When he -saww did not find supporters against them...
When he -saww did not find supporters against them, he -saww fled; and my -asws father -asws restrained his -asws hand and adjured them and sought their help, but they did not help and he -asws could not find supporters against them, and had he -asws found supporters against them, he -asws would not have answered them; and he -asws was made to be in a leeway just as the Prophet -saww was made to be in leeway when he -saww fled to the cave, when he -saww could not find supporters.
وَ قَدْ خَذَلَتْنِي الْأُمَّةُ فَبَايَعْتُكَ وَ لَوْ وَجَدْتُ عَلَيْكَ أَعْوَاناً مَا بَايَعْتُكَ وَ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ هَارُونَ فِي سَعَةٍ حِينَ اسْتَضْعَفُوهُ وَ عَادَوْهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ أَنَا وَ أَبِي فِي سَعَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حِينَ تَرَكَتْنَا الْأُمَّةُ وَ بَايَعَتْ غَيْرَنَا وَ لَمْ نَجِدْ أَعْوَاناً وَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ السُّنَنُ وَ الْأَمْثَالُ يَتْبَعُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً And the community has abandoned me -asws and pledged allegiance to you, and had I -asws found supporters against you, I -asws would not have pledged allegiance to you, and Allah -azwj Made Haroun -as to be in leeway when they had weakened him -as and were inimical to him -as , and like that is me -asws and my -asws father -asws in a leeway from Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic when the community neglected us -asws and pledged allegiance to others and we -asws could not find supporters, and rather it is the way and the example following each other.
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَوِ الْتَمَسْتُمْ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ أَنْ تَجِدُوا رَجُلًا أَبُوهُ وَصِيُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ جَدُّهُ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ غَيْرِي وَ غَيْرَ أَخِي لَمْ تَجِدُوا O you people! Even if you were to seek between the east and the west to find a man whose father was a successor of Rasool-Allah -saww and his grandfather was the Prophet -saww of Allah -azwj , apart from me -asws and my -asws brother -asws , you will not be finding (him).
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَ الْبَيَانِ وَ إِنِّي قَدْ بَايَعْتُ هَذَا وَ لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُمْ وَ مَتاعٌ إِلى حِينٍ Fear Allah -azwj and do not be staying after the explanation, and I am pledging allegiance to this one, and I don’t know, perhaps it is a Fitna for you and a provision up to a time’ [21:111] .
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