you have heard what was said about the dam of bani qatura and the affair of their horses with the palm trees of the blacks but the talk was only to exaggerate and frighten all people with them so they became a source and a dense army for islam and for the caliphs a protection a refuge a fortified paradise and a slogan without a cloak.
وقد سمعتم ما جاء في سد بني قطورا وشأن خيولهم بنخل السود، وإنما كان الحديث على وجه التهويل والتخويف بهم لجميع الناس، فصاروا للإسلام مادة وجندا كثيفا، وللخلفاء وقاية وموئلا وجنة حصينة، وشعارا دون الدثار.