فرمان اطاعت به معاویه Now, you are aware of my excuses before you people and my shunning you till that happened which was inevitable and which could not be…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي معاوية في أول ما بويع له ذكره الواقدي في كتاب "الجمل"
مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَي مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ إِعْذَارِي فِيكُمْ وَ إِعْرَاضِي عَنْكُمْ حَتَّي كَانَ مَا لَا بُدَّ مِنْهُ وَ لَا دَفْعَ لَهُ وَ الْحَدِيثُ طَوِيلٌ وَ الْكَلَامُ كَثِيرٌ وَ قَدْ أَدْبَرَ مَا أَدْبَرَ وَ أَقْبَلَ مَا أَقْبَلَ فَبَايِعْ مَنْ قِبَلَكَ وَ أَقْبِلْ إِلَيَّ فِي وَفْدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ وَ السَّلَامُ.
Now, you are aware of my excuses before you people and my shunning you till that happened which was inevitable and which could not be prevented. The story is long and much is to be said. What was to pass has passed and what was to come has come. Therefore, secure (my) allegiance from those who are with you and come in a deputation of your people to me; 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