Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 87

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About the Division of the Community into Factions:
So now, certainly, Allah did not break the neck of any unruly
tyrant in this world except after allowing him time and opportunity and
did not join the broken bone of any people (umma) until He did not inflict
calamity and distress upon them. Even less than what sufferings and
misfortunes have yet to fall upon you or have already befallen you are
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enough for giving lessons. Every man with a heart is not intelligent, every
ear does not listen and every eye does not see.
I wonder and there is no reason why I should not wonder, about
the faults of these groups who have introduced alterations in their
religious pleas, who do not move on the footsteps of their Prophet (􀁨)
nor follow the actions of the vicegerent. They do not believe in the
unknown and do not avoid the evil. They act on the doubts and tread in
(the way of) their passions. For them good is whatever they consider good
and evil is whatever they consider evil. Their reliance for resolving
distress is on themselves. Their confidence with regard to dubious matters
is on their own opinions as if everyone of them is the Leader (Imam) of
himself. Whatever he has decided himself he considers to have been taken
from reliable sources and strong factors. who has desires is in deceit. he was