Glory of All Time, and a Cloud That Has Lost Its Rain

Ḥuyayy came in and he said, "I bring you glory of all time and a sea of goodness." Kaʿb said, "What are you talking about?" He said, "I bring you Quraysh with their chieftains and their nobles, whom I have left encamped at the confluence of the streams at Rūmah, along with Ghaṭafān, with their chiefs and nobles, whom I have positioned at Dhanab Naqmā, near Uḥud. They have made a treaty that they won't leave until we completely destroy Muḥammad and those with him."

Kaʿb responded back. He said, "What you bring me, I swear by Allah, is shame forever, and a cloud that has lost its rain, so it's thundering and lightning, and there's nothing in it. Damn you, O Ḥuyayy, leave me to maintain my pact with him. I have never found Muḥammad to be anything but trustworthy and honest."

So Kaʿb was responding to what Ḥuyayy said, "I bring you glory of all time and a sea of goodness." He said: you bring me nothing but dishonour; you bring me nothing but shame forever. And this sea of goodness that you're talking about is nothing but a cloud that has lost its rain, so it's making noise, it thunders, and there's lightning coming out of it, but there's no rain in it. So it's just show.

Ḥuyayy wouldn't take no for an answer. He kept on badgering Kaʿb until he was able to convince him to break his agreement with Muḥammad (peace be upon him), and that shows the insistence of this imām of evil, Ḥuyayy ibn Akhṭab.