وَإِنَّ عَلَيَّ مِنَ اللهِ جُنَّةً حَصِينةً،
Surely, there is a strong protective shield of Allah over me.
فَإِذَا جَاءَ يَوْمِي انْفَرَجَتْ عَنِّي وَأَسْلَمَتْنِي؛
When my day would come it would get away from me and hand me over to death.
فَحِينَئِذٍ لاَ يَطِيشُ السَّهْمُ وَلاَ يَبْرَأُ الْكَلْمُ.
At that time neither an arrow would go amiss nor a wound would heal up.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 62: Ibn Kathir, al-Bidayah, VIII, 12, from Abu Dawud, Kitab al-qadar; al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 89; al-Zamakhshari, Rabi’, bab al-qatl wa al-shahadah.
