با مردم پس از نام خدا و درود. همانا دهقانان مرکز فرمانداریت، از خشونت و قساوت و تحقیر کردن مردم و سنگدلی تو شکایت کردند، من درباره آنها… Now, the cultivators (dahaqin, plural of dihqan) of your city have complained of your strictness, hard heartedness, humiliating treatment…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي بعض عماله
أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ دَهَاقِينَ أَهْلِ بَلَدِكَ شَكَوْا مِنْكَ غِلْظَةً وَ قَسْوَةً وَ احْتِقَاراً وَ جَفْوَةً وَ نَظَرْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَهُمْ أَهْلًا لِأَنْ يُدْنَوْا لِشِرْكِهِمْ وَ لَا أَنْ يُقْصَوْا وَ يُجْفَوْا لِعَهْدِهِمْ فَالْبَسْ لَهُمْ جِلْبَاباً مِنَ اللِّينِ تَشُوبُهُ بِطَرَفٍ مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ وَ دَاوِلْ لَهُمْ بَيْنَ الْقَسْوَةِ وَ الرَّأْفَةِ وَ امْزُجْ لَهُمْ بَيْنَ التَّقْرِيبِ وَ الْإِدْنَاءِ وَ الْإِبْعَادِ وَ الْإِقْصَاءِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
Now, the cultivators (dahaqin, plural of dihqan) of your city have complained of your strictness, hard heartedness, humiliating treatment and harshness. I thought over it and found that since they are unbelievers they cannot be brought near nor kept away or treated severely because of the pledge with them. Behave with them in between strictness and softness and adopt for them a mingling or remoteness and aloofness with nearness and closeness if Allah so wills.
Quelle: Nahj al-Balagha, compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi. Persian: ترجمه محمد دشتی (Mohammad Dashti). English: Translation by Sayed Ali Reza (letters, sayings and sermons 1–16). Text from github.com/WWGTX/NahjulBalaghah. · Free for non-commercial religious use, with attribution