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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Ali (a.s.)'s Book of Government Reasons for Imam Ali (a.s.)'s Loneliness Now, toward the end of this brief analysis, we bring up the important question that if administration of a state on the basis of the aforementioned policies are applicable and such polices are proper and competent, why then did people distance in a short time from such truth-centered statesman as Imam Ali (a.s.) whom they had selected as their leader with their widespread support, and left him alone during the last months his life?

Raising the Issue Let us further delve into various aspects of this topic and raise the issue more explicitly. The foremost questions here are: What was the reason for people's distancing so widely from Ali (a.s.) in a not so long period? Why could not the Imam (a.s.) practically preserve people's widespread support of the government?

Why was the bond of intimacy dissociated between the ruler and the people in Imam Ali (a.s.)'s hukuma, and people were disunited to the extent that the Imam could not create concordance among those who had directly sworn allegiance to him, and maintain "unity of word" among them? Why did the Imam (a.s.) complain of the lack of people's support in the way of actualizing his lofty causes and implementing his reforms during the last days of his life, and would painfully say?

Far from it that I ever may remove, with your help, the darkness from the face of justice and straighten the crookedness (which has found its way) in the truth.[^1] Why did he consider them the heart-rending pain of his political life and say?

I want to cure (maladies) by you, but you are (yourselves) my pains.[^2] And he complained of disobediences and rebellions, saying: I am entangled by people who do not obey.[^3] And he complained of their dispersed tendencies, and their fruitless crowded presence with their dissociated hearts, and said: There is no richness in your multitude, with your hearts scarcely united.[^4] He yearned to have the few companions of the battle of Badr: If I had companions similar in number as the people of Badr...[^5] And…?

Anyway! Where did so much regression originate after that wonderful turnout for swearing allegiance?