It is as though I can still see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ describing one of the prophets whose own people beat him, wiping the blood from his face and saying, "Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know." The narrator added that he was wiping the blood away from his brow.
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا وكيع ومحمد بن بشر عن الأعمش بهذا الإسناد غير أنه قال فهو ينضح الدم عن جبينه