ومن خطبة له (عليه السلام)
[يريد الشيطان أويكني به عن قوم]
أَلاَ وإنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ جَمَعَ حِزْبَهُ وَاسْتَجْلَبَ خَيْلَهُ وَرَجِلَهُ ، وإِنَّ مَعِي لَبَصِيرَتي.
مَا لَبَّسْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي ، وَلاَ لُبِّسَ عَلَيَّ.
وَايْمُ اللهِ لاَُفْرِطَنَّ لَهُمْ حَوْضاً أَنَا مَاتِحُهُ ! لاَ يَصْدِرُونَ عَنْهُ ، وَلاَ يَعُودُونَ إِلَيْهِ.
Beware! Satan (1) has collected his group and assembled his horse-men and foot-soldiers. Surely, with me is my sagacity. I have neither deceived myself nor ever been deceived. By Allah I shall fill to the brim for them a cistern from which I alone would draw water. They can neither turn away from it nor return to it.