مَلَكَتْنِي عَيْنِي وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ،
I was sitting when sleep overtook me.
فَسَنَحَ لي رَسُولُ اللهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله( :
I saw the Prophet of Allah appear before me,
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَاذَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ مِنَ الاْوَدِ وَاللَّدَدِ؟
and I said: "O Prophet of Allah! What crookedness and enmity I had to face from the people. "
فَقَالَ: «ادْعُ عَلَيْهِمْ»،
The Prophet of Allah said: "Invoke (Allah) evil upon them,"
فَقُلْتُ: أَبْدَلَنِي اللهُ بِهمْ خَيْراً لي مِنْهُمْ، وَأَبْدَلَهُمْ بِي شَرّاً لَهُمْ مِنِّي.
but I said, "Allah may change them for me with better ones and change me for them with a worse one”.
يعني(عليه السلام) بالاود: الاعوجاج، وباللدد: الخصام. وهذا من أفصح الكلام.
as-Sayyid ar-Radi says: "al-awad" means crookedness and "al-ladad" means enmity, and this is the most eloquent expression.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 70: Ibn Sa’d, al-Tabaqat, III, 36; Abu al-Faraj, Maqatil, 16; Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih, al-’Iqd, II, 298; al-Qali, Dhayl al-'Amali, 190; Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, I, 160; Muhammad ibn Habib, al-Mughtalin, on the authority of Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Salami; Ibn ‘Abd al-Birr, al-'Isti’ab, III, 61; al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 9; al-Murtada, Ghurar, IV, 78; al-Baladhuri, Ansab, II, 495.
