Deputation of the Holy Prophet
Allah deputed the Prophet with a sparkling light a clear argument an open path and a
guiding book. His tribe is the best tribe and his lineal tree the best lineal tree whose
branches are in good proportion and fruits hanging (in plenty). His birth-place was Mecca
and the place of his immigration Taybah (Medina) from where his name rose high and his
.voice spread far and wide
Against reliance on heresy
O' people! If a person knows his brother to be steadfast in faith and of correct ways he
should not lend ear to what people may say about him.
About the Kharijites and their opinion on Arbitration
We did not name people the arbitrators but we named the Qur'an the arbitrator. The Qur'an is a book covered between two flaps and it does not speak. It should therefore necessarily have an interpreter. Men alone can be such interpreters. When these people invited us to name the Qur'an as the arbitrator between us we could not be the party turning away from the Book of Allah. since Allah has said:
(And then if ye quarrel about anything refer it to Allah and the Prophet . . (Qur'an 4:59 . . .
Admonishing
his own companions
Although Allah gives time to the oppressor ،His catch would not spare him. Allah watches
.him on the passage of his way and the position of that which suffocates the throats.
By Allah in Whose power my life lies these people (Mu'awiyah and his men) will overcome
you not because they have a better right than you but because of their hastening towards
(the wrong
with their leader and your slowness about my right to be followed).
