Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 41

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Condemning Treason

O people! Surely the fulfillment of a pledge is the twin of truth. I
do not know a better shield (against the assaults of sin) than it. One who
realizes the reality of return (to the next world) refuses (submission to the
dynamic of) betrayal. We are in a period when most of the people regard
betrayal as wisdom. In these days the ignorant call it excellence of
cunning. What is the matter with them? Allah may destroy them. One
who has been through the thick and thin of life finds the excuses to be
preventing him from acquiescing to the orders and prohibitions of Allah.
Yet he disregards them despite the capability (to succumb to them and
follows the commands of Allah), while one who has no restraints of
religion seizes the opportunity (and accepts the excuses for not following
the commands of Allah). death overtakes him.