[Machine] "If I were they, I would not have burned them, because of the saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : 'Do not punish people with the punishment of Allah.' And I would have killed them, because of the saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : 'Whoever changes his religion, then kill him.' Ammar said: 'He did not burn them, but he dug trenches for them and connected them to each other, then he kindled fires over them until they died.' Amr said: 'The poet said: 'Throw at me wherever you want, if you don't throw at me in the two trenches when they kindle the fire there, then death is certain, except for the religion.'"

Note: The translation may not be entirely accurate as it is based on the given information.  

لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا مَا حَرَقْتُهُمْ؛ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللهِ وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَقَالَ عَمَّارٌ لَمْ يَحْرِقْهُمْ وَلَكِنْ حَفَرَ لَهُمْ حَفَائِرَ وَخَرَقَ بَعْضَهَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ ثُمَّ دَخَّنَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى مَاتُوا فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو قَالَ الشَّاعِرُ [البحر الوافر] لِتَرْمِ بِيَ الْمَنَايَا حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ إِذَا لَمْ تَرْمِ بِي فِي الْحُفْرَتَيْنِ إِذَا مَا أَجَّجُوا حَطَبًا وَنَارًا هُنَاكَ الْمَوْتُ نَقْدًا غَيْرَ دَيْنِ