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113 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to me; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn Muslim al-ʿIjlī also narrated to me. He said: al-Shaʿbī stated, “I once heard ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān, standing on this very pulpit, utter words for which I envied him. I heard him say:
‘O Allah, my sins have grown so great that they defy description, yet beside Your pardon they are but small; so forgive me.’”
١١٣ - حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الْعِجْلِيُّ، قَالَ: قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ: " لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ كَلَامًا عَلَى أَعْوَادِهِ هَذِهِ حَسَدْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ ذُنُوبِي عَظُمَتْ فَجَلَّتْ عَنِ الصِّفَّةِ، وَإِنَّهَا صَغِيرَةٌ فِي جَنْبِ عَفْوِكَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي "