پس خدای را سپاس! معاویه تو چه سخت به هوسهای بدعتزا، و سرگردانی پایدار، وابسته ای؟ حقیقتها را تباه کرده، و پیمانها را شکسته ای، پیمانهایی که… Glory be to Allah! How staunchly you cling to innovated passions and painful bewilderment along with ignoring the facts and rejecting…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي معاوية
فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَا أَشَدَّ لُزُومَكَ لِلْأَهْوَاءَ الْمُبْتَدَعَةِ وَ الْحَيْرَةِ الْمُتَّبَعَةِ مَعَ تَضْيِيعِ الْحَقَائِقِ وَ اطِّرَاحِ الْوَثَائِقِ الَّتِي هِيَ لِلَّهِ طِلْبَةٌ وَ عَلَي عِبَادِهِ حُجَّةٌ فَأَمَّا إِكْثَارُكَ الْحِجَاجَ عَلَي عُثْمَانَ وَ قَتَلَتِهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِنَّمَا نَصَرْتَ عُثْمَانَ حَيْثُ كَانَ النَّصْرُ لَكَ وَ خَذَلْتَهُ حَيْثُ كَانَ النَّصْرُ لَهُ وَ السَّلَامُ.
Glory be to Allah! How staunchly you cling to innovated passions and painful bewilderment along with ignoring the facts and rejecting strong reasons which are liked by Allah and serve as pleas for the people. As regards your prolonging the question of Uthman's murder the position is that you helped Uthman when it was really your own help, while you forsook him when he was in need of help; and that is an end to the matter.
Source: 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