When he decided to fight the enemy face to face at Siffin

When Amīr al-mu’minīn decided to fight the enemy face to face at Ṣiffīn he said:

O my Allāh ! Sustainer of the high sky and the suspended firmament which Thou hast made a shelter for the night and the day, an orbit for the sun and the moon and a path for the rotating stars, and for populating it Thou…

[Calling men to battle :] Where are those who protect honour, and those self-respecting persons who defend respectable persons in the time of hardship? Shame is behind you while Paradise is in front of you.