[1] This prophecy cannot be attributed to wit and far sightedness, because far sighted eyes may forecast victory or defeat and preconceive the outcome of war but to tell about the correct figures of the killed on either side is beyond their capacity. This can be done only by one who can unveil the unknown future and see the coming scene with his eyes and who sees the sketches yet to appear on the page of the future with the help of the light of knowledge possessed by him as Imam. Consequently, events occurred just according to what this inheritor of Prophet’s knowledge had said, and from among the Khārijites all except nine persons were killed. Two of them fled away to ‘Uman, two to Sajistan, two to Kirman and two to al-Jazirah while one escaped to Tall Mawzan. Of Amīr al-mu’minīn’s party only eight men fell as martyrs.
