Delivered when the Holy Prophet died and `Abbas ibn `Abd al-Muttalib
and Abu Sufyan ibn Harb offered to pay allegiance to Amir al-mu'minin
for the Caliphate
O' People!
Steer clear through the waves of mischief by boats of deliverance, turn
away from the path of dissension and put off the crowns of pride.
Prosperous is one who rises with wings (i.e. when he has power) or else
he remains peaceful and others enjoy ease. It (i.e. the aspiration for
Caliphate) is like turbid water or like a morsel that would suffocate the
person who swallows it. One who plucks fruits before ripening is like one
who cultivated in another's field.
If I speak out they would call me greedy towards power but if I keep
quiet they would say I was afraid of death. It is a pity that after all the
ups and downs (I have been through). By Allah the son of Abu Talib is
more familiar with death than an infant with the breast of its mother.
I have hidden knowledge, if I disclose it you will start trembling like
ropes in deep wells.
--
Imam Ali ibn-e-Abi Talib (A)
Nahj al-Balagha
and Abu Sufyan ibn Harb offered to pay allegiance to Amir al-mu'minin
for the Caliphate
O' People!
Steer clear through the waves of mischief by boats of deliverance, turn
away from the path of dissension and put off the crowns of pride.
Prosperous is one who rises with wings (i.e. when he has power) or else
he remains peaceful and others enjoy ease. It (i.e. the aspiration for
Caliphate) is like turbid water or like a morsel that would suffocate the
person who swallows it. One who plucks fruits before ripening is like one
who cultivated in another's field.
If I speak out they would call me greedy towards power but if I keep
quiet they would say I was afraid of death. It is a pity that after all the
ups and downs (I have been through). By Allah the son of Abu Talib is
more familiar with death than an infant with the breast of its mother.
I have hidden knowledge, if I disclose it you will start trembling like
ropes in deep wells.
--
Imam Ali ibn-e-Abi Talib (A)
Nahj al-Balagha
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