It can serve no end to withhold the writing to the army.
Remember what I have said to thee.

The disloyalty of the army must not be known.

Canst thou not act after the will of Allah, the all-powerful, the all-just, the all-merciful ?" There was an instant's pause, and then suddenly Harrik placed the paper in his palm and wrote swiftly and at some length to Kaid.

Laying it down, he took another and wrote but a few words--to Achmet and Diaz.
This message said in brief, "Do not strike.

It is the will of Allah.
The army shall keep faithful until the day of the Mahdi be come.