Sermon 9
Cowardice of the people of Jamal
They thundered like clouds and shone like lightning but despite both these things they exhibited cowardice, while we do not thunder until we pounce upon the foe nor do we show flow (of words) until we have not virtually rained.
ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) في صفته وصفة خصومه ويقال إنّها في أصحاب الجمل وقَدْ أَرْعَدُوا وَأبْرَقُوا، وَمَعَ هذَيْنِ الاْمَرَيْنِ الفَشَلُ، وَلَسْنَا نُرْعِدُ حَتَّى نُوقِعَ، وَلا نُسِيلُ حَتَّى نُمْطِر .
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Regarding the incitement of Satan: alluding to a particular group of people (about Talhah and az-Zubayr)