Letter (64): Muawiya replied
As you have written (before Islam) there was agreement and unity between us and you. But yesterday there was a division between us and you in the Quraysh because we believed and you disbelieved and today it is that we are firm on the truth and you have fallen into temptations, and whoever of you converted to Islam was forced, and that was when all (Arab elites) converted to Islam and became with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. (Your letter
I have mentioned that I killed Talha and Zubair and drove Aisha out of the house and left Madinah and stayed in Kufa and Basra, but these are things that have nothing to do with you, nor is there any abuse on you, nor is there any need for an excuse.
And you have also mentioned that you are going to meet me with a group of Muhajirin and Ansar. But the door of emigration was closed on the same day your brother was arrested. If you are in such a hurry to fight, then take it easy, maybe I will come to meet you myself and it will be right because Allah has appointed me to punish you and if you come to meet me, he will be a poet. Baniyasad said.
"They are facing summer winds that are showering these pebbles on the slopes and rocks."
In my hand is the same sword with the blade of which I have brought your grandfather, your uncle and your brother to the same place. By God, as I know you, you are the one whose heart is covered with layers and whose intellect is very limited. It will not be good because you are searching for the lost things of others and you are grazing the cattle of two people, and you are beating your hands and feet for something that you are neither capable of nor do you have any basic attachment to. He was killed and fell. And as you know, he could not avoid any call and could not protect his safe cover from the blows of those swords that do not empty the field and the valley and in which there is no lethargy.
And you have written a lot about the killers of Uthman, so first enter my allegiance, which everyone has already entered. Then file a case against these people in my court. Then I will judge you and them from the Book of God alone. But what you are looking for is the deception that is given to prevent the child from milk. Peace be upon those who are capable of it.
