[Machine] And the Arabic bow, when its string is broken, it had a stick with which it would be bent. He said, they also had wooden spears, so when they stabbed with them, the wounded person would take it and break it. So he commanded them with the spears made of reed so that when a man stabbed, the wounded person would take it, it would bend and not break. And it was carried from Bahrain.  

وَأَنَّ الْقَوْسَ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ إِذَا انْقَطَعَ وَتَرُهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ عَصًا يَدِبُّ بِهَا قَالَ وَكَانَتْ مَعَهُمْ رِمَاحُ خَشَبٍ فَكَانُوا إِذَا طَعَنُوا بِهَا أَخَذَهَا الْمَطْعُونُ فَكَسَرَهَا فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِرِمَاحِ الْقَنَا لِكَيْ إِذَا طَعَنَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَخَذَهُ الْمَطْعُونُ انْثَنَى وَلَمْ يَنْكَسِرْ وَكَانَتْ تُحْمَلُ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ