[Machine] That he returned, injured, with a complaint he had. I said to him, "We were worried about you, O Commander of the Faithful, regarding this complaint of yours." He said, "But I swear by Allah, I was not worried about myself because I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , the truthful and trustworthy, saying that you will be struck a blow here and a blow here," and he gestured to his temples, "and his blood will flow, dyeing your beard, and its owner will be the most miserable of its victims, just like the barren she-camel of Thamud."
أَنَّهُ عَادَ عَلِيًّا ؓ فِي شَكْوًى لَهُ اشْتَكَاهَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَقَدْ تَخَوَّفْنَا عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي شَكْوَاكَ هَذَا فَقَالَ لَكِنِّي وَاللهِ مَا تَخَوَّفْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي مِنْهُ؛ لِأَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّادِقَ الْمَصْدُوقَ يَقُولُ إِنَّكَ سَتُضْرَبُ ضَرْبَةً هَاهُنَا وَضَرْبَةً هَاهُنَا وَأَشَارَ إِلَى صُدْغَيْهِ فَيَسِيلُ دَمُهَا حَتَّى يَخْضِبَ لِحْيَتَكَ وَيَكُونُ صَاحِبُهَا أَشْقَاهَا كَمَا كَانَ عَاقِرُ النَّاقَةِ أَشْقَى ثَمُودَ