Eternal Words Nahj al-Balaghah Sayings saying - 341 to 360
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341. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: When the disabled fall short in performing acts of obedience to Allah, the Glorified One, it is a good opportunity given by Allah for the intelligent to perform such acts.
342. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The sovereign is the watchman of Allah on earth.
343. Describing a believer, Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: A believer has a cheerful face, a sorrowful heart, a very broad chest (very generous), and a very humble heart. He hates high status and dislikes fame. His grief is long, his courage is far-reaching, his silence is much and, his time is occupied. He is grateful, enduring, buried in his thoughts, sparing in his friendship (with others), of a bright demeanor and of a soft temperament. He is stronger than stone but more humble than a slave.
344. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: If a man happens to see the end of (his) life and his final fate, he will begin hating desires and their deception.
345. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: There are two shares in the property of every person: heirs and accidents.
346. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The person who is approached with a request is free till he makes a promise.
347. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: Whoever prays but does not exert effort is like one who shoots without a bow-string.
348. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is just heard. The one that is heard does not give benefit unless it is absorbed.
349. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: Correctness of decisions goes together with power. One emerges with the other’s emergence and disappears when the other disappears.
350. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The beauty of destitution is chastity and the beauty of riches is gratitude.
351. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The day of justice will be more severe on the oppressor than the day of oppression on the oppressed.
352. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The biggest wealth is that one should not have an eye on what others possess.
353. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: Utterances are preserved and actions are to be tired. “Every soul, for what it earned, is pawned” (Qur’an, 74: 38). People are to be made deficient (as regarding their bodies) and meddled with (as regarding their minds) except those whom Allah protects. The ones who inquires from among them aims at confusing, while the one who answers creates hardship. It is possible that the man who has the best views among them will be deviated from the soundness of his thinking by pleasure or displeasure, and it is possible that a single glance may affect even the man with the best wisdom from among them or a single expression may transform him.
354. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: O folks! Fear Allah, for there is many a man who aspires for what he does not get, many a builder of a house who does not live to occupy it, and many a collector of that which he shall just leave behind. Possibly he may have collected it wrongfully or by denying one’s right. He acquired it unlawfully and had to bear the weight of sins on its account. Consequently, he returned (from this world) with that weight and came before Allah with sorrow and grief. “He lost this world and (also) the thereafter; that is a loss (which is) manifest” (Qur’an, 22: 11).
355. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: Lack of access to sins is also a kind of chastity.
356. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The dignity of your face is solid, but begging dissolves it; therefore, look carefully before whom you dissolve it.
357. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: To praise more than what is due is sycophancy; to do it less is either because of inability to speak or of envy.
358. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The most serious sin is that which the doer considers light.
359. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: One who sees his own shortcomings abstains from looking into other’s shortcomings. Whoever feels happy with the livelihood with which Allah provides him does not grieve over what he misses. Whoever draws out the sword of rebellion gets killed by it. Whoever strives without means perishes. Whoever enters the depths gets drowned. Whoever visits places of ill-repute receives blame.
Whoever speaks more commits more errors. Whoever commits more errors becomes shameless. Whoever is shameless will have less fear of Allah. Anyone who decreases his fear of Allah causes his heart to die. One whose heart dies enters the Fire. Whoever observes the shortcomings of others and disapproves of them then accepts them for himself is definitely a fool. Contentment is a capital that does not dwindle. Whoever remembers death much is satisfied with small favors in this world. Whoever knows that his speech is also a part of his action speaks less except where he has some purpose.
360. Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib, peace be upon him said: The oppressor among the people has three signs: He oppresses his superior by disobeying him, and his junior by imposing his authority and he tops other oppressors.
