وَ لَمَا طَمِعْتَ فِيهَا يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ وَ لَكِنَّهَا...

وَ لَمَا طَمِعْتَ فِيهَا يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ وَ لَكِنَّهَا لَمَّا خَرَجَتْ مِنْ مَعْدِنِهَا تَنَازَعَتْهَا قُرَيْشٌ وَ طَمِعْتَ أَنْتَ فِيهَا يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ وَ أَصْحَابُكَ وَ قَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا وَلَّتْ أُمَّةٌ أَمْرَهَا رَجُلًا قَطُّ وَ فِيهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا لَمْ يَزَلْ أَمْرُهُمْ يَذْهَبُ سَفَالًا حَتَّى يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى مَا تَرَكُوا And when you coveted regarding it, O Muawiya, but when it came out from it’s mine, Qureysh contended it you coveted regarding it, O Muawiya, along with your companions, and Rasool-Allah -saww had said: ‘No community has been ruled by any man at all and there was someone among them who was more knowledgeable than him, except their affairs did not cease to go lower until they returned to what they had neglected’.

وَ قَدْ تَرَكَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ هَارُونَ وَ عَكَفُوا عَلَى الْعِجْلِ وَ هُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ خَلِيفَةُ مُوسَى فِيهِمْ وَ قَدْ تَرَكَتِ الْأُمَّةُ أَبِي وَ تَابَعَتْ غَيْرَهُ وَ قَدْ سَمِعُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي And the children of Israel had neglected Haroun -as and they devoted to the calf while they were knowing that he -as was the caliph of Musa -as among them, and the community had neglected my -asws father -asws and followed others, and (although) they had heard Rasool-Allah -azwj saying: ‘You -asws are from me -saww at the status of Haroun -as from Musa -as , except there will be no Prophet -as after me -saww ’.

وَ قَدْ رَأَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَيْثُ نَصَبَهُ بِغَدِيرِ خُمٍّ وَ نَادَى لَهُ بِالْوِلَايَةِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ And they had (also) seen Rasool-Allah -saww when he -saww had nominated him -asws at Ghadeer Khumm and called out with the Wilayah for him -asws upon the Momineen. Then he -saww ordered them that the attendee should deliver to the absentee.

وَ قَدْ هَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ قَوْمِهِ إِلَى الْغَارِ وَ هُوَ يَدْعُوهُمْ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَعْوَاناً هَرَبَ وَ قَدْ كَفَّ أَبِي يَدَهُ وَ نَاشَدَهُمْ وَ اسْتَغَاثَ فَلَمْ يُغَثْ وَ لَمْ يَجِدْ أَعْوَاناً عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَوْ وَجَدَ أَعْوَاناً عَلَيْهِمْ مَا أَجَابَهُمْ وَ قَدْ جُعِلَ فِي سَعَةٍ كَمَا جُعِلَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ فِي سَعَةٍ حِينَ هَرَبَ إِلَى الْغَارِ إِذْ لَمْ يَجِدْ أَعْوَاناً And Rasool-Allah -saww had fled from his -saww people to the cave, and he -saww was calling them.