فَيَا عَجَباً بَيْنَا هُوَ يَسْتَقِيلُهَا فِي حَيَاتِهِ إِذْ...
فَيَا عَجَباً بَيْنَا هُوَ يَسْتَقِيلُهَا فِي حَيَاتِهِ إِذْ عَقَدَهَا لِآخَرَ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ لَشَدَّ مَا تَشَطَّرَا ضَرْعَيْهَا Oh, how strange! While he wanted to be excused from it (caliphate), then he collared it to another one after his own death, due to the intensity of what they had shared of its udders.
فَصَيَّرَهَا فِي حَوْزَةٍ خَشْنَاءَ يَغْلُظُ كَلْمُهَا وَ يَخْشُنُ مَسُّهَا وَ يَكْثُرُ الْعِثَارُ فِيهَا وَ الِاعْتِذَارُ مِنْهَا فَصَاحِبُهَا كَرَاكِبِ الصَّعْبَةِ إِنْ أَشْنَقَ لَهَا خَرَمَ وَ إِنْ أَسْلَسَ لَهَا تَقَحَّمَ فَمُنِيَ النَّاسُ لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ بِخَبْطٍ وَ شِمَاسٍ وَ تَلَوُّنٍ وَ اعْتِرَاضٍ He (Umar) made it to be in a harsh enclosure, harsh were its words and coarse was its touch, and the stumbles were a lot during it and so were the apologies from it.
Its owner was like a rider on a difficult camel. If he were to pull its rein, it would tear its nose, and if he were to let it look, would be overthrown. By Allah -azwj , as a consequence, the people were reckless, wicked, unsteady, deviated.
فَصَبَرْتُ عَلَى طُولِ الْمُدَّةِ وَ شِدَّةِ الْمِحْنَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا مَضَى لِسَبِيلِهِ جَعَلَهَا فِي [سِتَّةٍ] جَمَاعَةٍ زَعَمَ أَنِّي أَحَدُهُمْ فَيَا لَلَّهِ وَ لِلشُّورَى مَتَى اعْتَرَضَ الرَّيْبُ فِيَّ مَعَ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى صِرْتُ أُقْرَنُ إِلَى هَذِهِ النَّظَائِرِ I -asws was patient upon the prolonged length of the term and the severity of the test, until when he went on his way, he made it to be among a group of six. He alleged that I -asws was one of them.
Oh, what Have I -asws to do with the consultation? Where was the objection of doubt regarding me -asws with the first of them until I -asws had to be paired to these ones as a match?
لَكِنِّي أَسْفَفْتُ إِذْ أَسَفُّوا وَ طِرْتُ إِذْ طَارُوا فَصَغَا رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ لِضِغْنِهِ وَ مَالَ الْآخَرُ لِصِهْرِهِ مَعَ هَنٍ وَ هَنٍ إِلَى أَنْ قَامَ ثَالِثُ الْقَوْمِ نَافِجاً حِضْنَيْهِ بَيْنَ نَثِيلِهِ وَ مُعْتَلَفِهِ وَ قَامَ مَعَهُ بَنُو أَبِيهِ يَخْضَمُونَ مَالَ اللَّهِ- [خَضْمَ] خِضْمَةَ الْإِبِلِ نِبْتَةَ الرَّبِيعِ إِلَى أَنِ انْتَكَثَ عَلَيْهِ فَتْلُهُ وَ أَجْهَزَ عَلَيْهِ عَمَلُهُ وَ كَبَتْ بِهِ بِطْنَتُهُ But I -asws laid low when they laid low, and I -asws flew high when they flew.
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