يَابْنَ اللَّعِينِ الاْبْتَرِ،
O son of the accursed and issueless,
وَالشَّجَرَةِ الَّتي لاَ أَصْلَ لَهَا وَلاَ فَرْعَ،
and of a tree which has neither root nor branch.
أَنْتَ تَكْفِينِي،
Will you deal with me?
فَوَاللهِ مَاأَعَزَّ اللهُ مَنْ أَنْتَ نَاصِرُهُ،
By Allah, Allah will not grant victory to him whom you support,
وَلاَ قَامَ مَنْ أَنْتَ مُنْهِضُه،
nor will he be able to stand up whom you raise.
اخْرُجْ عَنَّا
Get away from us.
أَبْعَدَ اللهُ نَوَاكَ،
Allah may keep you away from your purpose.
ثُمَّ ابْلُغْ جَهْدَك،
Then do whatever you like.
فَلاَ أَبْقَى اللهُ عَلَيْكَ إِنْ أَبْقَيْتَ!
Allah may not have mercy on you if you have pity on me.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 135: Ibn A’tham al-Kufi, al-Futuh, II, 165.
1. Al-Mughirah ibn al-Akhnas ath-Thaqafi was among the wellwishers of `Uthman ibn `Affan and the son of his paternal aunt. His brother Abu'l Hakam ibn al-Akhnas was killed at the hands of Amir al-mu'minin in the battle of Uhud, because of which he bore malice against Amir al-mu'minin. His father was one of those people who accepted Islam at the time of the fall of Mecca but retained heresy and hypocrisy in heart. That is why Amir al-mu'minin called him accursed, and he called him issueless because he who has a son like al-Mughirah deserves to be called issueless.
