Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence)
نهج البلاغة
Letter #79
ومن كتاب له (عليه السلام) لما استخلف إلى أمراء الأجناد
أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ مَنَعُوا النَّاسَ الْحَقَّ فَاشْتَرَوْهُ، وَأَخَذُوهُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ فَاقْتَدَوْهُ.
English Translation
To the army officers when Amīr al-mu’minīn became Caliph.
Now, what ruined those before you was that they denied people their rights and then they had to purchase them (by bribes), and they led the people to wrong and they followed it.
اردو ترجمہ
امیر المؤمنین حضرت علی بن ابی طالبؑ کا مکتوبِ گرامی نمبر 79: مکتوب 79: To the army officers when he was elected as the caliph۔
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