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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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6. Cognizance is the successful attainment of [purification and] the sacred.

6. Cognizance is the successful attainment of [purification and] the sacred.

6 اَلمَعْرِفَةُ اَلفَوْزُ بِالقُدْسِ.

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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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12. The pinnacle of cognizance is for a person to know himself.

12. The pinnacle of cognizance is for a person to know himself.

12 غايَةُ المَعْرِفَةِ أنْ يَعْرِفَ المَرْءُ نَفْسَهُ.

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