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Updated: April 30, 2025
Sa'd occurs as adjective 'fortunate, is the appellation of certain stars, and the god Sa'd is identified by an Arab poet with a certain rock the rock is doubtless an old local divinity. Manāf, if understood, as is possible, in the sense 'high place, is not abstract but concrete, though in that case the original reference of the term is not clear. The original meaning of the word is obscure.
Their wrath was intense, and in fury they pursued it; but either they were ignorant as to which road the party had taken, or the Medinans eluded them by greater speed, for they returned disconsolate from the pursuit, having only succeeded in finding two luckless men, one of whom escaped, but the other, Sa'd ibn Obada, was dragged back to Mecca and subjected to much brutality before he ultimately made his escape to his native city.
Obeida, their leader and a cousin of Mahomet, gave the command to shoot, and is renowned henceforth as "he who shot the first arrow for Islam." After a month another essay was made upon a northward-bound caravan by Sa'd, again without success, for he had miscalculated dates and missed his quarry by some days.
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