Arbitration (Battle of Siffin): Difference between revisions

In 37/657, the Battle of Siffin broke out between the army of Kufa under the commandership of [[Imam Ali (a)]] and that of Syria under the commandership of [[Mu'awiya]]. After successive days of heavy fight, the army of Kufa was about to defeat that of Syria. At the suggestion of [[Amr b. al-As]] and Mu'awiya's proposal,<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 2, p. 210.</ref> people of Syria put copies of the Qur'an on spears and chanted the slogan: "O people of Iraq! Let the [[Book of God]] be our arbiter!" Also, the army of Syria yelled: "O Arabs! Think about your wives and daughters! If you get killed, who is going to fight the Romans, the Turks, and the Persians in the future?!"<ref>Naṣr b. Muzāḥim, ''Waqʿat ṣiffīn'', p. 478.</ref>