افشای چهره نفاق معاویه و مشروعیت بیعت I have received from you the packet of unconnected advices and the embellished letter. You have written it because of your misguidance, and…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إليه أيضا
أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ أَتَتْنِي مِنْكَ مَوْعِظَةٌ مُوَصَّلَةٌ وَ رِسَالَةٌ مُحَبَّرَةٌ نَمَّقْتَهَا بِضَلَالِكَ وَ أَمْضَيْتَهَا بِسُوءِ رَأْيِكَ وَ كِتَابُ امْرِئٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ بَصَرٌ يَهْدِيهِ وَ لَا قَائِدٌ يُرْشِدُهُ قَدْ دَعَاهُ الْهَوَي فَأَجَابَهُ وَ قَادَهُ الضَّلَالُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ فَهَجَرَ لَاغِطاً وَ ضَلَّ خَابِطاً.
I have received from you the packet of unconnected advices and the embellished letter. You have written it because of your misguidance, and despatched it because of lack of wisdom. This is the letter of a man who has neither light to show him the way nor a leader to guide him on the right path. Passion prompted him and he responded to it. Misguidance led him and he followed it. Consequently he began to speak nonsense and became recklessly astray.
وَ مِنْهُ:
A part of the same Letter
لِأَنَّهَا بَيْعَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لَا يُثَنَّي فِيهَا النَّظَرُ وَ لَا يُسْتَأْنَفُ فِيهَا الْخِيَارُ الْخَارِجُ مِنْهَا طَاعِنٌ وَ الْمُرَوِّي فِيهَا مُدَاهِنٌ.
Because allegiance is once and for all. It is not open to recondidered nor is there any scope for fresh proceedings of election. He who remains out of it is deemed to be critical of Islam while he who prevaricates upon it is a hypocrite.
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