از بنده خدا، علی امیر مومنان، به مردمی که برای خدا به خشم آمدند، آن هنگام که دیگران خدا را در زمین نافرمانی کردند، و حق او را نابود نمودند… From the slave of Allah, Ali, Amir al-Mu'minin to the people who became wrathful for the sake of Allah when He was disobeyed on His earth…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي أهل مصر لما ولي عليهم الأشتر
مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَي الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ غَضِبُوا لِلَّهِ حِينَ عُصِيَ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ ذُهِبَ بِحَقِّهِ فَضَرَبَ الْجَوْرُ سُرَادِقَهُ عَلَي الْبَرِّ وَ الْفَاجِرِ وَ الْمُقِيمِ وَ الظَّاعِنِ فَلَا مَعْرُوفٌ يُسْتَرَاحُ إِلَيْهِ وَ لَا مُنْكَرٌ يُتَنَاهَي عَنْهُ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ عَبْداً مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ لَا يَنَامُ أَيَّامَ الْخَوْفِ وَ لَا يَنْكُلُ عَنِ الْأَعْدَاءِ سَاعَاتِ الرَّوْعِ أَشَدَّ عَلَي الْفُجَّارِ مِنْ حَرِيقِ النَّارِ وَ هُوَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَخُو مَذْحِجٍ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَ أَطِيعُوا أَمْرَهُ فِيمَا طَابَقَ الْحَقَّ فَإِنَّهُ سَيْفٌ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللَّهِ لَا كَلِيلُ الظُّبَةِ وَ لَا نَابِي الضَّرِيبَةِ فَإِنْ أَمَرَكُمْ أَنْ تَنْفِرُوا فَانْفِرُوا وَ إِنْ أَمَرَكُمْ أَنْ تُقِيمُوا فَأَقِيمُوا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُقْدِمُ وَ لَا يُحْجِمُ وَ لَا يُؤَخِّرُ وَ لَا يُقَدِّمُ إِلَّا عَنْ أَمْرِي وَ قَدْ آثَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ عَلَي نَفْسِي لِنَصِيحَتِهِ لَكُمْ وَ شِدَّةِ شَكِيمَتِهِ عَلَي عَدُوِّكُمْ.
From the slave of Allah, Ali, Amir al-Mu'minin to the people who became wrathful for the sake of Allah when He was disobeyed on His earth and His rights were ignored and oppression had spread its coverings over the virtuous as well as the vicious, on the local as well as the foreigner. Consequently, no good was acted upon, nor any evil was avoided. Now, I have sent to you a man from the servants of Allah who allows himself no sleep in days of danger, nor does he shrink from the enemy at critical moments. He is severer on the wicked than a blazing fire. He is Malik ibn al-Harith, our brother from (the tribe of) Madhhij. Therefore, listen to him and obey his orders that accord with the right, because he is a sword among the swords of Allah, whose edge is not dull and which does not miss its victim. If he orders you to advance, advance, and if he orders you to stay, stay, because he surely neither advances or attacks nor puts anyone backward or forward save with my command. I have preferred him for you rather than for myself because of his being your well-wisher and (because of) the severity of his harshness over your enemies.
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