وادار ساختن معاویه به بیعت Now then, when you receive this letter of mine ask Muawiyah to take a final decision and to follow a determined course. Then ask him to…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي جرير بن عبد الله البجلي لما أرسله إلي معاوية
أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِذَا أَتَاكَ كِتَابِي فَاحْمِلْ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَلَي الْفَصْلِ وَ خُذْهُ بِالْأَمْرِ الْجَزْمِ ثُمَّ خَيِّرْهُ بَيْنَ حَرْبٍ مُجْلِيَةٍ أَوْ سِلْمٍ مُخْزِيَةٍ فَإِنِ اخْتَارَ الْحَرْبَ فَانْبِذْ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِنِ اخْتَارَ السِّلْمَ فَخُذْ بَيْعَتَهُ وَ السَّلَامُ.
Now then, when you receive this letter of mine ask Muawiyah to take a final decision and to follow a determined course. Then ask him to choose either war that exiles him from home or ignoble peace. If he chooses war leave him alone, but if he chooses peace secure his allegiance; and that is an end to the matter.
Fuente: 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