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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Affluence And The Rich

32. Loss of wealth is an advantage for the sagacious and a [cause of] regret for the foolish.

32. Loss of wealth is an advantage for the sagacious and a [cause of] regret for the foolish.

32 فَوْتُ الغِنى غَنِيمَةُ الأكْياسِ، وحَسْرَةُ الحَمْقى.

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34. One who would like to gain affluence without possessions, prestige without authority and abundance without kinsfolk, then let him them come out of the abjectness of disobedience to Allah into the honour of His obedience, for indeed [through this] he will find all of these.

34. One who would like to gain affluence without possessions, prestige without authority and abundance without kinsfolk, then let him them come out of the abjectness of disobedience to Allah into the honour of His obedience, for indeed [through this] he will find all of these.

34 مَنْ سَرَّهُ الغِنى بِلامال، والعِزُّ بِلاسُلْطان، والكَثْرَةُ بِلا عَشيرَة، فَلْيَخْرُجْ مِنْ ذُلِّ مَعْصِيَةِ اللّهِ إلى عِزِّ طاعَتِهِ، فَإنَّهُ واجِدُ ذلِكَ كُلِّهِ.

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35. He who has been granted hopelessness in [obtaining] what people possess, contentment with what he is given and satisfaction with the divine decree has acquired affluence.

35. He who has been granted hopelessness in [obtaining] what people possess, contentment with what he is given and satisfaction with the divine decree has acquired affluence.

35 نالَ الغِنى مَنْ رُزِقَ اليَأْسَ عَمّا في أيْدِى النّاسِ، والقَناعَةَ بِما أُوتِيَ، والرِّضا بِالقَضاءِ.

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36. Do not be delighted by wealth and comfort, and do not be grieved by poverty and tribulation, for verily gold is tested by fire and the believer is tested by tribulation.

36. Do not be delighted by wealth and comfort, and do not be grieved by poverty and tribulation, for verily gold is tested by fire and the believer is tested by tribulation.

36 لاتَفْرَحْ بِالغَناءِ والرَّخاءِ، ولاتَغْتَمَّ بِالفَقْرِ والبَلاءِ، فَإنَّ الذَّهَبَ يُجَرَّبُ بِالنّارِ، والمُؤْمِنَ يُجَرَّبُ بِالبَلاءِ.

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37. Affluence through [complete reliance on] Allah is the greatest affluence.

37. Affluence through [complete reliance on] Allah is the greatest affluence.

37 اَلغِنى بِاللّهِ أعْظَمُ الغِنى.

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38. One who does not become needless of this world through Allah has no religion.

38. One who does not become needless of this world through Allah has no religion.

38 مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَغْنِ بِاللّهِ عَنِ الدُّنْيا فَلا دينَ لَهُ.

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