When people decided to swear allegiance to him after the murder of Uthman

When people decided to swear allegiance [1] at Amīr al-mu’minīn’s hand after the murder of ‘Uthmān, he said:

Leave me and seek some one else. We are facing a matter which has (several) faces and colours, which neither hearts can stand nor intelligence can accept. Clouds are hovering over the sky, and faces are not discernable.…