so I said to him: If you were the Commander of the Faithful, His glory is magnificent, then opposing you would be a blessing, and obeying you would be a vengeance.
[2] Just as it was narrated: Do not demand the obedience of your brother while you refuse to obey him; if you obey your brother, then demand his obedience after that.
So he said to me: I feared for you that you would incline toward other than the people of truth. I said to him: O Sheikh, bring your mind present [and be deliberate] 1 with the meanings of your speech, for your envy, your offense, and the evil of your deed have become manifest [to me] 2 . I am a man of the Shuʿaybī doctrine, of the Khasibi saying, no circumstance alters me from it, while you demand that which you have no [right] 3 to from me, and you have departed from [the boundary of monotheism and faith] 4 and ruled with falsehood and slander. So if you have opposed [the conduct of your master] 5 in that which he [entrusted to you] 6 [concerning it, the Book] 7 of God