Page:Muhammad Diyab al-Itlidi - Historical Tales and Anecdotes of the Time of the Early Khalîfahs - Alice Frere - 1873.djvu/220

Rh god but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger. O Allâh! grant that after me he may have power over none other to kill him!"

Then they executed him upon the Nitâʾa [may God have mercy upon him!] And after his head was struck off, it uttered, "There is no god but God." And el-Hajjâj lived after this fifteen days. And this happened in the year 95. And the age of Saʾîd [may God be satisfied of him!] was nine-and-forty years.