| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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| After performing the night prayer, Ali (may God be pleased with him) addressed his companions and said:
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خطبَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَصْحَابَهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَلَّى عِشَاءَ الآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ:
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| Praise be to God, who establishes what He decrees and determines.
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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُبَرِمُ مَا قَضَى وَقَدَّرَ،
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| Whatever He confirms, none can undo; and whatever He annuls, none can establish.
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فَمَا أَبْرَمَ فَلَا يَنْقُضُهُ النَّاقِضُونَ، وَمَا نَقَضَ فَلَنْ يُبْرِمَهُ الْمُبَرِمُونَ،
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| Indeed, had God, the Exalted, willed, not even two of His creatures would have differed;
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مَعَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَوْ شَاءَ لَمَا اخْتَلَفَ اثْنَانِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،
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| the community would not have disputed over any matter of His command, the inferior would not have denied the right of the superior,
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وَلَا تَنَازَعَتِ الْأُمَّةُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ، وَلَا جَحَدَ الْمَفْضُولُ حَقَّ الْفَاضِلِ،
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| and had He willed, they would not have fought. But Allah does what He wills.
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وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا اقْتَتَلُوا، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ،
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| These decrees have driven us and them to this place, and we stand before Allah, visible and audible to Him.
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وَقَدْ سَاقَتْنَا وَهَؤُلَاءِ الْمَقَادِيرُ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ، وَنَحْنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى بِمَنْظَرٍ وَمَسْمَعٍ،
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| Had Allah willed, He would have taken vengeance and with it would have come alteration; yet He has made this world the abode of deeds and the Hereafter the abode of permanence,
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وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَانْتَقَمَ وَكَانَ مَعَهُ التَّغْيِيرُ وَلَكِنَّهُ جَعَلَ الدُّنْيَا دَارَ الْأَعْمَالِ وَالْآخِرَةَ دَارَ الْقَرَارِ
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| so that He may recompense those who did evil with what they did, and reward those who did good with the best.
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لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى،
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| Behold, tomorrow you will fight your enemy. So spend this night in prayer, increase your recitation of the Qur’an,
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أَلَا وَإِنَّكُمْ تُقَاتِلُونَ عَدُوَّكُمْ غَدًا فَاطْلُبُوا اللَّيْلَةَ الْقِيَامَ وَأَكْثِرُوا فِيهَا مِنْ تِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ
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| remember Allah, and ask Him for victory. Be watchful, resolute, patient, and truthful.
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وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْأَلُوهُ النَّصْرَ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْحَذَرِ وَالْحَزْمِ وَالْصَّبْرِ وَكُونُوا صَادِقِينَ،
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| Behold: matters between you and your enemy have reached what you have seen, and nothing remains of them but their last breath.
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أَلَا! وَقَدْ بَلَغَ بِكُمْ وَبِعَدُوِّكُمْ مَا قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا آخِرَ نَفَسٍ
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| For when matters advance, consider their end by their beginning.
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فَإِنَّ الْأُمُورَ إِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ اعْتَبِرُوا آخِرَهَا بِأَوَّلِهَا
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| These people have endured, yet not upon a true religion, until they have reached against you what they have reached.
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وَقَدْ صَبَرَ لَكِنَّ الْقَوْمَ عَلَى غَيْرِ دِينٍ حَتَّى بَلَغُوا فِيكُمْ مَا بَلَغُوا،
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| Tomorrow I shall march against them, and I shall bring them to account before the Lord of the Worlds.[1]
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وَأَنَا غَادٍ عَلَيْهِمْ غَدًا وَمُحَاكِمُهُمْ إِلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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