He -azwj Made you -asws cross upon this empty place!
He -azwj Made you -asws cross upon this empty place!’ Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj Reward you with the safety, for that advice which you advised me -asws with’.
ثُمَّ قَلَّبَ وَجْهَ الدَّابَّةِ إِلَى مَا يَلِي كَفَلَهَا وَ الْقَوْمُ مَعَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ كَانَ أَمَامَهُ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ خَلْفَهُ وَ قَالَ اكْشِفُوا عَنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ فَكَشَفُوا عَنْهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَاوٍ وَ لَا يَسِيرُ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَقَعَ فِي الْحُفْرَةِ فَأَظْهَرَ الْقَوْمُ الْفَزَعَ وَ التَّعَجُّبَ مِمَّا رَأَوْا Then he -asws turned the face of the animal towards its rump, and the group was with him -asws , some of them were in front of him -asws , and some of them behind him -asws , and he -asws said: ‘Uncover from this place!’ So, they uncovered from it, and it was empty, and no one would have travelled upon it except he would have fallen into the pit.
The people displayed the panic and astonishment from what they had seen. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع لِلْقَوْمِ أَ تَدْرُونَ مَنْ عَمِلَ هَذَا قَالُوا لَا نَدْرِي قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع لَكِنْ فَرَسِي هَذَا يَدْرِي Ali -asws said to the people: ‘Do you know who did this?’ They said, ‘We don’t know’. He -asws said: ‘But this horse of mine knows’.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْفَرَسُ كَيْفَ هَذَا وَ مَنْ دَبَّرَ هَذَا فَقَالَ الْفَرَسُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا كَانَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُبْرِمُ مَا يَرُومُ جُهَّالُ الْخَلْقِ نَقْضَهُ أَوْ كَانَ يَنْقُضُ مَا يَرُومُ جُهَّالُ الْخَلْقِ إِبْرَامَهُ فَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَالِبُ وَ الْخَلْقُ هُمُ الْمَغْلُوبُونَ Then he -asws said: ‘O you horse! How was this (done), and who masterminded this?’ So, the horse said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !
If it was such that Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Does what the ignorant people want undone, or He -azwj Undoes what the ignorant people want to be done, then Allah -azwj , He -azwj is the Conqueror, and they (people) are the defeated ones.
فَعَلَ هَذَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ إِلَى أَنْ ذَكَرَ الْعَشَرَةَ بِمُوَاطَاةٍ عَنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ هُمْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي طَرِيقِهِ ثُمَّ دَبَّرُوا هُمْ عَلَى أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى الْعَقَبَةِ وَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِيَاطَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ وَلِيُّ اللَّهِ لَا يَغْلِبُهُ الْكَافِرُونَ Amir Al-Momineen -asws !
This was done by so and so, and so and so, and so and so’- until it mentioned the ten colluders from the twenty-four who were with Rasool-Allah -saww in his -saww way.
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