حکمت 261: (آن هنگام که تهاجم یاران معاویه به شهر انبار،… · Saying 261

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ إِغَارَةُ أَصْحَابِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَلَي الْأَنْبَارِ فَخَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ مَاشِياً حَتَّي أَتَي النُّخَيْلَةَ وَ أَدْرَكَهُ النَّاسُ وَ قَالُوا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ نَحْنُ نَكْفِيكَهُمْ.

فَقَالَ: مَا تَكْفُونَنِي أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَكَيْفَ تَكْفُونَنِي غَيْرَكُمْ إِنْ كَانَتِ الرَّعَايَا قَبْلِي لَتَشْكُو حَيْفَ رُعَاتِهَا وَ إِنَّنِي الْيَوْمَ لَأَشْكُو حَيْفَ رَعِيَّتِي كَأَنَّنِي الْمَقُودُ وَ هُمُ الْقَادَةُ أَوِ الْمَوْزُوعُ وَ هُمُ الْوَزَعَةُ.

فلما قال (عليه السلام) هذا القول في كلام طويل قد ذكرنا مختاره في جملة الخطب، تقدم إليه رجلان من أصحابه، فقال أحدهما إني لا أملك إلا نفسي و أخي، فمر بأمرك يا أمير المؤمنين ننقد له، فقال (عليه السلام):

وَ أَيْنَ تَقَعَانِ مِمَّا أُرِيدُ

When the news of the attack of muawiyah's men on al-Anbar reached Amir al-Mu'minin, prace be upon him, he himself came out walking till he reached an-Nukhaylah, where people overtook him and said: "O Amir al-Mu'minin! We are enough for them," then he said: You cannot be enough for me against youselves, so how can you be enough for me against others? Before me the people used to complain of the oppression of their rulers but now I have to complain of the wrongful actions of my people; as though I am led by them and they are the leaders or that I am the subject and they are the rulers. The narrator says: When Amir al-Mu'minim, peace be upon him, uttered this during his ling speech which we have included in the collection of sermons (No-27), two men from his companins advanced towards him and one of them said: Irule no one except your and my brother (Qur'an, 5:25). So, order us with your command, O Amir al-Mu'minin and we will accomplish it. Thereupon, Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: How can you two accomplish what I aim at?