Some say the caliphate was a gift of the rebels and Ali did not have enough force to control or punish them,[110] while others say Ali accepted the rebels' argument or at least did not consider Uthman a just ruler.[115] Ali himself writes, in the Nahj al-Balagha, that he was blamed by the Umayyads for the assassination of Uthman.[116]
Тым не менш, кароль сцвярджаў, што Лейбніц нічога не робіць і забывае свае абяцанні: яго быў незадаволены, што гісторыя не даведзена да яго ўласнага шчаснага валадарання[72].