ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) قاله للبرج بن مسهر الطائي، وقد قال له بحيث يسمعه: لا حكم إلاَّ لله، وكان من الخوارج

One of the Khārijites al-Burj ibn Mus’hir aṭ-Ṭā’i raised the slogan, “Command behoves only Allāh” in such a way that Amīr al-mu’minīn heard it. On hearing it he said:

اسْكُتْ قَبَحَكَ اللهُ يَا أَثْرَمُ، فَوَاللهِ لَقَدْ ظَهَرَ الْحقُّ فَكُنْتَ فِيهِ ضَئِيلاً شَخْصُكَ، خَفِيّاً صَوْتُكَ، حَتَّى إِذَا نَعَرَ الْبَاطِلُ نَجَمْتَ نُجُومَ قَرْ نِ الْمَاعِزِ.

Keep quiet, may Allāh make you ugly, O you with broken tooth. Certainly, by Allāh, when truth became manifest even then your personality was weak and your voice was lose. But when wrong began to shout loudly you again sprouted up like the horns of a kid.

Extrait de ses paroles adressées à Al Bourj Ibn Mashar At Ta’I qui lui avait dit à haute voix, étant kharïdjite: Il n’y a d’arbitre que Dieu

Tais-toi, ô édenté, que Dieu t’enlaidit! Par Dieu, la vérité est apparue et toi tu es faible de corps et ta voix est basse. Mais lorsque le mensonge crie tu apparais comme la corne de la chèvre!

Nahj al-Balāgha

Chapter #184