He well knew how to...

He well knew how to, on one hand, deceive the politically influential opponents and outlaws and keep them silent by promising to fulfill their avarices and little by little expunge them; and on the other hand to promise people to restore their rights and stress on developing Divine and human values, but as soon as he would have established the foundations of his rule, he would do whatever he wished and break all promises, as the statesmen have always done.

If he did so, he would no longer be Ali ibn Abi Talib. Rather, he would have been a statesman like other statesmen. So much passion and devotion of people in the history toward Ali (a.s.) is caused by his own Truth-centeredness. Now, we should…