خطبه ۱۷۰: چون به بصره نزدیک شد
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متن عربی
۱۷۰- و من كلام له ( عليه السلام ) > في وجوب اتباع الحق عند قيام الحجة كلّم به بعض العرب < وَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَهُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ لَمَّا قَرُبَ ( عليه السلام ) مِنْهَا لِيَعْلَمَ لَهُمْ مِنْهُ حَقِيقَةَ حَالِهِ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ الْجَمَلِ لِتَزُولَ الشُّبْهَةُ مِنْ نُفُوسِهِمْ فَبَيَّنَ لَهُ ( عليه السلام ) مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَعَهُمْ مَا عَلِمَ بِهِ أَنَّهُ عَلَي الْحَقِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ بَايِعْ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ قَوْمٍ وَ لَا أُحْدِثُ حَدَثاً حَتَّي أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) : أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ الَّذِينَ وَرَاءَكَ بَعَثُوكَ رَائِداً تَبْتَغِي لَهُمْ مَسَاقِطَ الْغَيْثِ فَرَجَعْتَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ أَخْبَرْتَهُمْ عَنِ الْكَلَإِ وَ الْمَاءِ فَخَالَفُوا إِلَي الْمَعَاطِشِ وَ الْمَجَادِبِ مَا كُنْتَ صَانِعاً قَالَ كُنْتُ تَارِكَهُمْ وَ مُخَالِفَهُمْ إِلَي الْكَلَإِ وَ الْمَاءِ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) فَامْدُدْ إِذاً يَدَكَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَنْ أَمْتَنِعَ عِنْدَ قِيَامِ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَيَّ فَبَايَعْتُهُ ( عليه السلام ) . وَ الرَّجُلُ يُعْرَفُ بِكُلَيْبٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ .
ترجمه‌ی فارسی
خطبه ۱۷۰-چون به بصره نزديك شد (در آستانه جنگ بصره، گروهي از اعراب، شخصي را جهت آگاهي از حقيقت و دانستن علل مبارزه امام (ع) با ناكثين به نمايندگي نزد حضرت علي (ع) فرستادند، امام به گونه اي با آن شخص صحبت فرمود كه حقيقت را دريافت، آنگاه به او فرمود، بيعت كن، كليب جرمي گفت، من نماينده گروهي هستم و قبل از مراجعه به آنان به هيچ كاري اقدام نمي كنم امام فرمود) روش هدايت كردن اگر آنها تو را مي فرستادند كه محل ريزش باران را بيابي، سپس به سوي آنان باز مي گشتي و از گياه و سبزه و آب خبر مي دادي، اگر مخالفت مي كردند و به سرزمينهاي خشك و بي آب روي مي آوردند تو چه مي كردي؟ (گفت: آنها را رها مي كردم و به سوي آب و گياه مي رفتم، امام فرمود) پس دستت را براي بيعت كردن بگشاي. (مرد گفت: سوگند به خدا به هنگام روشن شدن حق توانايي مخالفت نداشتم و با امام (ع) بيعت كردم)
ترجمه‌ی انگلیسی
Allah knows hidden matters and is aware of inner feelings. He encompasses everything. He has control over everything and power over everything. Everyone of you should do whatever he has to do during his days of life before approach of death, in his leisure before his occupation, and during the breathing of his breath before it is overtaken by suffocation, should provide for himself and his journey and should collect provision from his place of halt for his place of stay. So remember Allah, O' people, about what He has asked you in His Book to take care of, and about His rights that He has entrusted to you. Verily, Allah has not created you in vain nor left you unbridled nor let you alone in ignorance and gloom. He has defined what you should leave behind, taught you your acts, ordained your death, sent down to you, " the Book " Qur'an " explaining everything " " Qur'an, 16:89 " and made His Prophet live among you for long time till He completed for him and for you the message sent through the Qur'an namely the religion liked by Him, and clarified through him His good acts and evil acts. His prohibitions and His commands. He placed before you His arguments and exhausted his excuses upon you. He put forth to you His promises and warned you of severe retribution. You should therefore make full atonement during your remaining days and let yourselves practice endurance in these days. These days are fewer as against the many days during which you have shown obliviousness and heeedlessness towards admonition. Do not allow time to yourselves because it will put you on the path of wrong-doers and do not be easy-going because this will push you towards sinfulness. O' creatures of Allah! the best adviser for himself is he who is the most obedient to Allah, and the most deceiving for himself is he who is the most disobedient to Allah. Deceived is he who deceived his own self. Enviable is he whose Faith is safe. Fortunate is he who takes lesson from others, while unfortunate is he who fell victim to his desires. You should know that even the smallest hypocricy is like believing in more than one God, and keeping company of people who follow their desires is the key to obliviousness from religion, and is the seat of Satan. Be on your guard against falsehood because it is contrary to Faith. A truthful person is on the height of salvation and dignity, while the liar is on the edge of ignominy and degredation. Do not be jealous because jealousy eats away Faith just as fire eats away dried wood. Do not bear malice because, it is scraper " of virtues ". And know that desires make wit forgetful and make memory oblivious. You should falsify desire because it is a deception, and he who has desires is in deceit.
منبع: نهج‌البلاغه (گردآوری سید رضی)