وَقَالَ عَلَیۡهِ السَّلَامُ فِي سُحۡرَةِ الۡيَوۡمِ الَّذِي ضُرِبَ فِيهِ
Said at dawn on the night when Amīr al-Muʾminīn was fatally struck with the sword
مَلَكَتۡنِي عَيۡنِي وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ، فَسَنَحَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيۡهِ وَآلِهِ فَقُلۡتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ! مَاذَا لَقِيتُ مِنۡ أُمَّتِكَ مِنَ الۡأَوَدِ وَاللَّدَدِ!
I was sitting when sleep overtook me. I saw the Prophet of Allāh (ṣ) appear before me, and I said: “O Prophet of Allāh (ṣ)! What crookedness and enmity I had to face from the people.”
فَقَالَ: ادۡعُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ، فَقُلۡتُ: أَبۡدَلَنِي اللهُ بِهمۡ خَيۡراً [في بعض النسخ: خَيۡراً لِـي] مِنۡهُمۡ، وَأَبۡدَلَهُمۡ بِي شَرّاً لَهُمۡ مِنِّي.
The Prophet of Allāh (ṣ) said: “Invoke (Allāh) evil upon them,” but I said, “Allāh may change them for me with better ones and change me for them with a worse one.”
[قال الشريف:] يَعۡنِي بِالۡأَوَدِ: الِاعۡوِجَاجَ، وَبِاللَّدَدِ: الۡخِصَامَ. وَهَذَا مِنۡ أَفۡصَحِ الۡكَلَامِ.
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: “al-awad” means crookedness and “al-ladad” means enmity, and this is the most eloquent expression.
