Abu Sufyan said: "Of the 'Sa'ds' are: Sa'd of Hudhayl, Sa'd of Tamim, and Sa'd of Bakr.

And on the following night, they heard a speaker saying these two verses:

O Sa'd, Sa'd of the Aws, be my helper

And O Sa'd, Sa'd of the noble Khazrajites.

We have come to the Caller of Guidance, hoping

Upon Allah in Paradise—the longing of a Gnostic.

Thus Quraysh knew that he had proceeded to Yathrib. So Suraqa bin Khath'am al-Mudlaji pursued him when he reached [the lands of] Banu Mudlij. When he caught up with him, the Messenger of Allah (Mighty is His Glory) said: "O Allah, suffice us against the worry of Suraqa." The legs of his horse immediately sank into the earth, as mentioned in the first report. When he returned to Mecca, he informed them of the news, but they belied him; and the most vehement of them in belying him was Abu Jahl.

So Suraqa recited poetry:

O Abu al-Hakam, by al-Lat, had you been present

At the matter of my steed when its legs sank,