Sermon 62

Surely, there is a strong protective shield of Allah over me. When my day would come it would get away from me and hand me over to death. At that time neither an arrow would go amiss nor a wound would heal up.

Arabic Text

ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) لمّا خُوِّف من الغيلة وَإِنَّ عَلَيَّ مِنَ اللهِ جُنَّةً حَصِينةً، فَإِذَا جَاءَ يَوْمِي انْفَرَجَتْ عَنِّي وَأَسْلَمَتْنِي؛ فَحِينَئِذٍ لاَ يَطِيشُ السَّهْمُ وَلاَ يَبْرَأُ الْكَلْمُ.

Alternative Sources

(1) Ibn Kathir, al-Bidayah, VIII, 12, from (2) (2) Abu Dawud, Kitab al-qadar; (3) al-'Amidi, Ghurar, 89; (4) al-Zamakhshari, Rabi', bab al-qatl wa al-shahadah.