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SERMON 76

About Umayyads

The Banu Umayyah
(Umayyads) are allowing me the inheritance of Muhammad
(p.b.u.h.a.h.p.) bit (by bit). By Allah, if I live I would throw
them away as the butcher removes the dust from the dust-covered
piece of flesh.

as-Sayyid ar-Radi
says: In one version for "al-widhamu't-taribah" (dust
covered piece of flesh) the words "at-turabu'l-wadhimah"
(the soil sticking on a piece of flesh) have been shown. That is,
for the adjective the qualified noun and for the qualified noun
the adjective has been placed. Any by the word
"layufawwiqunani" Amir al-mu'minin implies that they
allow him bit by bit just as a she-camel may be milked a little
and then its young one may be made to suck milk so that it may be
ready to be milked. And "al-widham" is the plural of
"wadhamah" which means the piece of stomach or of liver
which falls on the ground and then the dust is removed from it.