I had forbidden you the acceptance of this aribitration but...

I had forbidden you the acceptance of this aribitration but you rejected my advice like adversaries and opponents till I turned my ideas towards your wishes. You are a group whose heads are devoid of wit and intelligence. May you have no father. I have not put you in any calamity nor wished you harm. Where are the Amalekites? Imam Ali delivered this sermon at Kufa standing on a stone which Ja’adah ibn Hubayral AL-Makhzumi had placed for him.

He had put on a woolen apparel on his body, the belt of his sword was made of leaves and the sandels on his feet too were of palm leaves: I advise you, slaves of Allah, to fear Allah who had dressed you good apparels and bestowed an abundance of sustenance upon you. If there was anyone who could secure…