نامه 33: به قثم بن عباس · Letter 33

و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي قثم بن العباس و هو عامله علي مكة

أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ عَيْنِي بِالْمَغْرِبِ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ يُعْلِمُنِي أَنَّهُ وُجِّهَ إِلَي الْمَوْسِمِ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ الْعُمْيِ الْقُلُوبِ الصُّمِّ الْأَسْمَاعِ الْكُمْهِ الْأَبْصَارِ الَّذِينَ يَلْبِسُونَ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَ يُطِيعُونَ الْمَخْلُوقَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِ وَ يَحْتَلِبُونَ الدُّنْيَا دَرَّهَا بِالدِّينِ وَ يَشْتَرُونَ عَاجِلَهَا بِآجِلِ الْأَبْرَارِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ لَنْ يَفُوزَ بِالْخَيْرِ إِلَّا عَامِلُهُ وَ لَا يُجْزَي جَزَاءَ الشَّرِّ إِلَّا فَاعِلُهُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَي مَا فِي يَدَيْكَ قِيَامَ الْحَازِمِ الصَّلِيبِ وَ النَّاصِحِ اللَّبِيبِ التَّابِعِ لِسُلْطَانِهِ الْمُطِيعِ لِإِمَامِهِ وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ مَا يُعْتَذَرُ مِنْهُ وَ لَا تَكُنْ عِنْدَ النَّعْمَاءِ بَطِراً وَ لَا عِنْدَ الْبَأْسَاءِ فَشِلًا وَ السَّلَامُ.

My spy in the West has written to me telling that some people of Syria have been sent for hajj who are blind of heart, deaf of ears and devoid of eyesight. They confound the truth with vanity, obey men in disobeying Allah, claim the milk of the world in the name of religion, and trade in the pleasures of this world by forsaking the rewards of the virtuous and the God-fearing. No one achieves good except he who acts for it, and no one is awarded the recompense of evil except he who commits it. Therefore, behave yourself in your duties like an intelligent, experienced, well-wishing and wise man who follows his superior and is obedient to his Imam. You should avoid what you may have to explain. Do not rise up in riches nor lose courage in distress; and that is an end to the matter.