as for hamid he said the first hardship in which the turk is better in effect more determined in his matter and more wise in his affair because the turk in order for his hardship to be true and his resolve to be firm and not to be of mixed resolve nor divided in his thoughts has accustomed his mule not to turn back even if he turns to fill his gaps for the matter turning it once or twice otherwise he will not abandon his ways nor will he stop his running. the turk only wanted to make himself despair of the beginnings and of being overcome by denial after his resolve due to the terror of the encounter and the love of life because if he knew that he had made his mule to this end so that it would not turn back and would not respond to him in dealing with him except by doing something between the two lines in which there would be its damage he would not proceed with the hardship except after perfecting the matter and seeing
فأما حميد فإنه قال الشدة الأولى التركي فيها أحمد أثرا، وأجمع أمرا، وأحكم شأنا؛ لأن التركي من أجل أن تصدق شدته ويتمكن عزمه، ولا يكون مشترك العزم ولا منقسم الخواطر، قد عود برذونه ألا ينثنى وإن ثناه، أن يملأ فروجه للأمر يديره مرة أو مرتين، وإلا فإنه لا يدع سننه، ولا يقطع ركضه. وإنما أراد التركي أن يوئس نفسه من البدوات، ومن أن يعتريه التكذيب بعد الاعتزام، لهول اللقاء، وحب الحياة؛ لأنه إذا علم أنه قد صير برذونه إلى هذه الغاية حتى لا ينثني ولا يجيبه إلى التصرف معه إلا بأن يصنع شيئا بين الصفين فيه عطبه، لم يقدم على الشدة إلا بعد إحكام الأمر، والبصر