The greatest of what Imam Ali (PBUH) saidCategory Archive

  The most beautiful act of a person in a position of power is conferring of favours [to those under him]. The best treasure is a free man who has been been reserved [in your friendship because of your kindness to him]. The greatest good deed is supporting ones brothers [financially]. The best gift is forgoing obligation. The noblest of favours are the good turns of the munificent [and h More ...

  Acquiring good deeds is one of the best of earnings. In every good deed there is reward. For every good deed there is recompense. Every good deed which is not done with the intention of seeking nearness to Allah, has the ugliness of ostentation in it and its fruit is an ugly requital. Good turns and benevolent actions. Showing kindness to the enemy is one of the two triumphs. Followi More ...

  Betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature. synonyms: betrayal, disloyalty, faithlessness, unfaithfulness, infidelity, breach of trust, duplicity, dirty tricks, deceit, deception, chicanery, stab in the back, backstabbing, double-dealing, untrustworthiness; treason, two-timing; literaryperfidy Keep away from treachery for it is [a cause of] turning away from Islam The cornerstone of More ...

  The rectitude of the intellect is [in] good ettiquette. The straying of the intellect is the most serious deviation, and the abasement (or error) of ignorance is the greatest abasement (or error). The intellect of a person is his order, his etiquette is his foundation, his honesty is his leader and his gratutude is his perfection. The intellects of the erudite scholars are in the points More ...

  The intellect is a sharp cutting sword. Intellect is the most honourable merit. The intellect is [like] a new attire that does not get worn out. The intellect frees [one] from evil and enjoins [one to do] good. The intellect is an intimate friend that is relied on in every situation. The intellect is a tree whose fruits are generosity and modesty. The intellect is an adornment for the More ...

  The intellect is an honourable nobility that does not wear away. The intellect is an inborn quality that increases through knowledge and experience. The intellect and knowledge are joined together in one linkage, they neither separate not do they differ. The intellect is the greatest of riches and the highest honour in [both] the Hereafter and this world. The intellect is the most beaut More ...

  Showing kindness to the enemy is one of the two triumphs. Following up one favour with another favour is from the perfection of munificence. Doing good is the nature of the righteious and doing evil is the nature of the wicked. Benevolence from the wicket corrupts just as much as it reforms from the honourable. If a righteious act is not nurtured, it wears away, just like worn out garme More ...

  Let not the good doer and the evil doer be equal in your eyes, for this will make the good-doer abstain from his benevolence and will encourage the evil doer to continue his evil. The charitable one needs the beggar. Be open-handed but do not be wasteful. The good doer person is one who is benevolent to all people. The benevolent is supported, the manevolent is scorned. The good doer i More ...

  Distinction is nothing but your giving that which you owe [of the rights of others] and forgiving the offences [of others]. He who has been forgone by praise does not attain distinction. He who has been forgone by praise will not acquire distinction. One who lacks diligence does not attain distinction. More ...

  That which infuses discipline is the study of wisdom and overcoming [bad] habits. Discipline is not beneficial except in a woken soul. More ...

  A refined character is one of the two blessings. The best thing is [good] character. The most honourable distinction is [good] character. The best of qualities is honourable ambition. The most beautiful qualites are forbearance and chastity. The purest of all people in lineage is the best of them in character. The most pleased of all people is one whose character is agreeable. The be More ...

  Stinginess is one of the two forms of poverty. Stintiness earns dishonour and makes one enter hellfire. Stinginess inspending from ones wealth that which Allah, the Glorified has made obligatory, is the worst type of stinginess. Protect yourselves from vehement miserliness, malice, anger and jealousy and prepare for each of these things a contrivance which you can fight it with like thin More ...

  The best striving is that which is accompanied by [divinely granted] success. You must be diligent even if you are not assisted by [good] fortune. One who is diligent becomes fortunate. Striving has been linked to achievement. One whose diligence becomes weaker, his opponent gets stronger. Whoever embarks upon [any action with] diligence, over powers his opponent. One who employs dili More ...

  Lying is [a cause of] disgrace in this world and [leads one to] hellfire in the Hereafter. The most replusive quality is dishonesty. Lying is treachery. Lying makes one fall [into destruction]. Lying is the enemy of truthfulness. Dishonesty is a disgraceful flaw. Lying is laien to [and incompatible with] faith. Lying is disgrace and treachery (and regret). Lying degrades a person. More ...

  Do not relate which you have no knowledge about. Never transmit information except from a reliable person otherwise you will become a liar, and if you transmit from other than him then surely telling lies is [a cause of] disgreace and dishonour. Do not hasten to the people with that which they dislike so that they [begin to] speak about you that which they do not know. Analyze the inform More ...

 Wisdom is a garden for the intelligent and a promenade for the noble. Wisdom does not settle in the heart of a hypocrite except that it departs from it [soon after]. Wisdom is the lost property of every believer, so take it even if it be from the mouths of hypocrites. Wisdom is a tree that grows in the heart and bears [its] fruit on the tongue. Fill your heart with wisdom and don the att More ...

  In this very sermon he spoke about Hajj Allah has made obligatory upon you the pilgrimage (hajj) to His sacred House which is the turning point for the people who go to it as beasts or pigeons go towards spring water. Allah the glorified made it a sign of their supplication before His Greatness and their acknowledgement of His Dignity. He selected from among His creation those who on li More ...

  He for whose description no limit has been laid down, no eulogy exists, no time is ordained and no duration is fixed. Where as in the first part of the paragraph, Imam Ali (as) has been guiding us how to think about Allah, and laid out the boundaries for understanding Him conceptually, in this second part of the first paragraph he negates any limitation of Allah by time and space to fur More ...

  Stinginess is one of the two forms of poverty. Stintiness earns dishonour and makes one enter hellfire. Stinginess inspending from ones wealth that which Allah, the Glorified has made obligatory, is the worst type of stinginess. Protect yourselves from vehement miserliness, malice, anger and jealousy and prepare for each of these things a contrivance which you can fight it with like thin More ...

  The best striving is that which is accompanied by [divinely granted] success. You must be diligent even if you are not assisted by [good] fortune. One who is diligent becomes fortunate. Striving has been linked to achievement. One whose diligence becomes weaker, his opponent gets stronger. Whoever embarks upon [any action with] diligence, over powers his opponent. One who employs dili More ...