Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 19

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Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 19
Amir al-Mu’minin (􀁸) delivering a lecture from the pulpit of
(the mosque of) Kufa when al-Ash`ath ibn Qays1 objected and said,
“O Amir al-Mu’minin (􀁸)! This thing is not in your favor but against
you.2 Amir al-Mu’minin (􀁸) looked at him with anger and said:
How do you know what is for me and what is against me? Curse
of Allah and other be on you. You are a weaver and son of a weaver. You
are the son of an unbeliever and yourself a hypocrite. You were arrested
once by the unbelievers and once by the Muslims, but you wealth and
birth could not save you from either. The man who contrives for his own
people to be put to sword and invites death and destruction for them does
deserve that the near ones should hate him and the remote ones should not
trust him.