Note 432 — THE BOOK OF THE MESNEVĪ (continued 4)
James W. (James William) Redhouse translation
These were the Christian Arabs of Nejrān. They sent an embassy to Muhammed at Medina. He proposed to them a trial by invocation of God’s curse on the liars, their wives, and children. He uttered it; they shrank, and accepted submission to him, on condition of paying tribute.