ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) يحثّ فيه أصحابه على الجهاد

Exhorting his men to jihād and asking them to refrain from seeking ease

وَاللهُ مُسْتأْدِيكُمْ شُكْرَهُ، وَمُوَرِّثُكُمْ أَمْرَهُ، وَمُمْهِلُكُمْ فِي مِضْمار مَحْدُود، لِتَتَنَازَعُوا سَبَقَهُ، فَشدُّوا عُقَدَ الْمَـآزِرِ، وَاطْوُوا فُضُولَ الْخَوَاصِر، وَلاَ تَجْتَمِعُ عَزِيمَةٌ وَوَلِيمَةٌ، وَمَا أَنْقَضَ النَّوْمَ لِعَزَائِمِ الْيَوْمِ،أَمحَى الظُّلَمَ لِتَذَاكِيرِ الْهِمَمِ!

Allāh seeks you to thank Him and assigns to you His affairs. He has allowed time in the limited field (of life) so that you may vie with each other in seeking the reward (of Paradise). Therefore, tight up your girdles and wrap up the skirts. High courage and dinners do not go together. Sleep causes weakness in the big affairs of the day and (its) darkness obliterates the memories of courage.

وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي الأمي، وعلى آله مصابيح الدجى والعروة الوثقى، وسلم تسليماً كثيراً.

Allāh may bless our master Muḥammad, the Prophet, and his descendants who are lamps of darkness and trustworthy support, and may bestow peace (upon them) abundantly and profusely.

Nahj al-Balāgha

Chapter #241