But if it must be, and no help, admit Jarir." So 'Adi went forth and admitted Jarir, who entered saying:--
'Yea, He who sent Mohammed unto men.
A just successor of Islam assigned.
His ruth and his justice all mankind embrace.
To daunt the bad and stablish well-designed.
Verily now, I look to present good,
for man hath ever transient weal in mind.'
Quoth Omar, "O Jarir! keep the fear of Allah before thine eyes, and say naught save the sooth." And Jarir recited these couplets:--
'How many widows loose the hair, in far Yamamah land,
How many an orphan there abides, feeble of voice and eye,