Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 179

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Condemning His Disobedient Men

I praise Allah for whatever matter He ordained, for whatever action He destines, and for my trial with you, O folks who do not obey when I order and do not respond when I call upon! If you are at ease, you engage in (conceited) conversations, but if you are faced with battle, you show weakness. If people agree on one Imam, you taunt each other. If you are faced with an arduous matter, you turn away from it. May the others (your foes) have no father! What are you waiting for with regard to your endeavor, when fighting for your rights? For you there is either death or disgrace. By Allah! If my day (of death) comes, and it is sure to come, it will cause separation between me and you, although I am sick of your company and feel lonely while being in your company.

May Allah deal with you! Is there any religion which may unite you?! Do not you have any sense of shame that may sharpen you? Is it not

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strange that Mu`awiyah calls upon some rude low people and they follow him without any support or grant, but when I call upon you, although you are the promoters of Islam, the (worthy) survivors of the people, with support and grants, yet you run away from me and oppose me?! Truly, there is nothing between us which I like and you, too, like, or anything with which I am angry and you may also unite against it. What I love most is death. I have taught you the Holy Quran, clarified to you its arguments, informed you of that with which you were ignorant and made you swallow what you were spitting out. Even a blind man will have been able to see and he who was sleeping will have been awakened. How ignorant of Allah is their leader, Mu`awiyah, and their mentor, the son of an-Nabighah?