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SERMON 61
Amir al-mu'minin also said:
Do not fight(1) the Kharijites after me, because one who seeks right but does
not find it, is not like one who seeks wrong and finds it.
as-Sayyid ar-Radi says: Amir al-mu'minin means Mu'awiyah and his men.
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SERMON 62
When Amir al-mu'minin was warned of being killed by deceit he said:
Surely there is a strong shield of Allah over me. When my day would come it
would get away from me and hand me over to death. At that time neither an arrow
would go amiss nor a wound would heal up.
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SERMON 63
About the transience of the world
Beware ! surely this world is a place from which protection cannot be sought
except while one is in it. The action which is performed only for this world
cannot secure salvation. People are tested in it through calamities. Those who
have taken worldly pleasures here will be taken out from them (by death) and
will be questioned about them. And whatever (good actions) they have achieved
for the other world they will get them there and stay in them. For the
intelligent this world is like the shade - one moment it is spread out and
extended but soon it shrinks and contracts.
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