الخطبة ۱۸۳

و من كلام له عليه السلام

قاله للبرج بن مسهر الطائي و قد قال له بحيث يسمعه لا حكم إلا للّه و كان من الخوارج اسْكُتْ قَبَّحَكَ اللَّهُ يَا أَثْرَمُ فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ ظَهَرَ الْحَقُّ فَكُنْتَ فِيهِ ضَئِيلًا شَخْصُكَ خَفِيّاً صَوْتُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا نَعَرَ الْبَاطِلُ نَجَمْتَ نُجُومَ قَرْنِ الْمَاعِزِ

Sermon 183

A Sermon from Imam Ali (a.s)

One of the Kharijites al-Burj ibn Mus'hir at-Ta'i raised the slogan, "Command behoves only Allah" in such a way that Amir al-mu'minin heard it. On hearing it he said: Keep quite, may Allah make you ugly, O' you with broken tooth. Certainly, by Allah, when truth became manifest even then your personality was weak and your voice was lose. But when wrong began to shout loudly you again sprouted up like the horns of a kid.