<prompt> unaweza kugeuza matini haya ya swahilikwa kiingereza?kwa mujibu wa kauli maarufu idadi ya waislamu katika siku zile ilikuwa ni 3,000 na kama kuchimba dhiraa arobaini kulifanywa na watu kumi, urefu wa handaki lile utakuwa ni dhiraa 12, 000 na upana wake ulikuwa mkubwa sana kiasi kwamba wapanda wanyama werevu na wazoefu hawakuweza kulipita wakiwa kwenye migongo ya farasi.7  <response>: according to a popular version the number of the muslims in those days was 3000, and if digging of 40 cubits was performed by ten persons the length of the ditch would come to 12,000 cubits and its breadth was so much that clever and experienced riders could not cross it on horseback. 