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People’s Welcoming the Allegiance
24. Imām Ali (a.s.) –describing the pledge of allegiance to him: “You advanced towards me shouting ‘allegiance, allegiance’ the way she-camels who have delivered their newly born young ones leaping towards their young. I held back my hand, but you pulled it towards you. I refused to give my hand, but you dragged it.”1
25. Imām Ali (a.s.) –describing the people at the time of his allegiance: “At that moment nothing took me by surprise but the people rushing to me like the mane of the hyena, advancing to me from every corner so much that Hasan and Husain were getting crushed and both the ends of my garment were torn. They gathered around me like a herd of sheep.”2
26. Imām Ali (a.s.) –on mentioning the pledge of allegiance: “They leapt upon me as the camels leap upon each other on their arrival for drinking water, having been let loose and their legs unfastened by the shepherd to the extent that I thought they would either kill me or some will kill others in front of me.”3
1.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Sermon ۱۳۷, Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۳۲, p. ۷۸, h. ۵۱.
2.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Sermon ۳, Ma`āni al-Akhbār, vol. ۱, p. ۳۶۱, `Ilal al-Sharā'i`, vol.۱۲, p. ۱۵۱, al-Irshād, vol. ۱, p. ۲۸۹.
3.. Nahj al-Balāghah, Sermon ۵۴.
