نکوهش یک کارگزار Now, I have come to know such a thing about you that if you have done so then you have displeased your Lord, disobeyed your Imam and…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي بعض عماله
أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَمْرٌ إِنْ كُنْتَ فَعَلْتَهُ فَقَدْ أَسْخَطْتَ رَبَّكَ وَ عَصَيْتَ إِمَامَكَ وَ أَخْزَيْتَ أَمَانَتَكَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ جَرَّدْتَ الْأَرْضَ فَأَخَذْتَ مَا تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْكَ وَ أَكَلْتَ مَا تَحْتَ يَدَيْكَ فَارْفَعْ إِلَيَّ حِسَابَكَ وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ حِسَابَ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ حِسَابِ النَّاسِ وَ السَّلَامُ.
Now, I have come to know such a thing about you that if you have done so then you have displeased your Lord, disobeyed your Imam and betrayed your trust. I have come to know that you have razed the ground and taken away whatever was under your feet and devoured whatever was in your hands. Send me your account and know that the accounting to Allah will be severer than that to the people; 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