Discussion on Tribal Values and Honor

But we found tribal men dealing with you

as a tribe, with manliness,

with principles

both religious and worldly, and that is a fact.

Arabs, from the beginning, even in pre-Islamic times, did not

ever belittle

their opponent, even if he had faults, they gave him

his due. If he had good principles, they spoke of them, and if he did not

have any, they covered for him, covering up his faults, and did not

expose him. I only walked away

with my hand above theirs.

I was neither weak nor humiliated,

I had my pride and dignity, and they, they

also preserved my pride and dignity.