کتاب الفتن · نُعیم بن حماد

If an otter prevails and appears in the west, and their companion, Bani Abbas, comes, then their nephew enters Kufa with those who are with him and destroys it, then an ulcer afflicts him, and he comes out of it, heading to the Levant, and is destroyed between Iraq and the Levant. Then they assign a man from his family over them, and he is the one who does evil to the people, and his command becomes apparent, and he is the Sufyani. Then the Arabs gather against him in the land of the Levant, and there is a fight between them until the fight turns to Medina, so the epic will take place in Baqi’ al-Gharqad.

He escaped from Kufa because of an ulcer that afflicted him and he died. Then after him came a man among them whose name is his father’s name, and his name has eight letters. His shoulders are flat, his arms and legs are bare, his head is shielded, and his eyes are sunken, and the people will perish after him.

Abdullah bin Marwan told us, on the authority of Saeed bin Yazid, on the authority of Al-Zuhri, he said: “The Sufyani pledges allegiance to the people of the Levant, and he fights the people of the East and defeats them from Palestine until they reach Marj al-Safar, then they meet and the defeat is on the people of the East until they reach Marj al-Thaniyya, then they fight and the defeat is on the people of the East until they reach the battle, then they fight and the defeat is on the people of the East until they reach the ruined city, meaning Qarqisiya. Then they will fight, and the attack will be on the people of the East until they reach Aqarqa. Then they will fight, and the attack will be on the people of the East, and Al-Sufyani will take possession of the money. Then an ulcer will emerge in the Sufyani’s throat. Then he will enter Kufa in the morning, and leave it in the evening with his armies. When he is in the mouths of the Levant, he dies, and the people of the Levant revolt and pledge allegiance to Ibn Al-Kalbiyah. His name is Abdullah bin Yazid bin Al-Kalbiyah, sunken-eyed, disfigured, and he reaches the people of the Levant. The East is the death of Sufyani, and they say: The state of the people of the Levant is gone, so they revolt, and Ibn al-Kalbiyyah reaches out and revolts with a group of them, and they fight with brigades, and the attack is on the people of the East, until they enter Kufa, and he kills the female fighter, and takes captive the offspring and women, then he destroys Kufa, then he sends an army from it to Hijaz.”