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48 virtues gone and where is your vitality? I do not find your dis- course based upon righteous- ness; rather, your hearts are tainted with rebellion. What will become of the boat that has sailors like you? And what will become of the land ploughed by farmers of your ilk? Without doubt, you are the enemy of the Faith and the mighty Shariah. We know the citadel of Islam has been razed to the ground on your account and by your hands and now it lies in ruins. Had my Lord God not graced it with His mercy, it would have been engulfed by darkness. God is its Guardian and He is the Best of Guardians. Do you not perceive how many paths you have trodden and how many people you have destroyed; how many innova- tions you have introduced and how many nations you have deceived; how many honours you have violated and how many cunning people you have ریّاكم؟ ما أجد الكمكم مؤسَّسًا علی التقوی، وأجد قلوبكم متدنسة بالطغوی. فما بال قارب كان لها كمثلِكم المالحُ، وما بال أرض یحرثها كحزبكم الفالحُ؟ وال شك أنكم أعداء الدین وعِدا الشرع إسالم ال المتین. ونعلم أن قصر ا منكم ومن أیدیكم عفا، ولم یبق منه إال شفا، ولوال رحمة ربّي الٔحاطه الدجی، وكان الل ّٰ حافظه وهو خیر الحافظین. ٍّ ْ فَج كَم أنكم تنظرون أال سلكتم، وكم رجل ٍ أهلكتم، وكم ٍ بِدَع ٍ ابتدعتم، وكم قوم ٍ خدعتم، وكم عرض ٍ اختلستم، وكم ثعلب ن فالحق قد بان آ ال افترستم؟ أمّا ا