SERMON 70 - Delivered in the Morning of the Day When Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Peace be Upon Him Was Fatally Struck with a Sword’s Blow

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I was sitting when sleep overtook me. I saw the Prophet of Allah (p.b.u.h.) appear before me and I said, “O Prophet of Allah (p.b.u.h.)! What crookedness and animosity I had to face from the people.” The Prophet of Allah (p.b.u.h.) said the following: “Invoke (Allah) evil upon them, but I said, “Allah may change them for me with better ones and change me for them with a worse one.”

Sayyid ar-Razi says the following: “Al-awad means crookedness and al-ladad means animosity; this is a most eloquent expression.”