Power and decision-making interdependence

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 339

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 339

Power and decision-making interdependence
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٣٣٩. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): صَوَابُ الرَّأْيِ بِالدُّوَلِ: يُقْبِلُ بِإِقْبَالِهَا وَيَذْهَبُ بِذَهَابِهَا.

339. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Correctness of decision goes together with power. The one emerges with the other’s emergence and disappears when the other disappears. [1]