Thinking that their brothers across the Jordan had committed an act of apostasy, the tribes on the west prepared to war with the “rebels. ”
وإذ اعتقدوا ان اخوتهم شرقي الاردن ارتدّوا عن العبادة الحقة ،‏ استعدّوا لشنّ حرب على هؤلاء « المتمردين » .‏