Excesses of the Quraysh, on rebels

About the excesses of the Quraysh

O My Allāh! I beseech Thee to take revenge on the Quraysh and those who are assisting them, for they have cut asunder my kinship and over-turned my cup and have joined together to contest a right to which I was entitled…

I looked around but found no one to shield me, protect me or help me except the members of my family. I refrained from flinging them into death and therefore closed my eyes despite the dust, kept swallowing saliva…

As-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: This utterance of Amīr al-mu’minīn has already appeared in an earlier Sermon (172), but I have repeated it here because of the difference of versions.