However, they refused saying they preferred death and would accept nothing else other than the Torah and the Law of Moses, peace be upon him. Ka'b was a resourceful man, and suggested several other solutions, but all proved unacceptable to his fellow tribesmen.
Si kastaba ha ahaatee,way diideen oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen waxayna ka jeeclaadeen dhimasho iyo wax kale oo aan ka ahayn Tawreed iyo sharciga Muuse aqbali doono, nabadgalyo korkiisa ha ahaato. Ka'b ahaa nin ku dhaqaaqid, oo soo jeediyay dhowr xal kale, laakiin dhammaantood way nooyimaadeen waxaase aan la aqbali karin in uu qabiillo ay la shaqayn jiray.