وَ لَوْ حَمَلْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَى تَرْكِهَا وَ حَوَّلْتُهَا...

وَ لَوْ حَمَلْتُ النَّاسَ عَلَى تَرْكِهَا وَ حَوَّلْتُهَا إِلَى مَوَاضِعِهَا وَ إِلَى مَا كَانَتْ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَتَفَرَّقَ عَنِّي جُنْدِي، حَتَّى أَبْقَى وَحْدِي أَوْ [مَعَ‏] قَلِيلٍ مِنْ شِيعَتِيَ الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا فَضْلِي وَ فَرْضَ إِمَامَتِي مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ And if I -asws had burdened the people on avoiding it, and turned it back to its place and to what is used to be in the era of Rasool-Allah -saww , my -asws army would disperse from me -asws to the extent that there would remain only myself -asws or a few from my -asws Shias who recognise my -asws merits and Obligation of my -asws Imamate from the Book of Allah -azwj , Mighty is His -azwj Mention, and Sunnah of Rasool-Allah -saww .

أَ رَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَمَرْتُ بِمَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَرَدَدْتُهُ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ رَدَدْتُ فَدَكَ إِلَى وَرَثَةِ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ، وَ رَدَدْتُ صَاعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَمَا كَانَ، وَ أَمْضَيْتُ قَطَائِعَ أَقْطَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِأَقْوَامٍ لَمْ تُمْضَ لَهُمْ وَ لَمْ تُنْفَذْ Consider (what would happen) if I -asws were to order for the Maqaam e Ibrahim -as to be returned to its place where it was placed by Rasool-Allah -saww , and returned the (plantation of) Fadak to the inheritors of (Syeda) Fatima -asws , and returned to the ‘Sa’a’ (unit of measurement) to just as it was before, and execute the treaties which were made by Rasool-Allah -saww for the people, which were never executed nor were those ever established.