Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 83

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About Amr ibn al-As
438
I am surprised at the son of an-Nabighah that he says among the
people of Syria that I am a jester and that I am engaged in frolic and fun.
He said wrong and spoke sinfully. Beware, the worst speech is what is
untrue. He speaks and lies. He promises and breaks the promise. He begs
and sticks, but when someone begs from him he withholds miserly. He
betrays the pledge and ignores kinship.
When in a battle, he commands and admonishes but only until the
swords do not come into action. When such a moment arrives his great
trick is to turn naked149
before his adversary. By Allah, surely the remembrance of death has kept
me away from fun and play while obliviousness about the Hereafter has
prevented him from speaking truth. He has not sworn allegiance to
Mu`awiyah without purpose; but has beforehand got him to agree that he
would have to pay its price and gave him an award for forsaking religion.e learned. When he was