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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Cognizance

1. Cognizance is perplexity and being devoid of it is dim-sightedness.

1. Cognizance is perplexity and being devoid of it is dim-sightedness.

1 اَلمَعْرِفَةُ دَهَشٌ، والخُلُوُّ مِنْها غَطَشٌ.

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2. The most excellent cognizance is the human being’s cognizance of himself.

2. The most excellent cognizance is the human being’s cognizance of himself.

2 أفْضَلُ المَعْرِفَةِ، مَعْرِفَةُ الإنْسانِ نَفْسَهُ.

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3. Of all the people, the most cognizant of himself is the most fearful of his Lord.

3. Of all the people, the most cognizant of himself is the most fearful of his Lord.

3 أكْثَرُ النّاسِ مَعْرِفَةً لِنَفْسِهِ أخْوَفُهُمْ لِرَبِّهِ.

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4. The person most cognizant of his age is the one who is not astonished by its events.

4. The person most cognizant of his age is the one who is not astonished by its events.

4 أعْرَفُ النّاسِ بِالزَّمانِ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَعَجَّبْ مِنْ أحْداثِهِ.

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8. The fruit of cognizance is becoming averse to the evanescent abode.

8. The fruit of cognizance is becoming averse to the evanescent abode.

8 ثَمَرَةُ المََعْرِفَةِ العُزُوفُ عَنْ دارِ الفَناءِ.

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10. Allah is known by the revocation of resolutions, the undoing of binds and the relieving of hardship and affliction from the one whose intention is sincere.

10. Allah is known by the revocation of resolutions, the undoing of binds and the relieving of hardship and affliction from the one whose intention is sincere.

10 عُرِفَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ بِفَسْخِ العَزائِمِ، وحَلِّ العُقُودِ وكَشْفِ الضُّرِّ، وَالبَلِيَّةِ عَمَّنْ أخْلَصَ لَهُ النِّيَّةَ.

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