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 21. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: You should gather in your heart the need for people and the dispensing with them. You may have the need for people through showing good wording and good humor with them, and you may have the dispensing with them through the candor of your honor and the continuity of your power. 22. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: Do not be angry and do not enr More ...

 Imam Ali (AS) said: The one whose heart is bonded with the love of the world, his/her life is tied up with three problems; inextricable grief, inseparable greed, and unattainable wishes/desires [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Wisdom 228. More ...

  In his Dua for spring, Imam Ali (AS) said: O’ God, quench us with a rain which gives life, irrigates, covers everywhere and goes everywhere, clean and bountiful, tasty and full of blessing, with plenty of plants, branches which produce and leaves all fresh and juicy, until with such a rain to restore to life the unable servant, and revive Your dead cities. O’ God, give a rain More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) was asked: What is foresight? Imam (AS) replied: That is to wait for your opportunity, and when the right opportunity happened; jump on it (hurry and grab it) [1]. Regarding the same subject and in another narration, Imam Ali (AS) said: Think until you become a prudent person, and when all the details of the task are clear for you, then make a decisive/definite decision [2]. More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said in Nahjul Balaghah: O’ God, on your command the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) tried so much to display the glowing flame of the truth and lit the way for ignorant and those who are misled, as well the hearts which were sunk in sedition and sins. For the sake of the Prophet (PBUH), they were all guided. The Prophet of Islam (PBUH) raised the flags/banners of the truth and More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said: Swear to Allah (SWT), wherever I find the stolen public fund, I will return it to its original owners, even if they have married or have bought slaves with it. Because justice brings relief for all, and the one who finds it difficult to come in terms with justice, tolerating oppression would be even harder [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 15. More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: The cleverest person is the one who self-evaluates himself/herself and do something for after death. Someone asked: O’ Amiral Momeneen, how can a person self-evaluate himself/herself? Imam (AS) replied: In the morning and at night return to himelf/herself and say: O’ my soul today has passed and will never come b More ...

  After people paid their allegiance to him, Imam Ali (AS) said: The truth and the falsehood are in constant battle, and each has its supporters. There is no surprise if the falsehood is victorious; it has been the same from old days. And although the supporters of the truth are less, perhaps one day their number will expand and they become victorious, but it is less probable that a lost thi More ...

  It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: the best wisdom is to know oneself. Therefore, if any person knows himself/herself is wise and rational, and the one who does not is misled [1]. [1] Sharh Qorarul Hekam wa Dorarul Kalam, Vol. 2, Page 442 More ...

  -‘Umar bin al-Khattab has reported that the Holy Prophet (saww) said, “O ‘Ali, you were the first among the believers to believe, you were the first among the Muslims to embrace Islam, and you are to me like Aaron was to Moses”. (Dhakhair al-‘Oqba) “And warn your nea More ...

 Compilation of Imam ‘Ali’s Words Ever since the early years of Islam, the eloquent wordings of Imam ‘Ali (A.S.), especially his unparalleled sermons, have attracted the attention of the literati as well as the common man. Those familiar with the intricate beauties of the Arabic language, had collected or compiled these precious bezels of wisdom, starting from the lifetime o More ...

  What follows is a part of the book Nahj al-Balagha, the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and stories attributed to Imam Ali (A.S). It was collected by Al-Sharif al-Radi, the Shiite scholar of the tenth century. Known for its eloquent content, it is considered as a masterpiece of literature in Shiite Islam, ranked third behind the Qur’an and prophetic narratives. Thi More ...

  It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: The one who attacks when becomes powerless, and avenges when in power; is not patient; rather a patient person is the one who when in power, is forgiving, and tolerance dominates all his/her matters (affairs) [1]. [1] Tasnif Qorarul Hekam wa Dorarul Kalam, Page 286, Hadith 6437. More ...

 Imam Ali (AS) said: After passing away of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH), I looked around myself and saw no friend or helper except my own family (and if they helped me they would have been killed), so I could not see their death. I closed my eyes which were full of dust and debris, and with broken bone stock in my throat, drank the bitter juice of events, and controlled my anger, and adopted p More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said: Good deeds, good deeds, then foresight, foresight; and steadfastness, steadfastness, and piety, piety. For every one of you there is an allocated end and respite, get there by good deeds [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 176. More ...

  This is a part of this letter: For the furthest Muslims, like their closest, there is an equal share (Fear) Allah and keep Allah in view in respect of the lowest class, consisting of those who have few means: the poor, the destitute, the penniless and the disabled; because in this class are both the self- contained needy and those who beg. Take care for the sake of Allah of His obligatio More ...

  It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: There are three kinds of patience; patience in calamity, patience in obedience and servitude (of God), patience in committing sins [1]. Imam Ali (AS) emphasized: The patient human being does not lose victory, even if its length of time is long [2]. In another narration, Imam Ali (AS) said: Patience in calamity is nice, but even nicer than that is More ...

 Imam Ali (AS) said: Swear to my own life, I do not compromise and show weakness in fighting those who are against the truth, and those who are sunk in corruption and are in a state of being misled. Then, O’ the servants of God, fear God and escape from God to God, and strive in the ways that God has opened for you, and observe duties and rules which God has designated for you. If you d More ...

  Imam Ali (AS) said: Allah (SWT) granted angels wisdom without inordinate desires, and granted four legged animals desires without wisdom, and granted to the human beings both wisdom and desires. Therefore, whoever’s wisdom dominates his/her desires is superior to angels, and whoever’s desire dominates his/her wisdom, is lower than four legged animals [1]. Imam Ali (AS) describe More ...

  In the war of Saffayn Imam Ali (AS) prayed to God for his enemies by saying: O’ Allah (SWT), protect our blood and theirs, and make peace between us and them, and guide them from going astray to the right path in order that those who are ignorant, can recognize the truth, and those who are fighting the truth are regretful and return to the truth [1]. [1] Nahjul Balaghah, Sermon 206 More ...