Despite all his deceptions and all his pretending…
Despite all his deceptions and all his pretending, and saying to Imam al-Redha (A) “O’ son of my uncle” and “O’ son of the Messenger of Allah”, Ma’mun [al-Rashid] still kept Imam Redha (A) under close watch; lest it be that one-day Imam Redha (A) rises up and uproots the [very] foundations of the Abbasids’ sultanate.
