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Golden Sayings Hazrat Ameer ul Momineen Imam Ali Ibn Abitalib a.s.
(The Commander of the Faith)
Assalamoalaka ya Ameer ul Momineen Imam Ali Ibn Abitalib a.s.
The promised Mahdi will emerge at the End of Time from among us. There is no Mahdi in any nation other than him being awaited.
O act in accord with faith saves a man from misfortune.
Imam Ali (a.s) has said that
nine definite signs will precede the emergence of Hazrat Mahdi (a.s). These
nine signs are:
Dajaal will emerge.
A loud voice will be heard from the sky.
Sufiani will appear and wage a fierce war.
The army of Sufiani will be swallowed by a sudden opening of the land between
Makka and Medina in the desert of Baida.
A revered wise saint will be murdered in Makka. (This saint is to be a Hashimite
descent.)
A Seyyid descendant of Imam Hassan (a.s) will emerge with his army.
The army of Seyyid-e-Hassan and an image of a man will appear in the sky
opposite the sun.
There will be two eclipses in the holy month of Ramadhan contrary to the
normal order and calculation and the eclipse of the moon.
On three occasions a loud voice from the sky will be heard in the holy month
of Ramadhan.
The Reappearance
Hazrat Isa, Hazrat Khizr, Hazrat Ilias, and Hazrat Idris (a.s) will give
allegiance to the Imam when he reapers. Also Jibrael will announce 313 companions
of the Imam. These 313 companions will be people of eminent piety, great
knowledge and absolutely steadfast in their determination and faith towards
the Imam. Another 1000 people will be in the army of the Imam. These people
will fight battles and kill enemies like Dajal, who will appear from India.
Dajal will have the musical tunes with him. Then the Imam will lead the
prayers, Hazrat Isa (a.s) will be behind him.
Lets all pray for the reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a.s).
I used to go with the Holy Prophet like the baby camel goes with his mother.
The locks of the heavens are beliefs in more than one God, and its keys are the letters of “La Ilaha Illallah, Muhammad-Ur-Rasulallah.”
The promised Mahdi will be among my family. God will make the provisions for his emergence within a single night.
I asked the Prophet: "Is Mahdi going to be among our own family or from some other?" He replied: "He will be among us. God will conclude His religion through him, just as He began it with us. It will be through us that people will find refuge from sedition, just as it was through us that they were saved from polytheism. Moreover, it will be through us that God will bring their hearts together in brotherhood following the animosity sown by the sedition, just as they were brought together in brotherhood in their religion after the animosity sown by polytheism."
'During Mahdi's time red and white death and locuts will become visible. otherwise too red coloured
locusts will be found. red death refers to the sword and white death refers to plague.
Al Hassan Ibn Ali came to Abu Bakr when he was upon the mimbar of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said ‘Come down from my father’s seat’. He said ‘You have told the truth, it is your father’s seat,’ and he placed him in his lap and wept’. Ali said ‘By Allah this was not from my command’.
The scholar(Alim) who derives benefit from his knowledge is better than seventy thousand devotees(Abid).
These books are treasures of knowledge and they cannot say anything against the Holy Qur'an. On the contrary the knowledge contained therein would act as commentaries of the Holy Book and would assist and help in further explanations of the knowledge as presented by the Holy Prophet. Knowledge is an asset for human beings and a birth right of man. It should not be destroyed
During civil disturbance be like an adolescent camel who has neither a back strong enough for riding nor udders for milking.
Leave your matters on Allah & depend on Him.
Charity is an effective cure, and actions of people in their present life will be before their eyes in the next life.
Meet people in such a manner that if you die they should weep for you and if you live they should long for you.
Keep walking in your sickness as long as you can.
The tongue of the wiseman is behind his heart and the heart of the fool is behind his tongue.
A simple cure through exercise and ignoring the sickness as much as possible).
Beware of disobeying Allah in solitude, for the witness is also the judge.
Even if I strike the nose of a believer with this sword for hating me, he will not hate me, and even if I pile all the wealth of the world before a hypocrite for loving me he will not love. This is because it is pronounced by the tongue of the beloved Prophet. O’Ali, a believer will never hate you and a hypocrite (Muslim) will never love you.
Woe to you. For death there is a fixed hour which cannot be exceeded, and a cause which does not change. Now look, never repeat such talk which Satan had put on your tongue.
The perfect jurist of Islam is he who does not let people lose hope from the mercy of Allah, does not make him despondent of Allah’s kindness and does not make him feel safe from Allah’s punishment.
Two categories of persons will face ruin on account of me; he who loves me with exaggeration and he who hates me intensely.
. Protect your belief by charity, guard your wealth by paying Allah’s share, and ward off the waves of calamity by praying
There is no wealth like wisdom, no destitution like ignorance, no inheritance like refinement and no support like consultation.
The people of the world are like travellers who are being carried while asleep.
Do not feel ashamed for giving little, because refusal is smaller than that.
Faith stands on four supports: on endurance, conviction, justice and Jihad
He who adopts greed as a habit devalues himself, he who discloses his hardship agrees to humiliation, and he who allows his tongue to overpower his Nafs debases the Nafs.
Since you profess knowledge of the stars, tell me about the movement of such and such star.
There is a vessel filled with so many silver coins and the coins bear such and such emblem. How do you know enquired the monk
Beware of learning the science of stars except that with which guidance is sought on land or sea, because it leads to divining and an astrologer is a diviner, while a diviner is like the sorcerer, the sorcerer is like the unbeliever and the unbeliever’s place is in hell.
By God’s grace.
He said “ do you think you can tell the hour when a man goes out and no evil befall him. Whoever testifies this falsifies the Qoran and becomes unmindful of Allah in achieving his desired objective and in warding off the undesirable.”
Avarice destroys man.
Piety gains respect .
Worldly love ends in nothing but disgrace.
Ali, while looking at his son Hasan, said, 'This son of mine is the master (sayyid) as declared by the Prophet. Among his progeny will appear a man whose name will be that of the Prophet. He will resemble the Prophet in his demeanor; but he will not resemble him in appearance.
Life has definite ending.
Knowledge is helpful to man in all hardships of life.
Reason & wisdom guide to right path.
Ali b. Abi Talib told the
people:
I ask you to verify this, in the name of God: Do you recall what the Prophet
said in his last speech: "O people! I leave among you the Book of God
and my family? Hold on to them and you will never lose your way, because
God, the Wise, has informed and assured me that these two will never part
from each other till the Day of Judgement." At that time 'Umar b. al-Khattab
got angry and stood up and asked: "Does this statement include all
of your family?" The Prophet replied: "No. This includes my legatees
among whom the first is 'Ali b. Abi Talib, my brother, vizier, heir and
caliph. He is the one who has discretionary power over my community. Following
'Ali my son Hasan, following him my son Husayn, and then nine descendants
of Husayn are the legatees. They will follow each other until the Day of
Judgement. They are the proofs of God's existence for the people, the keepers
of divine knowledge, and the repositories of wisdom on earth. Whoever obeys
them has obeyed God, and whoever disobeys them has disobeyed God."
Every body likes justice & pair-play.
I am amazed at the heart of
man: It possesses the substance of wisdom as well as
the opposites contrary to it ... for if hope arises in it, it is brought
low by
covetousness: and if covetousness is aroused in it, greed destroys it. If
despair possesses it, self piety kills it: and if it is seized by anger,
this is
intensified by rage. If it is blessed with contentment, then it forgets
to be
careful; and if it is filled with fear, then it becomes pre-occupied with
being
cautious. If it feels secure , then it is overcome by vain hopes; and if
it is
given wealth, then its independence makes it extra-vagant. If want strikes
it,
then it is smitten by anxiety. If it is weakened by hunger, then it gives
way to
exhaustion; and if it goes to far in satisfying its appetites, then its
inner
becomes clogged up. So all its shortcomings are harmful to it, and all its
excesses corrupt it.
There are four things that make the heart die: wrong action followed by
wrong
action, playing around with foolish people, spending a lot of time with
women,
and sitting with the dead. Then they asked Imam Ali: ' And who are the dead,
O
Commander of the believers? ' He replied: ' Every slave who follows his
desires.
'
Surely want is a trial, and having sickness of the body is more difficult
to
bear than indigence, and having a sickness of the heart is more difficult
to
bear than having a sickness of the body. Surely being very wealthy is a
blessing, and having a healthy body is better than being very wealthy, and
having awe of Allah in your heart is better than having a healthy body.
Surely hearts have desires, and they turn towards, and they turn away ...
so
approach them by means of what they desire and what they turn towards, for
surely if the heart is forced to do some thing against its will, it goes
blind.
Tyranny is hateful to all extents.
Truth is the best source of honour.
Pardon is social greatness.
Anger dissipates reasons.
Ibn Sa'd narrates from ash-Sha'bi:
Imam 'Ali, while on his way to Siffin, passed through the desert of Karbala',
there he stopped and wept very bitterly. When interrogated regarding the
cause of his weeping, he commented that one day he visited the Holy Prophet
and found him weeping. When he asked the Apostle of Allah as to what was
the reason which made him weep, he replied, "O 'ALI, Gabriel has just
been with me and informed me that my son Husayn would be martyred in Karbala',
a place near the bank of the River Euphrates. This moved me so much that
I could not help weeping."
Civility is source of greatness.
Sagacity & sensibility are the best capitals.
Idleness & lethargy are foundations for misery.
Fulfilment of promise leads to greatness & respect.
Sincere friendship is synonymous to pious relationship.
Hospitality enhances man's respect.
Arrogance brings indignity.
A man is hidden under his tongue .
Chastity & piety are great blessings.
Kindness & generous are great virtues .
Loyalty is a pious quality.
Reasons is man's grace.
Stupidity is big vice.
Truth is synonymous to trust.
Falsehood is snaked breach of trust.
Justice is source of contentment & peace.
Villainy is evil & indecent .
Heart are won over through charity.
Government & state establish through prudence.
Real faith lies in being trustworthy.
A smiling face is symbol of goodness & favour.
Maintain communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Beware of disunity and enmity. Do not desist from promoting good deeds and cautioning against bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would be your leaders, and you will call upon Allah without response.
A generous person is always happy.
A miser & wicked is always a loser.
Meditation leads to truth & facts .
Truth paves way to salvation .
Falsehood brings destruction .
When Imam Ali was asked about
Faith in Religion, he replied that the structure of faith is supported by
four pillars endurance, conviction, justice and jihad. Endurance is composed
of four attributes: eagerness,
fear, piety and anticipation (of death). so whoever is eager for Paradise
will ignore temptations; whoever
fears the fire of Hell will abstain from sins; whoever practices piety will
easily bear the difficulties of
life and whoever anticipates death will hasten towards good deeds. Conviction
has also four aspects to guard oneself against infatuations of sin; to search
for explanation of truth through knowledge; to gain
lessons from instructive things and to follow the precedent of the past
people, because whoever wants to
guard himself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes
of infatuation and the true
ways of combating them out and to find those true ways one has to search
them with the help of knowledge,
whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take
lessons from life and whoever
tries to take lessons from life is actually engaged in the study of the
causes of rise and fall of previous
civilizations . Justice also has four aspects depth of understanding, profoundness
of knowledge, fairness of
judgment and dearness of mind; because whoever tries his best to under-
stand a problem will have to study
it, whoever has the practice of studying the subject he is to deal with,
will develop a clear mind and will
always come to correct decisions, whoever tries to achieve all this will
have to develop ample patience
and forbearance and whoever does this has done justice to the cause of religion
and has led a life of good
repute and fame. Jihad is divided into four branches: to persuade people
to be obedient to Allah; to
prohibit them from sin and vice; to struggle (in the cause of Allah) sincerely
and firmly on all occasions
and to detest the vicious. Whoever persuades people to obey the orders of
Allah provides strength to the
believers; whoever dissuades them from vices and sins humiliates the unbelievers;
whoever struggles on all
occasions discharges all his obligations and whoever detests the vicious
only for the sake of Allah, then
Allah will take revenge on his enemies and will be pleased with Him on the
Day of Judgment.
Contentment makes man free of desire.
Capitalism creates arrogance.
Poverty breeds forgetfulness .
Wishful thinking leads to vicious action.
There are four causes of infidelity
and loss of belief in Allah: hankering after whims, a passion to dispute
every argument, deviation from truth; and dissension,because whoever hankers
after whims does not incline
towards truth; whoever keeps on disputing every argument on account of his
ignorance, will always
remain blind to truth, whoever deviates from truth because of ignorance,
will always take good for evil
and evil for good and he will always remain intoxicated with misguidance.
And whoever makes a
breach (with Allah and His Messenger) his path becomes difficult, his affairs
will become complicated and his way to salvation will be uncertain. Similarly,
doubt
has also four aspects absurd reason- ing; fear; vacillation and hesitation;
and unreasonable surrender
to infidelity, because one who has accustomed himself to unreasonable and
absurd discussions will never see the Light of Truth and will always live
in the darkness of ignorance. One who is afraid to face facts (of life,
death and the life after death) will always turn away from ultimate reality,
one who allows doubts
and uncertainties to vacillate him will always be under the control of Satan
and one who surrenders
himself to infidelity accepts damnation in both the worlds.
Felicities brings about profligacy.
Carnal desires end in destruction.
Jealousy makes man mean & confused .
Malice creates sickness of mind.
Faith is root of Allah's worship.
Real dignity lies in doing good.
Thankfulness multiplies blessing from Allah.
Virtue lies in refusing felicity .
Meditation over universe is worship.
A virtuous person is better then virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.
Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
One who says unpleasant things about others, will himself quickly become a target of their scandal.
One who hopes inordinately, impairs his deeds.
When Imam Ali, marching at
the head of his army towards Syria, reached Ambar, the landlords of the
place came out to meet him in zeal of their love, faithfulness and respect,
no sooner had they seen Imam
Ali they got down from their horses and started running in front of him.
Imam Ali asked the reason of
their strange actions. They replied that it was their custom to show their
love and respect in that way.
Imam Ali replied: "By Allah, by your action you do no good whatsoever
to your rulers but you tire yourself
and put yourself in toils in this world and in trouble in the next. How
unfortunate is that exertion, which
brings harm here and in the Hereafter and how useful is that ease which
keeps you in comfort in this world
and away from the Hell in the next.
Imam Ali once said to his
son Imam Hasan, My son,learn four things from me and through them you will
learn four more. If you keep them in mind your actions will not bring any
harm to you: The greatest wealth is
Wisdom; the greatest poverty is stupidity; the worst unso- ciableness is
that of vanity and
self-glorification; and the best nobility of descent exhibits itself in
politeness and in refinement of
manner. The next four things, my son, are: "Do not make friendship
with a fool because when he will try
to do you good he will do you harm; do not make a miser your friend because
he will run away from you at
the time of your dire need; do not be friendly with a vicious and wicked
person because he will sell you and
your friendship at the cheapest price and do not make friend of a liar because
like a mirage he will make
you visualize very near the things which lie at a great distance and will
make you see at the great
distance the things which are near to you".
Recommended prayers cannot
attain the pleasures of Allah for you when obligatory prayers are left
unattended.
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind.
One of the companions of Imam
fell ill. Imam Ali called upon him and thus advised him: "Be thankful
to
Allah. He has made this illness a thing to atone your sins because a disease
in itself has nothing to bring
reward to anyone, it merely expiates one's sins and so far as reward is
concerned, one has to earn it with
his good words and good deeds. The Almighty Lord grants Paradise to his
creatures on account of their
piety and noble thoughts".
May Allah Bless Kabbab bin
Aratt. He embraced Islam of his own freewill and immigrated (from Makkah)
cheerfully. He lived a contented life. He bowed happily before the Will
of Allah and he led the life
of a mujahid.
Blessed is the man who always
kept the life after death in his view, who remembered the Day of Judgment
through all his deeds, who led a contented life and who was happy with the
lot that Allah had destined for
him. 45. If I cut a faithful Muslim into pieces to make him hate me, he
will not turn into my enemy and
if I give all the wealth of this world to a hypocrite to make him my friend
he will not befriend me. It is
so because the Holy Prophet has said: " O Ali! No faithful Muslim will
ever be your enemy and no
hypocrite will ever be your friend. "
The sin which makes you sad
and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you
arrogant.
Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.
Success is the result of foresight
and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning and
the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself.
Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them.
So long as fortune is favouring you, your defects will remain covered.
Only he who has the power to punish can pardon.
Generosity is to help a deserving
person without his request, and if you help him after his request, then
it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.
There is no greater wealth
than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than
culture and no greater support than consultation.
Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
Wealth converts a strange land into homeland and poverty turns a native place into a strange land.
Contentment is the capital which will never diminish.
Wealth is the fountain head of passions.
Whoever warns you against sins and vices is like the one who gives you good tidings.
Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.
Woman is a scorpion whose grip is sweet.
If you are greeted then return
the greetings more warmly. If you are favoured, then repay the obligation
manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.
The source of success of a claimant is the mediator.
People in this world are like
travelers whose journey is going on though they are asleep. ( Life's journey
is going on though men may not feel it ).
Lack of friends means, stranger in one's own country.
Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it.
Do not feel ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to refuse the needy is an act of greater shame.
To refrain from unlawful and
impious source of pleasures is an ornament to the poor and to be
thankful for the riches granted is the adornment of wealth.
If you cannot get things as much as you desire than be contented with what you have.
An ignorant person will always overdo a thing or neglect it totally.
The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
Time wears out bodies, renews
hopes, brings death nearer and takes away aspirations. Whoever gets
anything from the world lives in anxiety for holding it and whoever loses
anything passes his days grieving
over the loss.
Whoever wants to be a leader
should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others
he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves
his own morals is superior to the
man who tries to teach and train others.
Every breath you take is a step towards death.
Anything which can be counted is finite and will come to an end.
Experience corrects worldly affairs .
Always think before y act.
Knowledge is founded on right through.
Right through is result of sagacity & perception.
Insight precedes sagacity .
Prudence creates correct planning.
Get your provision from the World and the best provision is to avoid comitting sin.
Far-sightedness comes through nothing but solicitude & reflection .
Secret of success is in Far-sightedness & reason.
Reason & Far-sightedness are deeply related with experience.
Greatness comes only through facing odds.
Hypocrisy is nothing but polytheism .
Egotism brings about misery.
Hypocrisy is polytheism .
Ignorance is death.
Idleness & negligence in doing good destroy aim of life.
Carnal desires create calamities.
Luxurious living brings ruin.
Desire are nothing but scattered throughts.
Not depending on others is symbol of real freedom.
Piety is real provision for the hereafter.
A man of justice gathers prestige .
A person prone to cruelty falls prey to disgrace & humility.
Good actions enslave others.
To respond goodness through good actions is synonymous to getting rid of slavery.
All good comes through patience & perseverance.
Improper complaint is root of all evil.
Prosperity lies in true love.
To act steadily is a good quality.
life deludes , brings disadvantage & then deserts .
Self-praise is nothing but foolishness & stupidity.
Stupidity lies in refuting reason .
Faith is strongest support for human life.
Real success lies in Allah's worship.
A man is known by his company.
To act according to dictates of faith brings pleasure & happiness.
True faith in Allah brings enlightenment of mind.
Faith in Allah is the only means to guard against destruction & failure.
To refuse presence of Allah results in disgrace , shame & insult.
To accept decrees of Allah guards against humility .
To be offended on Allah's decree adds to sorrow & woe .
It is enough to resign before Allah's will in order to gain your objectives.
Success is always sequel to Allah's benevolence.
Piety of motive is great quality .
Fear of Allah ,all the time , guards against destruction & peril.
Attainment of truth creates piety of self.
To remain deprived of light of reality brings grief & sorrow.
Borrowing is equivalent to bonds of slavery .
Paying off a debt is gaining freedom.
Consultation & counselling strengthen the mind.
Secret of prestige of a man of faith lies in the way he acts.
Doing good shows a man's personal greatness & character .
Pious friendship shows real lineage & pure relationship.
Silence brings respects & grace .
Lose talk is a big vice.
Disturbing others is a vice .
Wrangling & enmity are signs of bad nature.
To act after proper reflecting is always fruitful.
Negligence results in frustration. of aim.
Piety means elimination of immorality .
Doubt in excess results in discontent & agitation.
Obedience of Allah leads to salvation .
Disobedient of Allah results in annihilation .
A learned man recognises his worth while an ignorant man knows nothing about his own self.
Losing heart is symbol of stupidity.
A follower of right path attains his goal .
A person going the wrong way always fails to reach his goals .
Truth is real success .
Falsehood leads to infamy.
Knowledge brings prestige in society .
Allah's obedience is strong defence .
Patience is characteristic quality of reason .
Restless & anxiety are signs of detriment & weakness.
Valour is ornament of manhood.
Cowardice is a big fault .
Acting the right way brings security .
Reproach has to be faced by following the wrong way.
His Last Will and Testament
to his sons Imam Hasan (AS) and Imam Hussain (AS)
My advice to you is to be conscious of Allah and steadfast in your religion.
Do not yearn for the world, and do not be seduced by it. Do not resent anything
you have missed in it. Proclaim the truth; work for the next world. Oppose
the oppressor and support the oppressed.
I advise you, and all my children, my relatives, and whosoever receives
this message, to be conscious of Allah, to remove your differences, and
to strengthen your ties. I heard your grandfather, peace be upon him, say:
"Reconciliation of your differences is more worthy than all prayers
and all fasting."
Fear Allah in matters concerning orphans. Attend to their nutrition and
do not forget their interests in the middle of yours.
Fear Allah in your relations with your neighbors. Your Prophet often recommended
them to you, so much so that we thought he would give them a share in inheritance.
Remain attached to the Quran. Nobody should surpass you in being intent
on it, or more sincere in implementing it.
Fear Allah in relation to your prayers. It is the pillar of your religion.
Fear Allah in relation to His House; do not abandon it as long as you live.
If you should do that you would abandon your dignity.
Persist in jihad in the cause of Allah, with your money, your souls, and
your tongue.
Maintain communication and exchange of opinion among yourselves. Beware
of disunity and enmity. Do not desist from promoting good deeds and cautioning
against bad ones. Should you do that, the worst among you would be your
leaders, and you will call upon Allah without response.
O Children of Abdul Muttalib! Do not shed the blood of Muslims under the
banner: The Imam has been assassinated! Only the assassin should be condemned
to death.
If I die of this stroke of his, kill him with one similar stroke. Do not
mutilate him! I have heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, say: "Mutilate
not even a rabid dog."
Haste results in shame & repentance .
Ask in order to understand, and do not ask in order to find fault, for surely the ignorant man who wants to learn resembles a man of knowledge, and surely a man of knowledge who wants to be difficult resembles an ignorant man who wants to find fault. '
The Station of the men of Knowledge.
The man of knowledge is the one who recognizes that what is known is very little compared to what is not known, and as a result he considers himself ignorant, and accordingly he increases his efforts to know more by going out in search of knowledge.
The Purity and the Nobility of Knowledge
Do not talk about knowledge with the foolish so that they deny you, nor with the ignorant so that they find you oppressive, but talk about it with those of its people whom you meet who will accept it and understand it.
Knowledge and Acting on it.
O you who carry knowledge around with you; are you only carrying it around with you ? For surely knowledge belongs to who ever knows and then acts accordingly, so that his action corresponds to his knowledge. There will be a people who will carry knowledge around with them, but it will not pass beyond their shoulders. Their inner most thoughts will contradict what they display in public, and their actions will contradict what they know.
The purity and nobility of knowledge.
When a dead person is placed in his grave, four kinds of fire will cover him, but then the prayer will come and put one of them out, and the fast will come and put another one of them out, and then charity will come and put another one out, and knowledge will come and put the forth one out, and it will say : 'If I had come sooner, I would a have put all of them out, and given you delight for I am with you now, and you'll not see anything else distressing.
On the Heart I am amazed at the heart of man: It possesses the substance of wisdom as well as the opposites contrary to it ... for if hope arises in it, it is brought low by covetousness: and if covetousness is aroused in it, greed destroys it. If despair possesses it, self piety kills it: and if it is seized by anger, this is intensified by rage. If it is blessed with contentment, then it forgets to be careful; and if it is filled with fear, then it becomes preoccupied with being cautious. If it feels secure , then it is overcome by vain hopes; and if it is given wealth, then its independence makes it extravagant. If want strikes it, then it is smitten by anxiety. If it is weakened by hunger, then it gives way to exhaustion; and if it goes too far in satisfying its appetites, then its inner becomes clogged up. So all its shortcomings are harmful to it, and all its excesses corrupt it.
There are four things that make the heart die: wrong action followed by wrong action, playing around with foolish people, spending a lot of time with women, and sitting with the dead. Then they asked Imam Ali: 'And who are the dead, O Commander of the believers?' He replied: 'Every slave who follows his desires.'
Surely want is a trial, and having sickness of the body is more difficult to bear than indigence, and having a sickness of the heart is more difficult to bear than having a sickness of the body. Surely being very wealthy is a blessing, and having a healthy body is better than being very wealthy, and having awe of Allah in your heart is better than having a healthy body.
Surely hearts have desires, and they turn towards, and they turn away ... so approach them by means of what they desire and what they turn towards, for surely if the heart is forced to do some thing against its will, it goes blind.
Whatever I learnt from the Prophet I never forgot.
Ali b. Abi Talib told the
people:
I ask you to verify this, in the name of God: Do you recall what the Prophet
said in his last speech: "O people! I leave among you the Book of God
and my family? Hold on to them and you will never lose your way, because
God, the Wise, has informed and assured me that these two will never part
from each other till the Day of Judgement." At that time 'Umar b. al-Khattab
got angry and stood up and asked: "Does this statement include all
of your family?" The Prophet replied: "No. This includes my legatees
among whom the first is 'Ali b. Abi Talib, my brother, vizier, heir and
caliph. He is the one who has discretionary power over my community. Following
'Ali my son Hasan, following him my son Husayn, and then nine descendants
of Husayn are the legatees. They will follow each other until the Day of
Judgement. They are the proofs of God's existence for the people, the keepers
of divine knowledge, and the repositories of wisdom on earth. Whoever obeys
them has obeyed God, and whoever disobeys them has disobeyed God."
When 'Ali's answer reached this point, all those who were present said: 'We bear witness that the Prophet did say all that.
Ali was asked: "What is the reason that in comparison to other companions of the Prophet you have the most traditions?" He replied: "Whenever I asked the Prophet something he gave me an answer. And whenever I kept quiet he would begin the conversation."[23]
On Intellect
A person's intellect becomes apparent through his dealings, and a man's
character is known by the way he exercises authority. The intellect is a
king and characteristics are its subjects, so if it is weak in governing
them, disorder takes place.
The intellect is better than desire, for the intellect makes you a king over your destiny, and desire makes you a slave of your destiny.
The intellect is a natural disposition which learns from experience.
The intellect is what arrives at what is correct through reasoning, and recognizes what has not yet happened through what has already taken place. Use your intellect to understand something when you hear about the intellect that examines, that is, and not just the intellect that repeats what it hears, for surely there are many who repeat the knowledge that they hear, and there are few who examine it.
The one who has an intellect longs to be like the righteous people so that he can be of one of them, and he loves them so that he can be united with them in his love, even if he falls short in emulating their actions.
The one who has an intellect does not openly display it except in one of two situations: when he is furthest away from seeking something in the world, and when he is furthest away from abandoning it.
Surely hated adversity has final objectives in which it will inevitably end, so the one who has an intellect should try to sleep over it until this happens, for surely any attempt to stop it before it has come to an end will only intensify that hated diversity even more.
The first opinion of the person of intellect is the last opinion of an ignorant person.
The one who has an intellect finds harshness of life amongst persons of intellect more agreeable than a life of ease amongst the foolish.
The Station of men of Knowledge
Know that the slaves of Allah are those who seek to preserve knowledge of
Him, safeguarding what safeguards it, and lettings its springs flow freely.
They are united by friendship, and they meet with love, and they drink from
the cup that quenches their thirst, and they go on with their thirst satisfied.
They are not troubled by doubt, and they are not quick to backbite. It is
on this basis that their natural disposition and character rest, and on
this is based their love, and by this they are united. They are like seeds
that have been assessed and selected, some to be kept and some to be thrown
away, identified through purification, and refined through clarification.
This World and the Next
Imam Ali (as) wrote to Salman al Farsi (ra) : To continue, surely, the likeness
of this world is that of a snake: it is soft to touch, and deadly poisonous.
The ignorant child is distracted by it, and the one with understanding and
intellect is cautious of it. So turn away from what fascinates you in it,
for how little of it stays with you.
The Life Transaction ( Religion
) of Islam
I am making a connection which no one has made before me: Islam is submission,
and submission is certainty, and certainty is the affirmation of the truth,
and affirmation of the truth is acknowledgement, and acknowledgement is
performance of what is obligatory, and performance of what is obligatory
is appropriate action.
Subsistence comes from Allah for all creations.
A greedy & avaricious person always meets disappointment.
Everybody condemns a miser.
A jealous person is always gloomy .
In another report he said: "The Prophet had assigned me a special hour in the night and the day when I used to present myself [to learn from him].
The Prophet, according to Imam 'Ali, used to ask him to write down what he said. 'Ali asked him if the Prophet thought 'Ali might forget. The Prophet said: "No, because I have prayed to God to make you among those who remembers things and records them. However, I want you to preserve it for your companions and the Imams who will come after you. It is because of the blessed existence of the Imams that the rain falls on earth for the people, their prayers get accepted, the calamities go by them and mercy descends on them." Then the Prophet pointed towards Hasan and said: "This is the second in the line of the Imams," and added, "the Imams will be from the descendants of Husyan."
A tyrant deserves reproach .
Tyranny is a serious vice .
Life is sweet as ell as bitter.
A far-sighted person is alive to all situations.
A negligent person is lascivious & senseless.
Allah's obedience is always beneficial .
Zeal for accumulation of wealth brings grief.
Improper & unlawful desires are source of deceit .
Active approach in every situation enlightens the mind.
Negligence is self-deception.
It is mean to defraud others.
Deceit is ignoble.
The result of avarice is deprivation .
Breach of trust is hateful like treachery .
Least doubt about Allah is infidelity .
Good conducts sequels love.
Avarice means exposure of faults .
Acting sensilbly brings your fellow-beings closer.
Foolishness results in remoteness .
Excellence lies in fulfilling wants of others before your own .
Storing of things is mean .
To give out somebody's secret is breach of trust.
To keep secrets of others is trustfulness.
Honesty lies in abstaining from the doubtful .
Piety brings respect .
Acting viciously brings disgrace & insult.
When few blessings come in
your way do not drive them away through
thanklessness.
The wise aims at perfection, the foolish aim at wealth.
People,often hate those thing which they do not know or cannot understand.
Ask your heart about Friendship, for surely it is a witness that cannot be bribed.
One who does not realize his own value is condemned to utter failure.
Truthfulness symbolises a sharp sword .
Feeling weak wastes the best & precious instances of life.
Piety is strong defence.
Avarice is a curse.
Obedience of Allah is wealth of wise people.
An impudent person commits open shamelessness.
Knowledge is real guide.
Good companions are very few.
Modesty is a virtue .
Greed & allurement from others amount to slavery.
Charity is result of high breeding & goodness.
Acting in contentment is source of achieving the goal .
Obedience & devotion lie in obeying & acting according to Allah's commandment.
Bowing before your fellow-beings results in meanness & disgrace.
Doing good makes a person indebted to you.
It is essential to be grateful for blessings.
Intelligent action achieves the goal .
Silence brings success.
Greed & avarice bring poverty & destitution .
Negligence & lack of attention result in ignominy.
Polytheism is disbelief in Allah.
Feelings shy in trade causes deprivation of benefits.
A wise man negates absurdities.
Ignoring carnal desires is real opulence.
Following of carnal desires is real folly.
Tolerance is the best way of winning over others.
Stupidity is crime in itself.
Long desires cheat a man.
Death brings man to dust in a moment .
Greed is harmful in all walks of life.
The life hereafter brings happiness & delight.
A good deed is washed away by reminding of an obligation.
Exit from life is close at hand.
Life passes away momentarily.
O Human beings !Knowledge gets u salvation.
O son of Adam ! Ignorance is source of your ruin.
Death brings freedom from confinement of life.
A man who is not sinful is always safe & sound.
Be prepared for death & accountability.
A hypocrite always makes others doubt truth & faith.
To seek help from others requires lot of intelligence.
To oblige others is blessing .
Justic means equal treatment towards all.
Contentment guards against begging .
A person who entrusts all his needs with Allah is saved of all evil .
Seeking support from all other than Allah , invites peril.
Death is defence against worldly calamities.
Success & guidance of Allah are result of His benevolence.
Greatness & wisdom lie in knowledge & reason .
Ignorance & lack of reason are nothing but disgrace & misleading .
Leisure is highly precious & is gained only through intelligence.
Not availing leisure beneficially brings confusion & distress.
Useless dignity & show of awe result in defeat of aim .
Make friends to save your dignity .
Patience & perseverance guard against calmities.
Losing heart amounts to ruin.
Inaction in important affairs is harmful.
A true friend is he who is ready to lay down his life for friendship.
It is blessing from Allah to resign before destiny.
To under-estimate calamities of life is to deceive yourself.
Allah's fear affords His support.
It is wise to admit good counsel.
Insight is achieved by remaining alive to face all situations.
To scare somebody of Allah's anger is to end the argument.
Penitence & craving Allah's mercy lie in repentance for sins.
Admitting a mistake is seeking apology.
People become sick of an excessively talkative person.
Not accepting an error means fondness of sin.
Consultation strengthens both through & action .
Wealth & opulence will have to be fully accounted for .
Tyranny & callousness result in Allah's wrath.
Worldly desires are fatally venomous.
Knowledge & reason are sources of life & happiness.
Faith is source of salvation from hell.
Contentment comes through negation of false hopes from others .
Penitence lies in abstaining from sin.
Suspicion is a kind of scepticism.
Wealth is reduced by spending while knowledge expands.
Remaining away from sin brings man closer to Allah .
A People who ill-treats others always receives disgrace.
People support a person who treats them nobly.
Satan is cunning , seek refuge against him.
To act with composure shows far-sightedness.
Leisure is a blessing , it must not be wasted .
Good deeds brings greatness.
Obligation towards others results in greatness & respect .
Negligence brings error.
To be taken in by somebody is symbol of negligence & obscurity .
Unwanted desires always falls prey to consternation.
An ignorant person always falls prey to consternation .
Obstinacy results in annihilation .
Inclination of mind towards worldly affairs results only in harm .
Taking pleasure in sinfulness is worse than committing sins.
Delights of life are nothing but miseries.
Knowledge brings greatness.
Ignorance is height of infamy .
Long desires entangle in chains of indignity.
Reasons brings cure from maladies of mind.
Ambitions of life are like a wall falling to demolish.
Charity is a safe treasure to afford succour in need .
Sincerity guarantees success .
Truth is a quality that leads too salvation.
Falsehood is a fatal disease .
A person who has committed no crime is always fearless.
Charity guards against calamity & catastrophe .
Faith is driven light in itself .
Conviction brings delight & happiness.
Patience results in success .
Faith resembles a tree with confidence as roots & piety as branches .
A noble mind is indebted to act nobly necessarily .
Silence at the time when conversation is needy , shows weakness of mind .
Justice forms standard of action .
Tyranny destroys capital qualities of life.
Knowledge affords strong support .
Destiny over-rides strongest prudence.
Goodness is symbol of useful treasure , available in need.
A person who negates desire remains at case.
Lust is man's worst enemy .
Gratefulness over blessings augments them .
Lust for man's worst enemy .
Ingratitude brings harm .
Reason is blessing from Allah .
Good manners amount to noble achievements .
Worldly prestige lies in wealth .
Success in the hereafter is based on ability & deservedness .
Prestige of a man of faith lies in the way he acts .
A man's grace lies in reason & intelligence .
A man's is recognised by his valour & effort .
Manliness is exhibited through valour .
Man in reality is he who is alive with strong faith .
Benefit of knowledge les in acting accordingly .
Life stands on hope.
Cheerfulness is good habit .
Cynicism is a big vice.
Ignorance is a cruse .
Allah's guidance is a step towards good luck .
Illegitimate earning is transgression .
Death deprives from every thing .
Avaricious person is always victim of confusion .
Opulence is faithless companion .
Ignorance always shows its results .
Cleanliness is sign of intelligence .
Straightforward attitude brings health .
Vice results in shame.
Justice is life.
Tyranny ends in defeat .
Practising justice is human virtue.
Truth is trust for conversation.
Lack of perseverance is harmful .
Hoarding results in ultimate deprivation .
Patience is symbol of greatness in faith .
Devotion creates love in devotee's mind .
Forgiveness is great virtue .
Tongue interprets the mind.
Hearts is treasure of speech.
Resignation to Allah's will is graceful .
A tyrant has to wait for punishment while the injured awaits reward .
Truth accompanies justice .
Carnal desires are rivals of reason .
Useless practices are sequel to ignorance .
Tyranny is contrary to justice .
Dignity is an ornament for reason .
Fidelity & truth go hand in hand .
Reason is messenger of truth .
Divine guidance is key to truthfulness .
Temporal alliance means severing from Allah .
Truth is language of justice .
Falsehood never befriends truth .
Tolerance is beauty of virtue .
Take care of the promise made to a friend, and allow him some concessions, so that you may enjoy the pleasures of his society.
Glorification of Allah brings contentment to men faith .
Carnal desires open avenues of sorrow & grief .
It is better to be dumb than to be a liar .
Knowledge is grace for excellence .
Civility is the best proficiency .
Faith is a star whose light never diminishes .
Charity brings man closer to his creator .
Loyalty is quality of noble people .
Treachery is practice of vicious men .
Good deeds prove good intentions .
There are the slaves of Allah whose hearts are broken due to fearing Him. Hence, they keep silent while they are eloquent and intelligent. They compete with each other on offering the pure deeds to Allah. They do not content with their many deeds and do not accept for themselves the few deeds. They see themselves as vicious while they are good and virtuous.
Charity is one of the best virtues .
Politeness is key to success.
divine guidance leads to virtue .
Cheerful attitude is first step towards virtue .
Patience is a vehicle that never stumbles .
Manusript interprets minds of its writer .
Character reflects conscience of man.
Dignity is outcome of tolerance .
Hospitality is sweet fruit of knowledge .
Justice is the best decision .
Candour is the best action .
Merit of man lies in his speech .
Generosity breeds love.
Greed amounts to manifest indigence .
Lack of expectations from others is great wealth .
Pride brings shame even to the biggest person .
Hospitality brings to the smallest person in society .
Politeness opens avenues of goodness .
Lack of reason results in disgrace .
Friendship reflects friendship .
Friendly complaint promotes friendship .
Presenting of gifts brings mutual love.
Death resembles a guard who comes without report .
Life is like a lengthening shadow .
Adoring yourself with good manners is real manliness .
Good advice enlivens the heart.
To remember a friend symbolises his company .
Faith is universal requirement of every human being .
Reason is true friend , it affords guidance everywhere.
Carnal desires subdue man in all walks of life .
Wise man loves his counterpart .
Ignorance begets ignorance .
Peace lies in solitude .
Mastering of desires brings peace of mind .
Seeking forgiveness of error is symbol of wisdom .
Man should be slave to piety & benefaction .
Patience is defence against misfortune .
Perfect truth is rare in life .
Jealousy is a fatal malady.
Friendship should not be expected of people in power .
Moderation should not be expected of people in power .
Extravagance is wastage .
Every moment of life is full of mishaps .
Every moment of life brings its end closer .
Truth brings honour & respect .
Lie always results in grief & disgrace .
Modesty is key to goodness .
Indecency is symbol of bad conscience .
Penitence & craving for mercy eradicate sin .
Repeated committal of sin is practice of the ill-naturned .
Eating to the fill weakness intelligence .
Doubt breeds suspicion .
Patience defends against fatal attacks of poverty .
Back-biting is a bad moral disease .
Conviction is quality of faith .
To show ill-will towards manifest vice is not slander .
Truth is essence of piety .
Standard of confidence lies in maintaining secrecy .
Justice is soul of evidence .
Suppressing of carnal desires is great virtue .
Forgiveness is pious symbol of success .
Dispute cultivates vice .
Death is better than cultivating vicious habits .
It is better to die than to live in insult & disgrace .
Contentment over little assets is better than getting rich through base means .
Bravery is synonymous to contentment & endurance .
Experiment never come to end .
Avaricious person is never satisfied .
Truth is practice of people of faith .
Woe annihilates all physical energies of man .
Ignorance stumbles every human being .
Meditation intensifies light of reason .
Indisposition amounts to prison for human body .
Perfidy & sedition multiply woe & distress .
Jealousy is another name of spiritual bondage .
Back-biter is a perpetual victim of condemnation & disgust .
To be woeful is synonymous to indisposition .
To quarrel is unbecoming for a reasonable person .
Worldly issue fall prey to misfortunes .
Opulence brings relief to heirs .
Time creates targets for experience .
Recommendation is support for needy .
Accountability will precede divine punishment .
retribution & reward will follow accountability .
Disobedience of Allah deprives from His blessings .
Man of weak convictions has no faith & belief .
Jealousy never results in moral cure , nor does fidelity emerge from a cheat .
Happiness comes only through mutual affection .
Agreement is a malady while its fulfilment brings cure .
Learned man is alive even after death while an ignorant person is dead even when living .
Sincerity is sweet fruit of worship .
Back-biting is practice 0of imperfect people only .
Hypocrisy is root of evil .
To stick to unlawful desires results in disappointment .
World is losing market .
Paradise is abode of peace & security .
Hoarding worldly belongings is source of woe & sorrow .
Belief in Allah is basis of faith .
Sacrifice amounts to great benefaction .
Patience over misfortunes opens avenues of retribution & reward .
Desires lead to violence & vice .
Deep through & solicitude result in effective planning .
Life is fragile for those who accept admonition .
Reason & intellect correct every process .
Sight is ambassador of mind .
Quarrels leads to dangerous disputes .
Virtue is characteristic of a man of faith .
Life is full of woes & calamities .
Resignation to destiny wards off calamities .
Patience & resignation result in firm faith .
Piety & abstinence show pious effects of divine faith .
Free is he who is content even as a slave .
Person habituated to greed & avarice is bound in chains of desire even in freedom .
Pride is symbol of ignorance .
Hospitality & humility are symbols of nobility .
Supplications leads to ruin .
Paradise is gift for people obedient to Allah .
Man's tongue symbolises a wild horse , it is virtuous to keep it bridled .
Vice defeats its exorcist .
A friend in need is real brother.
Hypocrisy is practised by the vicious .
Malice is conduct of the jealous .
Content throws the wrangler head-long .
Avarice brings sorrow to the avaricious .
Wise man is never misled .
Ignorant is never free of his vicious actions .
Tyranny ends in ill result .
Avarice brings disgrace .
Apology paves way to forgiveness .
Self-praise results in fault .
Peace & vigilance attract supporters .
Improper reproach brings basis for hell .
To have big longings is quality of fools .
Disobedience of Allah is obstacle in way of acceptance of a prayer .
World is abode of the virtuous .
Life is a transition towards the hereafter .
Paradise is abode of the virtuous .
World resembles a woman divorced by a wise man .
People having ill-desires love physical world .
Evasion of carnal desires brings grace .
Begging is source of insult .
Lovers of worldly affairs are often the opportunists .
Every wise man is enemy of carnal desires .
Ignorance makes man slave to his desires .
Good actions guard against calamities .
Wealth cannot be source of peace of mind .
Apprehension of facts is sign of knowledge .
To be pleased in this world is stupidity .
It is foolish to be proud of mortal world .
Islam is guidance towards salvation & virtue .
Truth is apparel of faith & honesty .
Piety & abstinence from vice are practical results of truth .
To abstinence from vice are practical results of truth .
Avaricious person wastes his values in boarding assets for his heirs .
Good treatment towards others multiplies Allah's blessing .
Thankfulness for blessings guards them .
No apparel is better than abstinence & piety .
Final destiny of persons who excel in virtue , is paradise .
Final destiny of shirkers of virtue , is hell .
First step towards severing of relations lies in having bad intentions .
Learned men are real rulers of mankind .
Amir al-mu'minin called Hammam(1) who was a man devoted to worship said to him, "O' Amir al-mu'minin, describe to me the pious man in such a way as though I see them." Amir al-mu'minin avoided the reply and said, "O' Hammam, fear Allah and perform good acts because 'Verily, Allah is with those who guard (themselves against evil), and those who do good (to others)" (Qur'an, 16:128). Hammam was not satisfied with this and pushed him to speak. Thereupon, Amir al-mu'minin praised Allah and extolled Him and sought His blessings on the Holy Prophet and then spoke: Now then, Allah the Glorified, the Sublime, created (the things of) creation. He created them without any need for their obedience or being safe from their sinning, because the sin of anyone who sins does not harm Him nor does the obedience of anyone who obeys Him benefit Him. He has distributed among them their livelihood, and has assigned them their positions in the world. Thus, the God-fearing, in it are the people of distinction. Their speech is to the point, their dress is moderate and their gait is humble. They keep their eyes closed to what Allah has made unlawful for them, and they put their ears to that knowledge which is beneficial to them. They remain in the time of trials as though they remain in comfort. If there had not been fixed periods (of life) ordained for each, their spirits would not have remained in their bodies even for the twinkling of an eye because of (their) eagerness for the reward and fear of chastisement. The greatness of the Creator is seated in their heart, and, so, everything else appears small in their eyes. Thus to them Paradise is as though they see it and are enjoying its favours. To them, Hell is also as if they see it and are suffering punishment in it. Their hearts are grieved, they are protected against evils, their bodies are thin, their needs are scanty, and their souls are chaste. They endured (hardship) for a short while, and in consequence they secured comfort for a long time. It is a beneficial transaction that Allah made easy for them. The world aimed at them, but they did not aim at it. It captured them, but they freed themselves from it by a ransom. During a night they are upstanding on their feet reading portions of the Qur'an and reciting it in a well-measured way, creating through it grief for themselves and seeking by it the cure for their ailments. If they come across a verse creating eagerness (for Paradise) they pursue it avidly, and their spirits turn towards it eagerly, and they feel as if it is in front of them. And when they come across a verse which contains fear (of Hell) they bend the ears of their hearts towards it, and feel as though the sound of Hell and its cries are reaching their ears. They bend themselves from their backs, prostrate themselves on their foreheads, their palms, their knees and their toes, and beseech Allah, the Sublime, for their deliverance. During the day they are enduring, learned, virtuous and God-fearing. Fear (of Allah) has made them thin like arrows. If any one looks at them he believes they are sick, although they are not sick, and he says that they have gone mad. In fact, great concern (i.e., fear) has made them mad. They are not satisfied with their meager good acts, and do not regard their major acts as great. They always blame themselves and are afraid of their deeds. When any one of them is spoken of highly, he says: "I know myself better than others, and my Lord knows me better than I know. O' Allah do not deal with me according to what they say, and make me better than they think of me and forgive me (those shortcomings) which they do not know."
One is God who has no partners, two are Adam and Eve, three are the substances ( i.e. non-living matter, plants and animals), four are the Heavenly books: Torah of Moses, Bible of Jesus, Zubur of Dawood and the Qur'an of Muhammad (SA). Five are the daily prayers. Six are the days of creation of the heavens and earth, as per the verse of the Qur'an: “ And indeed We created the heavens and the earth and what is between them two, in six periods and touched us not any fatigue.” (Sura Qaf V.38). Seven are the seven heavens, in the light of the Qoranic Verse: “ And we have erected above you the seven strong ones.”(Sura An-Naba V12)Eight are those angels who bear the heavens, as per the Qur'anic Verse: “ And the angels shall be on the side of it; and above them shall bear that day ‘Arsh’(the throne of authority). of your Lord, eight of them (Sura Al-Haqqah.V.17) Nine are the nine signs given to Moses as stated by God: “And indeed we gave Moses nine clear signs (miracles); so ask the children of Israel when he came to them, Pharoah said to him; “Verily I deem you O’Moses one bewitched.”(Sura Bani Israel, V 101). Ten are the ten days, i.e. God had promissed Moses that he would stay on the mountain of Toor for thirty days, and later added ten more days to this duration, as it is stated in the Qoran.” And we made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and completed it with ten more;” Thus was completed the term of his Lord, forty nights, and (before he went up) Moses said to his brother Aaron: You take my place among my people, act rightly and follow not the path of the mischief-makers.” (Sura Al-A’araf. V.142). Eleven are the brothers of Joseph, son of Jacob, as the Qur'an states, “When said Joseph to his father, O’my father; Verily I did see (dream) eleven stars and the sun and the moon,, I saw them all prostrating to me.” (Sura Yousuf.V.4) . Twelve are the Twelve water-springs manifested by the staff of Moses, as God states, “ And (remember) when Moses sought water for his people; said We, ‘Strike the rock with your staff’ Then gushed out therefrom twelve springs; each people knew their drinking place; “Eat and drink God’s provision, and commit not evil in the earth acting mischievously. ”(Sura Al BaqaraV60).
The five beings who were not born of ovaries are: Adam, Eve, the staff of Moses which used to change into a python, the camel of Saleh, and the sheep of Ibrahim (which was sent by God to become a ransom of the life of Ibrahim’s son Ismael).
The messenger who warned his people is the ant who, when Solomon’s army was passing by, said to his people, “ Enter your houses so that the army may not stamp you out (without intention)”. So God states in the Holy Qur'an, “ Until they came to the valley of the Ants, said an ant (addressing the other ants of the valley) O” you ants’ enter into your dwellings, so that Solomon and his hosts may not crush you while they know it not”. (Sura An-Naml.V 18)
During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
Avarice is disgrace; cowardice is a defect; poverty often disables an intelligent man from arguing his case; a poor man is a stranger in his own town; misfortune and helplessness are calamities; patience is a kind of bravery; to sever attachments with the wicked world is the greatest wealth; piety is the best weapon of defence.
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O Allah, send thy Blessings on Mohammad and the descendents of Mohammad.
