www.alhassanain.org/english Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech A Translation of: Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al- Kalim [English & Arabic] A Collection of Aphorisms of Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib Confidential Compiler(s): Qadhi Nasih al-Deen Abu al-Fath ‘Abd al-Wahid Ibn Muhammad Al-Tamimi al-Amudi Translator(s): Tahir Ridha Jaffer Publisher(s): Ansariyan Publications – Qum www.alhassanain.org/english 1 www.alhassanain.org/english Table of Contents Translator’s Preface ....................................................... 46 Notes ................................................................... 47 About The Compiler ....................................................... 48 Notes ................................................................... 49 Introduction ................................................................ 50 Parents ...................................................................... 52 Parents ء�ﻵا ............................................................... 52 The Camel .................................................................. 53 The Camel ﻞﺑﻹا ........................................................... 53 The Son Of Adam (The Human Being) .................................. 54 The Son of Adam (The Human Being) مدآ ﻦﺑا ........................... 54 Grandeur ................................................................... 55 Grandeur ﺔ�ُّ ﻻا . تِ اﻮﻣْﻷا ....................................................5 5 Self-Sacrifice ................................................................5 6 Self-Sacrifice رﺎﺜﻳﻹا ....................................................... 56 Notes ................................................................... 57 The Appointed Time Of Death ............................................5 8 Confidential The Appointed Time of Death ﻞﺟﻷا ..................................... 58 The Hereafter ...............................................................6 2 The Hereafter ةﺮﺧﻵا ....................................................... 62 The Brother, The Friend, The Associate And The Companion ........ 71 The Brother, The Friend, The Associate and The Companion ةﻮــﺧﻻا ّ ﺔﺒﺣﺎﺼﳌاو ﻖﻴﻓﺮﻟاو ﻖﻳﺪﺼﻟاو .................................................... 71 ّ ّ Good Etiquette ............................................................. 93 Good Etiquette بدﻷا ..................................................... 93 Harm And Preventing Harm ..............................................9 7 Harm and Preventing Harm ىذﻷا ﻒﻛو ىذﻷا .............................9 7 Eating ....................................................................... 98 Eating ﻞﻛﻷا ............................................................... 98 Allah And His Attributes .................................................. 99 Allah and His Attributes ﻪﺗﺎﻔﺻو �ا ....................................... 99 ّ Notes .................................................................. 102 Matters .....................................................................1 03 Matters رﻮﻣُﻷا .............................................................1 03 Enjoining Good And Forbidding Evil ...................................1 06 Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil ﺮﻜﻨﳌا ﻦﻋ ﻲﻬﻨﻟاو فوﺮﻌﳌ� ﺮﻣﻷا ..... 106 ُ 2 www.alhassanain.org/english Hopes And Aspirations ...................................................1 09 Hopes and Aspiration ﱐﺎﻣﻷاو لﺎﻣﻵا ......................................1 09 The Leader .................................................................1 18 The Leader مﺎﻣﻹا .........................................................1 18 Leadership .................................................................1 19 Leadership ﺔﻣﺎﻣﻹا .........................................................1 19 Granting Refuge To The Fearful ........................................ 120 Granting Refuge to the Fearful ﻒِ ﺋﺎﳋاو ﺚِ ﻴﻐﺘﺴﳌا ةرﺎﺟإو نﺎﻣﻷا ............1 20 The Secure .................................................................1 21 The Secure ﻦﻣِﻵا ..........................................................1 21 Security .................................................................... 122 Security ﻦﻣﻷا .............................................................1 22 Feeling Secure From Allah’s Scheme ................................... 123 Feeling Secure From Allah’s Scheme �اﺮﻜﻣ ﻦﻣ ﻦﻣﻷا ...................1 23 ّ ُ The Trustworthy ..........................................................1 24 The Trustworthy ﲔﻣﻷا ...................................................1 24 CTrustwoorthinesns ........f.....i....d.........e..........n.........t.....i....a.....1 25 l Trustworthiness ﺔﻧﺎﻣﻷا ....................................................1 25 Faith ........................................................................1 27 Faith نﺎﳝﻹا................................................................ 127 The Believer ............................................................... 133 The Believer ﻦﻣﺆﳌا........................................................ 133 Notes .................................................................. 140 The Human Being .........................................................1 41 The Human Being نﺎﺴﻧﻹا ................................................1 41 Intimacy With Allah ......................................................1 42 Intimacy with Allah �� ﺲﻧُﻷ ا........................................... 142 ّ Intimacy ....................................................................1 43 Intimacy ﺲﻧُﻷا ............................................................1 43 Deliberateness And Acting Unhurriedly ................................1 44 Deliberateness and Acting Unhurriedly ة�ﻷاو ﱐﺄﺘﻟا ..................... 144 ّ One Who Acts With Deliberateness .....................................1 46 One who Acts with Deliberateness ﱐَﺄﺘﳌا ................................ 146 ّ َ ُ Strengthening Oneself .................................................... 147 Strengthening oneself ﺪﻳﺄﺘﻟا .............................................. 147 ّ Misery ......................................................................1 48 3 www.alhassanain.org/english Misery سﺆﺒﻟا ..............................................................1 48 ُ Stinginess And Avarice ...................................................1 49 Stinginess and Avarice ﺢﱡ ﺸﱡ ﻟاو ﻞﺨُﺒﻟا ......................................1 49 The Miser And The Avaricious ..........................................1 52 The Miser and the Avaricious ﺢﻴﺤﺸﱠ ﻟاو ﻞﻴﺨﺒﻟا ........................... 152 Taking The Initiative ..................................................... 155 Taking the Initiative ةردﺎﺒﳌا ...............................................1 55 Notes .................................................................. 157 Cold Weather ..............................................................1 58 Cold Weather دﱪﻟا ........................................................1 58 Righteousness And Those Who Prevent It ..............................1 59 Righteousness and Those Who prevent it ﻪﻌﻨﻣ ﻦﻣو ﺮﱡـِﺒﻟاو ﺮﱡـَﺒﻟا .............1 59 Insistence ...................................................................1 61 Insistence ماﺮﺑﻹا ...........................................................1 61 The Innocent ...............................................................1 62 The Innocent ءيﱪ ﻟا .......................................................1 62 َ CBeing Coheerful nAnd Smfilingi ...d.........e..........n..........t....i....a..... 163 l Being Cheerful and smiling ﻪﺟْﻮَﻟا ُ ﺔَﻗﻼﻃِو ﺔﺷﺎﺸَﺒﻟا ،ﺮﺸْ ِﺒﻟا .................. 163 Sight, Observation And Insight ..........................................1 65 Sight, Observation and Insight ةﲑﺼﺒﻟاو ﲑﺼﺒﻟاو ﺮﻈﻨﻟاو ﺮﺼﺒﻟا ...............1 65 Wantonness ................................................................1 67 Wantonness ﺮَﻄﺒﻟا .........................................................1 67 ْ َ Falsehood And Assisting It ...............................................1 68 Falsehood and assisting it ﻪﻴﻠﻋ نوﺎﻌﺘﻟاو ﻞﻃﺎﺒﻟا .............................1 68 The Falsifier ...............................................................1 70 The Falsifier ﻞﻄﺒﳌا ....................................................... 170 The Stomach And The Private Parts ....................................1 71 The Stomach and the Private Parts جﺮﻔﻟاو ﻦﻄﺒﻟا ..........................1 71 ُ Early Rising ............................................................... 172 Early rising ةﺮﻛﺎﺒﳌ ا........................................................1 72 Weeping ....................................................................1 73 Weeping ءﺎﻜﺒﻟا ............................................................1 73 Countries And Homelands ............................................... 174 Countries and Homelands نﺎﻃوﻷاو دﻼِﺒﻟا .................................1 74 Eloquence ..................................................................1 75 4 www.alhassanain.org/english Eloquence ﺔﻏﻼﺒﻟا ......................................................... 175 Notes .................................................................. 175 Attention ...................................................................1 76 Attention تﻻﺎﺒﳌا ......................................................... 176 The Umayyads .............................................................1 77 The Umayyads ﺔّﻴﻣُا ﻮﻨﺑ ................................................... 177 Quadrupeds And Predators ..............................................1 78 Quadrupeds and Predators عﺎﺒﺴﻟاو ﻢﺋﺎﻬﺒﻟا .................................1 78 ّ Fabricating Lies ...........................................................1 79 Fabricating Lies ﺖﻬﺒﻟا ................................................... 179 َ The House Of Allah .......................................................1 80 The House of Allah �ا ﺖﻴﺑ ..............................................1 80 ّ The Treasury ..............................................................1 81 The Treasury لﺎﳌا ﺖﻴﺑ ....................................................1 81 Trade And Business With Allah ......................................... 182 Trade and Business with Allah �ا ﻊﻣ ةرﺎﺠﺘﻟاو ةرﺎﺠﺘﻟا .....................1 82 ّ CThe Meorchant .n.........f.....i....d..........e.........n..........t....i....a..... 183 l The Merchant ﺮﺟﺎﺘﻟا ......................................................1 83 Earth .......................................................................1 84 Earth باﱰﱡﻟا ............................................................... 184 Abandoning For The Sake Of Allah .....................................1 85 Abandoning for the Sake of Allah � ِ كرﺎﺘﻟا ..............................1 85 ّ Repentance And Returning (To Allah) ..................................1 86 Repentance and Returning (To Allah) ﺐﺋﺎﺘﻟاو ﺔﺑ�ﻹاو ﺔﺑﻮﺘﻟا ...............1 86 Relying On Allah ..........................................................1 88 Relying on Allah �� ﺔﻘﺜﻟا ................................................1 88 ّ Reward .....................................................................1 89 Reward باﻮﺜﻟا .............................................................1 89 Garments .................................................................. 190 Garments بﻮﺜﻟا ...........................................................1 90 Cowardice.................................................................. 191 Cowardice ﱭﳉا .......................................................... 191 ُْ Diligence And Striving ....................................................1 92 Diligence and Striving دﺎﻬﺘﺟﻹاو ﺪﱡﳉا .....................................1 92 Experience .................................................................1 93 5 www.alhassanain.org/english Experience ﺔﺑﺮﺠﺘﻟا ........................................................ 193 The Experienced .......................................................... 194 The Experienced بﺮ�ا ...................................................1 94 ّ Anxiety .....................................................................1 95 Anxiety عﺰﳉا ..............................................................1 95 Requital And Reward .....................................................1 97 Requital and Reward ءاﺰﳉاو ةازﺎ�ا ........................................ 197 Notes .................................................................. 198 The Body ...................................................................1 99 The Body مﺎﺴﺟﻷاو ﺪﺴﳉا .................................................1 99 Antipathy .................................................................. 200 Antipathy ءﺎﻔﳉا ...........................................................2 00 Loftiness ................................................................... 201 Loftiness ﺔﻟﻼﳉا ...........................................................2 01 َ Intercourse .................................................................2 02 Intercourse عﺎﻤِﳉا .........................................................2 02 ُ CBeauty o.........n..........f.....i...d..........e..........n.........t.....i....a.....2 03 l Beauty لﺎﻤﳉا .............................................................2 03 The Beautiful ..............................................................2 04 The Beautiful ﻞﻴﻤﳉا ......................................................2 04 Grooming ..................................................................2 05 Grooming ﻞﻤﺠﺘﻟا .........................................................2 05 ّ ّ Moderation ................................................................ 206 Moderation ﻞﻤ�ا .........................................................2 06 Notes .................................................................. 206 Paradise And The People Of Paradise .................................. 207 Paradise and the People of Paradise ﺔّﻨﳉا ﻞﻫأو ُ ﺔﱠﻨﳉا ......................2 07 Generosity ................................................................. 210 Generosity دﻮﳉا .......................................................... 210 The Generous ..............................................................2 13 The Generous داﻮﳉا .......................................................2 13 Proximity To Allah ........................................................2 14 Proximity to Allah ﻩراﻮﺟو �ا رﺎﺟ .........................................2 14 ّ Neighbours .................................................................2 15 Neighbours ناﲑﳉا ........................................................ 215 Hunger .....................................................................2 16 6 www.alhassanain.org/english Hunger عﻮﳉا ..............................................................2 16 ُ ُ High Rank ................................................................. 217 High Rank ﻩﺎﳉا وذو ﻩﺎﳉا ..................................................2 17 ُ Struggle (Jihad) ........................................................... 218 Struggle (Jihad) دﺎﻬﳉا ....................................................2 18 Struggling Against The Self (Jihad An-Nafs) ...........................2 19 Struggling against the Self (Jihad an-Nafs) ﺲﻔﻨﻟا دﺎﻬﺟ ................. 219 Ignorance .................................................................. 222 Ignorance ﻞﻬﳉا ...........................................................2 22 َْ The Ignorant And The Foolish ...........................................2 26 The Ignorant and the Foolish لﻮﻬﳉاو ﻞﻫِﺎﳉَا ............................. 226 ُ Notes .................................................................. 230 Hell Fire ....................................................................2 31 Hellfire رﺎّﻨﻟاو ﻢﻨﻬﺟ ........................................................2 31 Lovers Of The Ahlulbayt .................................................2 33 Lovers of the Ahlulbayt ﺖﻴﺒﻟا ﻞﻫأ ﺐﳏِ .................................. 233 ّ CThe Beoloved ...n..........f....i....d..........e.........n..........t.....i...a......2 34 l The Beloved بﻮﺒﶈاو ﺐﶈا ................................................2 34 Evidence ................................................................... 235 Evidence ﻞﻴﻟﺪﻟاو ُ ﺔﺠﱠ ﳊا ....................................................2 35 The Proof (Of Allah) ......................................................2 36 The Proof (of Allah) ﺔﺠﳊا ...............................................2 36 ّ The Disproved .............................................................2 37 The Disproved جﻮﺠﶈا ....................................................2 37 The One Who Presents An Argument ...................................2 38 The One who Presnts an Argument ﺞﺘﶈا ................................2 38 ّ The Hajj ....................................................................2 39 The Hajj ﺞﳊا .............................................................2 39 Rage ........................................................................2 40 Rage ةﺪﱠﳊا................................................................. 240 The Cautious .............................................................. 241 The Cautious رﺬّﺤﺘﳌاو رﺬِﳊا ...............................................2 41 َ The Warner ................................................................2 42 The Warner رﺬّﶈا .........................................................2 42 War, Soldiers And Armies ............................................... 243 7 www.alhassanain.org/english War, Soldiers and Armies ﻒﺣﺰﻟاو دﻮﻨﳉاو بﺮﳊا .......................... 243 ْ ُُ Notes .................................................................. 245 Waging War ...............................................................2 46 Waging War ﺔﺑرﺎﶈا ....................................................... 246 Freedom And The Free ...................................................2 47 Freedom and the Free ﺔﻳﺮﳊاو ﺮﳊا .........................................2 47 ّ ّ The Careful ................................................................2 48 The Careful ساﱰﺣﻻِ ا ،سﱰﶈا ..............................................2 48 Greed .......................................................................2 49 Greed صﺮِﳊا ..............................................................2 49 The Greedy ................................................................ 253 The Greedy ﺺﻳﺮﳊا .......................................................2 53 ُ Vocation ....................................................................2 55 Vocation ﺔَﻓﺮِْﳊا ............................................................2 55 Notes .................................................................. 255 The Prohibited ............................................................ 256 CThe Porohibitedn ماﺮﳊا ...f.....i....d.........e..........n.........t.....i....a.....2 56 l Deprivation And Frustration ............................................ 257 Deprivation and Frustration ﺔﺒﻴﳋاو نﺎﻣﺮﳊا ................................2 57 The Party Of Allah ........................................................2 58 The Party of Allah �ا بﺰﺣ ..............................................2 58 ّ Judiciousness ..............................................................2 59 Judiciousness مﺰﳊا ........................................................2 59 The Judicious ..............................................................2 62 The Judicious مزﺎﳊا .......................................................2 62 Notes .................................................................. 264 Grief For What Has Been Lost .......................................... 265 Grief for what has been Lost تﺎﻓ ﺎﻣ ﻰﻠﻋ نﺰﳊا ...........................2 65 The Reckoning ............................................................ 266 The Reckoning بﺎﺴﳊا ...................................................2 66 High Regard ...............................................................2 67 High Regard ﺐﺴﳊا ......................................................2 67 Jealousy ....................................................................2 68 Jealousy ﺪﺴﳊا ............................................................2 68 Notes .................................................................. 270 The Jealous ................................................................ 271 8 www.alhassanain.org/english The Jealous دﻮﺴﳊا ........................................................2 71 The Envied .................................................................2 73 The Envied دﻮﺴﶈا ........................................................2 73 The Sword And The Steed ............................................... 274 The Sword and the Steed داﻮﳉاو مﺎﺴﳊا ...................................2 74 Good Deeds ................................................................2 75 Good Deeds تﺎﻨﺴﳊا .....................................................2 75 Good Turns And Benevolent Actions ................................... 276 Good Turns and Benevolent Actions ﺔﻌﻴﻨﺼﻟاو نﺎﺴﺣﻹا .................. 276 Notes .................................................................. 296 The Good Doer ............................................................2 97 The Good Doer ﻦﺴﶈا ....................................................2 97 Physical Beauty ............................................................2 99 Physical Beauty ﻦﺴﳊا ................................................... 299 ْ ُ Dyslogia (The Inability To Express Oneself Effectively) .............. 300 Dyslogia (The Inability to Express Oneself Effectively) ﺮﺼﳊا .........3 00 َ CFortuneo ........n..........f....i....d..........e.........n..........t.....i...a......3 01 l Fortune ﻆّ ﳊا ..............................................................3 01 Gaining Favour ............................................................3 02 Gaining Favour ةﻮْﻈﳊا ....................................................3 02 َ ُ Digging A Pit For A Brother .............................................3 03 Digging a Pit for a Brother خﻸﻟ ﺮﺌﺒﻟا ﺮﻔﺣ ................................3 03 Spite And Malice ..........................................................3 04 Spite and Malice ﺪُﻘِْﳊا ....................................................3 04 The Spiteful ................................................................3 06 The Spiteful دﻮﻘﳊا ........................................................3 06 Belittling Others ...........................................................3 07 Belittling others ﲑﻘﺤﺘﻟا ...................................................3 07 Verification ................................................................3 08 Verification ﻖﻴﻘﺤﺘﻟا .......................................................3 08 The Truth ..................................................................3 09 The Truth ﻖﳊا ............................................................3 09 One Who Is On The Right ................................................3 15 One who is on the Right ﻖﺤِ ﳌا ........................................... 315 ُ The Rights Of Allah, The Most High ....................................3 16 9 www.alhassanain.org/english The Rights of Allah, The Most High ﱃﺎﻌﺗ �ا قﻮﻘﺣ .....................3 16 ّ Rights Of The People ..................................................... 317 Rights of the People سﺎﻨﻟا قﻮﻘﺣ ......................................... 317 Hoarding And Hoarders ..................................................3 18 Hoarding and Hoarders ﺮﻜﺘﶈاو رﺎﻜِﺘﺣﻹا ................................. 318 ْ The Ordinances Of Allah .................................................3 19 The Ordinances of Allah ﻩدوﺪﺣو �ا مﺎﻜﺣأ ...............................3 19 ّ Wisdom .................................................................... 320 Wisdom ﺔﻤﻜﳊا ...........................................................3 20 The Wise ...................................................................3 24 The Wise ءﺎﻤﻜﳊا .........................................................3 24 ُ Government And Sovereignty ........................................... 325 Government and Sovereignty ﺔﻳﻻﻮﻟاو ﺔﻣﻮﻜﳊا .............................3 25 The Ruler And Governer .................................................3 28 The Ruler and Governer ﱄاﻮﻟاو ﻢﻛﺎﳊا .................................... 328 False Oaths ................................................................ 329 Confidential False Oaths ةﺮﺟﺎﻔﻟا ﲔﻤﻴﻟاو ﻒﻠﳊا ..........................................3 29 The Lawful .................................................................3 30 The Lawful لﻼﳊا ........................................................3 30 Dreams .....................................................................3 31 Dreams �ؤﺮﻟاو مﻼﺣﻷا .....................................................3 31 The Forebearing ...........................................................3 32 The Forebearing ﻢﻴﻠﳊا ....................................................3 32 Forbearance ............................................................... 334 Forbearance ﻢﻠِْﳊا .........................................................3 34 ُ Praise .......................................................................3 38 Praise ﺪﻤﳊا ...............................................................3 38 The Praiseworthy And The Disgraceful .................................3 39 The Praiseworthy and the Disgraceful ماﺬﳌاو ﺪﻣﺎﶈا ......................3 39 Muhammad (S) And His Progeny ....................................... 340 Muhammad (s) and his Progeny ﻪﺘﻴﺑ ﻞﻫأو ﻢﱠﻠﺳو ﻪﻟآو ﻪﻴﻠﻋ �ا ﻰﱠﻠﺻ ﺪﻤﳏ ... 340 ّ ّ Notes .................................................................. 352 Foolishness .................................................................3 53 Foolishness ﻖﻤﳊا .........................................................3 53 ُْ The Fool ....................................................................3 55 10
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