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the wounded.
The Spy from the Fortresses
The hostilities raged for five days and nothing as yet had been gained. One night during
Omar's command, a spy infiltrated the Muslim camp and was caught, then brought
before Omar. The man feared for his life and offered to give Omar information if he
would spare him. Omar accepted and the Jew told him that there was another fortress
less well guarded than the one they were attacking and that its strongholds housed an
arsenal of weapons, amongst which were those used to breach the walls of fortresses.
The next day, Omar launched an attack on the less well-guarded fortress and Allah
blessed the Muslims with success, and the fortress fell.
As they searched its strongholds and cellars they found the information they had been
given to be accurate as their eyes fell upon not only an arsenal of hand weapons but a
large catapult strong enough to hurl heavy rocks at the fortress walls and two long,
strong shields under which several men could walk and get close to the fortress walls
without being harmed.
The Spy from the Fortresses
The hostilities raged for five days and nothing as yet had been gained. One night during
Omar's command, a spy infiltrated the Muslim camp and was caught, then brought
before Omar. The man feared for his life and offered to give Omar information if he
would spare him. Omar accepted and the Jew told him that there was another fortress
less well guarded than the one they were attacking and that its strongholds housed an
arsenal of weapons, amongst which were those used to breach the walls of fortresses.
The next day, Omar launched an attack on the less well-guarded fortress and Allah
blessed the Muslims with success, and the fortress fell.
As they searched its strongholds and cellars they found the information they had been
given to be accurate as their eyes fell upon not only an arsenal of hand weapons but a
large catapult strong enough to hurl heavy rocks at the fortress walls and two long,
strong shields under which several men could walk and get close to the fortress walls
without being harmed.