وقال عليه السلام لِكُمَيْل بن زياد النخعي:
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said to Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i:
يَا كُمَيْلُ،
O Kumayl,
مُرْ أَهْلَكَ أَنْ يَرُوحُوا في كَسْبِ الْمَكَارِمِ،
direct your people to go out in the day to achieve noble traits
وَيُدْلِجُوافِي حَاجَةِ مَنْ هُوَ نائِمٌ،
and to go out in the night to meet the needs of those who might be sleeping,
فَوَالَّذِي وَسِعَ سَمْعُهُ الاْصْوَاتَ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْدَعَ قَلْباً سُرُوراً
for I swear by Him Whose hearing extends to all voices if ever someone pleases another's heart,
إِلاَّ وَخَلَقَ اللهُ لَهُ مِنْ ذلِكَ السُّرُورِ لُطْفاً،
Allah will create a special thing out of this pleasing
فَإِذَا نَزَلَتْ بِهِ نَائِبَةٌجَرَى إلَيْهَا كَالْمَاءِ فِي انْحِدَارِهِ
so that whenever any hardship befalls him it will come running like flowing water
حَتَّى يَطْرُدَهَا عَنْهُ كَمَا تُطْرَدُ غَرِيبَةُ الاْبلِ.
and drive away the hardship as wild camels are driven away.
