:49,750 --> 00:09:54,750 "Quraysh and Ghatafan have a position in this war different from yours." 163 00:09:54,750 --> 00:09:56,750 They asked, "How so?" 164 00:09:56,750 --> 00:09:57,750 He said, 165 00:09:57,750 --> 00:10:00,750 "This town is your town, 166 00:10:00,750 --> 00:10:03,750 wherein lie your property, your children, and your wives, 167 00:10:03,750 --> 00:10:06,750 and you cannot abandon it for anywhere else. 168 00:10:06,750 --> 00:10:09,750 As for Quraysh and Ghatafan, 169 00:10:09,750 --> 00:10:14,750 their land, property, children, and wives are elsewhere. 170 00:10:14,750 --> 00:10:17,750 They came to fight Muhammad 171 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:20,750 and called upon you to break his covenant and assist them against him, 172 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:22,750 and you complied. 173 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:25,750 If they achieve success in fighting him, they will seize the spoils; 174 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:27,750 but if they fail to overcome him, 175 00:10:27,750 --> 00:10:30,750 they will return to their lands safely, 176 00:10:30,750 --> 00:10:31,750 leaving you at his mercy, 177 00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:34,750 and he will exact the worst vengeance upon you. 178 00:10:34,750 --> 00:10:39,750 You know well that you have no power against him if you are left alone with him." 179 00:10:39,750 --> 00:10:41,750 They said, "You have spoken the truth. 180 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:43,750 What, then, is your advice?" 181 00:10:43,750 --> 00:10:44,750 He said, 182 00:10:44,750 --> 00:10:46,750 "My advice to you 183 00:10:46,750 --> 00:10:50,750 is not to fight alongside them until you take a group of their nobles 184 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:53,750 and hold them as hostages in your custody. 185 00:10:53,750 --> 00:10:57,750 In doing so, you will compel them to fight Muhammad alongside you 186 00:10:57,750 --> 00:10:59,750 until you prevail over him, 187 00:10:59,750 --> 00:11:02,750 or until the last man among you and them perishes." 188 00:11:02,750 --> 00:11:05,750 They said, "You have given sound counsel and advice." 189 00:11:05,750 --> 00:11:07,850 He then departed from them 190 00:11:07,850 --> 00:11:10,850 and went to Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, the leader of Quraysh, 191 00:11:10,850 --> 00:11:12,850 and said to him and those with him, 192 00:11:12,850 --> 00:11:14,850 "O people of Quraysh, 193 00:11:14,850 --> 00:11:18,850 you know my affection for you and my enmity toward Muhammad. 194 00:11:18,850 --> 00:11:20,850 A matter has reached my knowledge, 195 00:11:20,850 --> 00:11:23,850 and I felt it my duty to disclose it to you 196 00:11:23,850 --> 00:11:24,850 as sincere advice, 197 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:28,850 provided you keep it secret and do not attribute it to me." 198 00:11:28,850 --> 00:11:31,850 They said, "You have our word on that." 199 00:11:31,850 --> 00:11:32,850 So he said: 200 00:11:32,850 --> 00:11:36,850 "Banu Qurayzah have repented for opposing Muhammad, 201 00:11:36,850 --> 00:11:38,850 and they have sent word to him saying, 202 00:11:38,850 --> 00:11:41,850 'We deeply regret what we have done, 203 00:11:41,850 --> 00:11:45,850 and we are resolved to return to our treaty and peaceful relations with you. 204 00:11:45,850 --> 00:11:48,850 Would it satisfy you if we were to seize for you from Quraysh, 205 00:11:48,850 --> 00:11:51,850 and then from Ghatafan, many men from among their nobles, 206 00:11:51,850 --> 00:11:54,850 and hand them over to you so that you may strike off their necks, 207 00:11:54,850 --> 00:11:59,850 and then join forces with you to fight them until you annihilate them?' 208 00:11:59,850 --> 00:12:01,850 So he sent back word to them saying, 209 00:12:01,850 --> 00:12:02,850 'Yes.' 210 00:12:02,850 --> 00:12:06,850 Therefore, if the Jews send word asking you for hostages from among your men, 211 00:12:06,850 --> 00:12:09,850 do not hand over a single person to them!" 212 00:12:09,850 --> 00:12:10,850 Abu Sufyan replied, 213 00:12:10,850 --> 00:12:12,850 "What an excellent ally you are! 214 00:12:12,850 --> 00:12:14,850 May you be rewarded with goodness." 215 00:12:14,850 --> 00:12:17,850 Nu'aym then departed from Abu Sufyan 216 00:12:17,850 --> 00:12:20,850 and proceeded until he reached his own people, Ghatafan. 217 00:12:20,850 --> 00:12:23,850 He related to them the exact same thing he had told Abu Sufyan, 218 00:12:23,850 --> 00:12:26,850 and warned them against the very thing he had warned him about. 219 00:12:26,850 --> 00:12:29,850 Abu Sufyan wanted to test Banu Qurayzah, 220 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:32,850 so he sent his son to them, saying to them: 221 00:12:32,850 --> 00:12:35,850 "My father sends you greetings of peace and says to you: 222 00:12:35,850 --> 00:12:40,850 'Our siege of Muhammad and his companions has dragged on until we have grown weary, 223 00:12:40,850 --> 00:12:45,850 and we are now determined to fight Muhammad and finish him off. 224 00:12:45,850 --> 00:12:50,850 My father has sent me to invite you to engage him in battle tomorrow.'" 225 00:12:50,850 --> 00:12:53,850 They said to him, "Today is the Sabbath, 226 00:12:53,850 --> 00:12:56,850 and we do not engage in any work on it. 227 00:12:56,850 --> 00:12:58,850 Furthermore, we will not fight alongside you 228 00:12:58,850 --> 00:13:02,850 until you give us seventy of your nobles and the nobles of Ghatafan 229 00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:05,850 to be held as hostages in our possession. 230 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:08,850 For we fear that if the fighting becomes fierce for you, 231 00:13:08,850 --> 00:13:12,850 you will hasten back to your homelands and leave us alone to face Muhammad, 232 00:13:12,850 --> 00:13:16,850 and you well know that we have no power to withstand him." 233 00:13:16,850 --> 00:13:19,850 When the son of Abu Sufyan returned to his people 234 00:13:19,850 --> 00:13:22,850 and informed them of what he had heard from Banu Qurayzah, 235 00:13:22,850 --> 00:13:24,850 they all exclaimed with one voice: 236 00:13:24,850 --> 00:13:27,850 "May the offspring of apes and swine be disgraced! 237 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:30,850 By Allah, even if they requested a single sheep as a hostage, 238 00:13:30,850 --> 00:13:32,850 we would not hand it over to them!" 239 00:13:32,850 --> 00:13:37,009 Thus Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud succeeded in shattering the ranks of the Confederates 240 00:13:37,009 --> 00:13:39,009 and splintering their unity. 241 00:13:39,009 --> 00:13:42,009 And Allah unleashed upon Quraysh and its allies 242 00:13:42,009 --> 00:13:44,009 a howling, tempestuous wind 243 00:13:44,009 --> 00:13:46,009 that began uprooting their tents, 244 00:13:46,009 --> 00:13:48,009 overturning their cooking pots, 245 00:13:48,009 --> 00:13:50,009 extinguishing their fires, 246 00:13:50,009 --> 00:13:52,009 striking their faces, 247 00:13:52,009 --> 00:13:54,009 and filling their eyes with dust. 248 00:13:54,009 --> 00:13:57,009 Finding no alternative but to depart, 249 00:13:57,009 --> 00:14:00,009 they retreated under the cover of darkness. 250 00:14:00,009 --> 00:14:02,039 When morning came upon the Muslims 251 00:14:02,039 --> 00:14:05,039 and they found that the enemies of Allah had turned back in retreat, 252 00:14:05,039 --> 00:14:07,039 they began proclaiming: 253 00:14:07,039 --> 00:14:10,039 "Praise be to Allah, Who aided His servant, 254 00:14:10,039 --> 00:14:12,039 granted victory to His soldiers, 255 00:14:12,039 --> 00:14:14,039 and routed the Confederates alone!" 256 00:14:14,039 --> 00:14:16,230 Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud remained 257 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:18,230 after that day 258 00:14:18,230 --> 00:14:22,230 a trusted confidant of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 259 00:14:22,230 --> 00:14:24,230 He entrusted him with important tasks, 260 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:26,230 charged him with heavy burdens, 261 00:14:26,230 --> 00:14:28,230 and he carried the banners before him. 262 00:14:28,230 --> 00:14:31,230 On the day of the Conquest of Mecca, 263 00:14:31,230 --> 00:14:33,230 Abu Sufyan ibn Harb stood 264 00:14:33,230 --> 00:14:35,230 reviewing the armies of the Muslims, 265 00:14:35,230 --> 00:14:38,230 when he saw a man carrying the banner of Ghatafan. 266 00:14:38,230 --> 00:14:41,230 He asked those with him, "Who is this?" 267 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:44,230 They replied, "Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud." 268 00:14:44,230 --> 00:14:48,230 He said, "How terrible was what he did to us on the Day of the Trench! 269 00:14:48,230 --> 00:14:51,230 By Allah, he used to be among the most severe of people 270 00:14:51,230 --> 00:14:53,230 in enmity toward Muhammad, 271 00:14:53,230 --> 00:14:56,230 yet here he is, carrying the banner of his people before him, 272 00:14:56,230 --> 00:14:59,230 marching to wage war against us under his standard!" 273 00:14:59,230 --> 00:15:04,019 Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud— 274 00:15:04,019 --> 00:15:08,019 a man who understood that war is deceit. 275 00:15:08,019 --> 00:15:10,720 He departed alongside his companions, 276 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,720 having laid firm foundations for a lofty edifice. 277 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,460 O poetry, assist me 278 00:15:16,460 --> 00:15:18,460 in praising them—does it not adorn them?