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And al-Hasan al-Basri said, “It was only their ʿujmah—their linguistic incapacity—that ruined them,” and ʿAli ibn ʿAbd Allah has already clarified the meaning for us.
وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ الْبَصْرِيُّ: «إِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَتْهُمُ الْعُجْمَةُ» وَقَدْ فَسَّرَهُ لَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ