ومن خطبة له (عليه السلام) وفيها ينصح أصحاب

About troubles which would arise and the Day of Judgement

أَرْسَلَهُ دَاعِياً إِلَى الْحَقِّ، وَشَاهِداً عَلَى الْخَلْقِ، فَبَلَّغَ رَسَالاَتِ رَبِّهِ غَيْرَ وَان وَلاَ مُقَصِّر، وَجَاهَدَ فِي اللهِ أَعْدَاءَهُ غَيْرَ وَاهِن وَلاَ مُعَذِّر، إِمَامُ مَنِ اتَّقَى، وَبَصَرُ مَنِ اهْتَدَى.

Allāh deputed him (the Prophet) as a caller towards Truth and a witness over the creatures. The Prophet conveyed the messages of Allāh without being lazy and without any short-coming, and he fought His enemies in the cause of Allāh without being languid and without pleading excuses. He is the foremost of all who practice piety and the power of perception of all those who achieve guidance.

وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ مِمَّا طُوِيَ عَنْكُمْ غَيْبُهُ، إِذاً لَخَرَجْتُمْ إِلَى الصُّعُدَاتِ، تَبْكُونَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِكُمْ، وَتَلْتَدِمُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَلَتَرَكْتُمْ أَمْوَالَكُمْ لاَ حَارِسَ لها وَلاَ خَالِفَ عَلَيْهَا، وَلَهَمَّتْ كُلَّ امْرِىء مِنْكُمْ نَفْسُهُ، لاَ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى غَيْرِهَا; وَلَكِنَّكُمْ نَسِيتُمْ مَا ذُكِّرْتُمْ، وَأَمِنْتُمْ مَا حُذِّرْتُمْ، فَتَاهَ عَنْكُمْ رَأْيُكُمْ، وَتَشَتَّتَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْرُكُمْ.

[A part of the same sermon, complaining about his men :] If you know what I know of the unknown that is kept wrapped up from you certainly you would have gone out into the open weeping over your deeds and beating yourselves in grief and you would have abandoned your properties without any guard for it on any substitute over it. Everyone would then have cared for his own self without paying attention to anyone else. But you have forgotten what was recalled to you and felt safe from what you had been warned. Consequently, your ideas went astray and your affairs were dispersed.

وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ اللهَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ، وَأَلْحَقَنِي بِمَنْ هُوَ أَحَقُّ بِي مِنْكُمْ، قَوْمٌ واللهِ مَيَامِينُ الرَّأْيِ، مَرَاجِيحُ الْحِلْمِ، مَقَاوِيلُ بِالْحَقِّ، مَتَارِيكُ لِلْبَغْيِ. مَضَوْا قُدُماً عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ، وَأَوْجَفُوا عَلَى الْـمَحَجَّةِ، فَظَفِرُوا بَالْعُقْبَى الْدَّائِمَةِ، وَالْكَرَامَةِ الْبَارِدَةِ.

I do long that Allāh may cause separation between me and you and give me those who have a better right to be with me than you. By Allāh, they are people of blissful ideas, enduring wisdom and true speech. They keep aloof from revolt. They trod forward on the path (of Allāh) and ran on the high-road. Consequently, they achieved the everlasting next life and easeful honours.

أَمَا وَاللهِ، لَيُسَلَّطَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غُلاَمُ ثَقِيف الذَّيَّالُ الْمَيَّالُ، يَأْكُلُ خَضِرَتَكُمْ، وَيُذِيبُ شَحْمَتَكُمْ، إِيه أَبَا وَذَحَةَ!

Beware! by Allāh, a tall lad of swinging gait from Banū Thaqīf would be placed over you. He would eat away your vegetation and melt your fat. So, O Aba Wadhāḥah, is that all?

قال السيّد الشريف : الْوَذَحَةُ : الخُنْفُسَاءُ. وهذا القول يومىءُ به إلى الحجاج، وله مع الوذحة حديث ليس هذا موضع ذكره.

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: “al-Wadhāḥah” means “al-khunfusā' (dung-beetle).” In this sentence Amir al-mu'minin has referred to al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ath-Thaqafī and he had an incident with “al-khunfusā'”, which need not be related here. [1]

Extrait d’un discours où il prodigue des conseils à ses compagnons

[Dieu] envoya [Mouhammad] pour appeler les gens à Lui et témoigner que Dieu a créé le monde. Il fit parvenir le message aux hommes sans paresse et lutta pour la cause de Dieu avec force et sans excuse. Il est l’Imam des gens pieux et la vue de ceux qui sont bien guidés.

Si vous connaissiez ce que je connais de l’Au-delà vous auriez quitté vos maisons, poussés par la peur vers les chemins, pleurant vos actions, frappant vos poitrines; et vous auriez laissé vos biens sans gardiens ni dépositaires, chacun de vous étant intéressé seulement par son propre salut. Mais vous avez oublié ce qu’on vous a rappelé, vous n’avez pas pris garde des avertissements; alors, votre opinion divague et vous perdez les rênes de la bonne conduite.

J’aurais bien aimé que Dieu me sépare de vous et me fasse suivie ceux qui méritent mieux que vous ma présence: des gens aux opinions bénis, cléments et graves dans leurs manières, attachés à la vérité, haïssant l’injustice. Ils avancent rapidement sur le droit chemin. C’est pour cela qu’ils ont mérité la récompense continue et la dignité bienheureuse...

Nahj al-Balāgha

Chapter #116