they think that the confederates have not withdrawn and should the confederates return these would prefer to be in the desert among the bedouin asking for news about you and even were they to find themselves in your midst they would but make a pretence at fighting .
يحسبون الأحزاب لم يذهبوا وإن يأت الأحزاب يودوا لو أنهم بادون في الأعراب يسألون عن أنبائكم ولو كانوا فيكم ما قاتلوا إلا قليلا