و من كتاب له عليه السلام إلى بعض عماله
اما بعد فقد بلغنی عنک امر ان کنت فعلته فقد اسخطت ربک و عصیت امامک و اخزیت امانتک بلغنی انک جردت الارض فاخذت ما تحت قدمیک و اکلت ما تحت یدیک فارفع الی حسابک و اعلم ان حساب الله اعظم من حساب الناس و السلام
A Letter from Imam Ali (a.s)
[A letter to a commissioner of a province. It could not be ascertained as to whom it was addressed.]
I have been given to understand that you have taken possession of State-lands and that you have not only brought them under personal use but you have misappropriated State treasury also. Will you immediately send the detailed accounts (about both the items)? Remember that the reckoning of Allah is far more severe than any audit which man can carry out.