The Manifesto
يَا كُمَيْلُ إِنَّمَا تَسْتَحِقُّ أَنْ تَكُونَ مُسْتَقَرّاً إِذَا لَزِمْتَ الْجَادَّةَ الْوَاضِحَةَ الَّتِي لَا تُخْرِجُكَ إِلَى عِوَجٍ وَ لَا تُزِيلُكَ عَنْ مَنْهَجِ مَا حَمَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِ وَ هَدَيْنَاكَ إِلَيْهِ
(Imam Ali-asws Ibn Abi Talib-asws advised Kumayl Ibn Ziad in a lengthy Hadith): ‘O Kumayl! But rather you would be deserving, if you become from the settled ones (of permanent Eman) when you necessitate the apparent seriousness which would neither exit you to any crookedness nor would it slip you from ‘مَنْهَجِ ’ the Manifesto what carried you upon it, and Guided you to Him-azwj (an extract).[1]
[1] بحار الأنوار (ط – بيروت)، ج74، ص: 269, H.1