”[^10] Hearing this...

”[^10] Hearing this, ibn Ziyad ordered the blind man to be executed, but his tribesmen gathered in large numbers and saved him. However, ibn Ziyad got him arrested and he was brought before him. Ibn Ziyad insulted Abdullah saying, “ God has rightly blinded you. ” Abdullah replied, “ I thank God that I have only lost my bodily eyes, whereas God has enlightened the vision of my mind.

I thank God for enhancing my vision in the perception of right and wrong and to distinguish between a vile tyrant like you and the noble progeny of the messenger of Allah. When I lost my eyesight in the battle of Siffin, I regretted that I was not martyred while fighting on the side…