[Machine] "To take your share of this matter and hide in it?" He said, "I am prevented from doing so by a promise that my friend and your cousin made to me, that if the temptation arises for me to take a sword made of wood, and I have taken it, and it is hanging there."  

أَنْ تَأْخُذَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ وَتُخِفْ فِيهِ؟ قَالَ يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ عَهْدٌ عَهِدَهُ إِلَيَّ خَلِيلِي وَابْنُ عَمِّكَ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ سَيْفًا مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَقَدْ اتَّخَذْتُهُ وَهُوَ ذَاكَ مُعَلَّقٌ  

[Machine] When Ali arrived in Basra, he sent a message to him and said, "What prevents you from following me?" He replied, "My friend and your cousin advised me, saying that there will be division and dispute. So break your sword and take a wooden sword, and stay in your house until a wrongdoer or a corrupt judge comes to you." I did as the Messenger of Allah ordered me. So, if you can, Ali, avoid being that wrongdoer.  

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا لَمَّا قَدِمَ الْبَصْرَةَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَتْبَعَنِي؟ فَقَالَ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي وَابْنُ عَمِّكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ فُرْقَةٌ وَاخْتِلَافٌ فَاكْسِرْ سَيْفَكَ وَاتَّخِذْ سَيْفًا مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَاقْعُدْ فِي بَيْتِكَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَكَ يَدٌ خَاطِئَةٌ أَوْ مَنِيَّةٌ قَاضِيَةٌ فَفَعَلْتُ مَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ أَنْ لَا تَكُونَ تِلْكَ الْيَدَ الْخَاطِئَةَ فَافْعَلْ  

[Machine] What prevents you from following me? So mention its meaning.  

مَا يَمْنَعُكَ مِنَ اتِّبَاعِي؟ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ