Not knowing that they were empty and thinking that inside them there were Saracen forces ready for battle, they sent officers to reconnoitre and discovered that all the Ishmaelite troops had left.
Da de ikke vidste, at de var tomme og tænkte, at inde i dem sad saracenerne rede til kamp, sendte de mænd for at udforske og opdagede, at alle ishmaelitske tropper havde forladt stedet.