On the strength of your officers got the most respected beaten up...

On the strength of your officers got the most respected beaten up, frightened them and exiled them unnecessarily, on the people untold miseries were heaped by [1] Al-Sawā`iq al-Muhriqah, Page 118 [2] Al-Kāmil fit-Tārīkh, Vol 3, Page 86 your hand picked functionaries. Those who fought for their rights, they were put to sword.

If we accept that those who are your protectors with swords in their hands are perpetrating cruelties on the people without your consent, then their swords are also upholding your caliphate. If you demit office, their swords too will go blunt and they will sit peacefully at their homes! `Uthman could not reply and went quietly inside his…