they thought the confederate tribes would never withdraw. indeed if the confederates should come again they would prefer to be in the desert among the bedouins. there they would ask news of you . but if they were with you they would take very little part in the fighting.
يحسبون الأحزاب لم يذهبوا وإن يأت الأحزاب يودوا لو أنهم بادون في الأعراب يسألون عن أنبائكم ولو كانوا فيكم ما قاتلوا إلا قليلا