[Machine] The people went to Ali, inviting him to something, but they overwhelmed him and he did not understand. He said, "Is there no man who can summarize his speech for me in five or six words?" I became eager and approached him. I said, "If he understands before I speak, then I will sit nearby. I said, 'O Amir al-Mu'minin, the speech is not in five or six words, but rather it is two words." He looked at me and said, "I said, 'Digestion' or 'retribution'?" He frowned and said, "Thirty." And he said, "They say, 'Do you see how many you have counted?' It is under my feet, take these two."  

فَجَاءَ النَّاسُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ يَدْعُونَ أَشْيَاءً فَأَكْثَرُوا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَفْهَمْ قَالَ أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَجْمَعُ كَلَامَهُ لِي فِي خَمْسِ كَلِمَاتٍ أَوْ سِتٍّ قَالَ فَاحْتَفَزْتُ عَلَى إِحْدَى رِجْلَيَّ قُلْتُ إِنْ فَهِمَ قَبْلَ كَلَامِي وَإِلَّا جَلَسْتُ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ الْكَلَامَ لَيْسَ بِخَمْسٍ وَلَا بِسِتٍّ وَلَكِنَّهَا كَلِمَتَانِ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ هَضْمٌ أَوْ قِصَاصٌ؟ قَالَ فَعَقَدَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَقَالَ قَالُونُ أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا عَدَدْتُمْ فَهُوَ تَحْتَ قَدَْمَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ