Letter 79: To the army officers

when Amir al-muminin became Caliph

أَمَّا بَعْدُ،

Now,

فإِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ

what ruined those before you

أَنَّهُمْ مَنَعُوا النَّاسَ الْحَقَّ

was that they denied people their rights

فَاشْتَرَوْهُ،

and then they had to purchase them (by bribes),

وَأَخَذُوهُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ

and they led the people to wrong

فَاقْتَدَوْهُ.

and they followed it.

تمّ الباب بحمدالله.