لَمْ تَكُنْ بَيْعَتُكُمْ إِيَّايَ فَلْتَةً،
Your allegiance to me was not without thinking, (1)
وَلَيْسَ أَمْرِي وَأَمْرُكُمْ وَاحِداً،
nor is my and your position the same.
إِنِّي أُرِيدُكُمْ للهِ
I seek you for Allah's sake
وَأَنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَنِي لاِنْفُسِكُمْ.
but you seek me for your own benefits.
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَعِينُوني عَلى أَنْفُسِكُمْ،
O people! Support me despite your hearts’ desires.
وَايْمُ اللهِ لاَنْصِفَنَّ الْمَظْلُومَ،
By Allah, I will take revenge for the oppressed from the oppressor
وَلاَقُودَنَّ الظَّالِمَ بِخِزَامَتِهَ
and will put a string in the nose of the oppressor and drag him
حَتَّى أُورِدَهُ مَنْهَلَ الْحَقِّ
to the spring of truthfulness
وَإِنْ كَانَ كَارِهاً.
even though he may grudge it.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 136: Al-Mufid, al-'Irshad, 142; Ibn al-'Athir, III, 467 (f.l.t).
1. Here Amir al-muminin points to the view of `Umar ibn al-Khattab which he had on the allegiance of Abu Bakr on the day of Saqifah when he said: " . . . let me clarify this to you that the allegiance with Abu Bakr was a mistake and without thinking (faltah) but Allah saved us from its evil. Therefore, whoever (intends to) acts like this you must kill him. . ." (as-Sahih, al-Bukhari, vol. 8, p. 211; as-Sirah an-Nabawiyyah, Ibn Hisham, vol. 4, pp. 308309; at-Tarikh, at-Tabari, vol. l, p. l822; al-Kamil, Ibn al-Athir, vol. 2, p. 327; at-Tarikh, Ibn Kathir, vol. 5, pp. 245246; al-Musnad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, vol. l, p. 55; as-Sirah al-Halabiyyah, vol. 3, pp. 388, 392; al-Ansab, al-Baladhuri, vol. 5, p. l5; at-Tamhid, al-Baqilani, p. l96; ash-Sharh, Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, vol. 2, p. 23
