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By the cunning of [['Amr b. 'As]], the army of [[Syria]] put volumes of the [[Qur'an]] on their spears as the symbol of making the Qur'an the arbiter between the fighting parties. This led to a division within the army of [[Imam Ali (a)]], with some people saying that since the enemy has accepted the Qur'an as the arbiter, we can no longer fight with them. Imam Ali (a) resisted the pressures, announcing that this was but a deception, but eventually he had to accept the arbitration of the Qur'an by writing a letter to [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] saying that he knows that Mu'awiya does not believe in the Qur'an, but he accepts the arbitration of the Qur'an anyway. | By the cunning of [['Amr b. al-'As]], the army of [[Syria]] put volumes of the [[Qur'an]] on their spears as the symbol of making the Qur'an the arbiter between the fighting parties. This led to a division within the army of [[Imam Ali (a)]], with some people saying that since the enemy has accepted the Qur'an as the arbiter, we can no longer fight with them. Imam Ali (a) resisted the pressures, announcing that this was but a deception, but eventually he had to accept the arbitration of the Qur'an by writing a letter to [[Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan]] saying that he knows that Mu'awiya does not believe in the Qur'an, but he accepts the arbitration of the Qur'an anyway. | ||
This happened when the army of Mu'awiya was about to be defeated because of the attacks made by [[Malik al-Ashtar]]. Mu'awiya asked 'Amr b. 'As for advice. By the suggestion of 'Amr b. 'As and the order of Mu'awiya, people of Syria put volumes of the Qur'an on their spears, shouting: "O' people of [[Iraq]]! Let [[God]] be the arbiter between us". According to some accounts, they also shouted: "O' Arab people! Think about your women and daughters. If you die, who is going to fight the Romans, Turks and the Persians?" They thereby asked for ending the war. Imam Ali (a) ordered his army to continue the war, but most people in his army wanted to accept the arbitration. Thus Imam Ali (a) had to accept the arbitration. | This happened when the army of Mu'awiya was about to be defeated because of the attacks made by [[Malik al-Ashtar]]. Mu'awiya asked 'Amr b. 'As for advice. By the suggestion of 'Amr b. 'As and the order of Mu'awiya, people of Syria put volumes of the Qur'an on their spears, shouting: "O' people of [[Iraq]]! Let [[God]] be the arbiter between us". According to some accounts, they also shouted: "O' Arab people! Think about your women and daughters. If you die, who is going to fight the Romans, Turks and the Persians?" They thereby asked for ending the war. Imam Ali (a) ordered his army to continue the war, but most people in his army wanted to accept the arbitration. Thus Imam Ali (a) had to accept the arbitration. | ||