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28 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Ahmad ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿla narrated to me, from Saʿid ibn Safwan, from al-Ajlah, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Hudhayl, who said: ⦗36⦘ “Daniel (peace be upon him) looked at some of what Nebuchadnezzar was doing, and he began to weep, saying: ‘Because of what our own hands have earned and the disgrace we have brought upon ourselves, You have empowered over us one who neither knows You nor shows us mercy.’”
٢٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ، عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ، قَالَ: ⦗٣٦⦘ " قَالَ دَانْيَالُ ﵇، وَنَظَرُوا إِلَى بَعْضِ مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ بُخْتُنَصَّرُ، فَبَكَى وَقَالَ: بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِينَا، وَبِالْعَارِ الَّذِي أَتَيْنَا سَلَّطْتَ عَلَيْنَا مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُكَ وَلَا يَرْحَمُنَا "