حتّى اشتدّت رجالات من العرب فخالطوهم وبعجوها بالسّيوف على خراطيمها فنفرت ونكصت على أعقابها إلى مرابطها بالمدائن فجفا معسكر فارس لذلك وانهزموا في اليوم الرّابع
Eventually, some outstanding Arabs counterattacked, infiltrated among the elephants, and struck them on the trunk with their swords. (The elephants) fled and turned back to their stables in al-Mada'in. This paralyzed the Persian camp, and they fled on the fourth day