Muntakhab al-tawarikh 26.5

26.5

On the heaven of his prophecy, for the travellers along the high road of the sacred law, each of these four pillars is a sign of the injunction Go on thy way and be pure.
May every breath of my life be praise and glory, until the breath of the morning, that each breath may then be a worthy present for the soul.
Think that the pupils of my two eyes are four in affection, (i.e., four Khalifs),
Otherwise thou wilt fail to gain Paradise, and art ready for the door of hell.
What good will apostasy do you when ‘Ali is independent of you? How can gold shew its perfect purity if the touchstone does not shew the shine of it?
What blame is it to the body of the lute if during the tune either its silken string breaks, or its bridge slips down.
Go, and open the letter of the Prophet in all sincerity, that it may efface from your mind the suspicion as regards “Faddak,”
And he who like the ill-omened owl boasts of being a Khariji
him, he replied "Thy father said that we who are prophets do not leave hereditary legacies oh that I leave is for Moslims.
The Shi'ahs say that Abu Bakr seized Faddak by force. The poet denies this assertion in the above verse compared to the confidant of the cave is like the night-flying bat in comparison with the standard of the day (the Sun).
Put aside your desire of rebellion, say not a word save in respect, how can a dog contend with a tawny lion.