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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Covetousness

51. Cupidity corrupts piety and licentiousness [corrupts] God-wariness.

51. Cupidity corrupts piety and licentiousness [corrupts] God-wariness.

51 يُفْسِدُ الطَّمَعُ الوَرَعَ، والفُجُورُ التَّقْوى.

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52. Freedom from the captivity of covetousness is [gained] by acquiring loss of hope [in people].

52. Freedom from the captivity of covetousness is [gained] by acquiring loss of hope [in people].

52 اَلخَلاصُ مِنْ أسْرِ الطَّمَعِ بِاكْتِسابِ اليَأسِ.

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55. Whoever takes covetousness as his attire, it makes him swallow failure repeatedly.

55. Whoever takes covetousness as his attire, it makes him swallow failure repeatedly.

55 مَنِ اتَّخَذَ الطَّمَعَ شِعاراً جَرَّعَتْهُ الخَيْبَةُ مِراراً.

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56. One who entertains the hope of [fulfilment of] false cupidity, the grant [which he receives] belies him.

56. One who entertains the hope of [fulfilment of] false cupidity, the grant [which he receives] belies him.

56 مَنْ حَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ بِكاذِبِ الطَّمَعِ كَذَّبَتْهُ العَطِيَّةُ.

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57. One who does not purify his soul from the lowliness of the coveted has actually abased himself and shall be even more abased and disgraced in the Hereafter.

57. One who does not purify his soul from the lowliness of the coveted has actually abased himself and shall be even more abased and disgraced in the Hereafter.

57 مَنْ لَمْ يُنَزِّهْ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ دَناءَةِ المَطامِعِ فَقَدْ أذَلَّ نَفْسَهُ، وهُوَ فِي الآخِرَةِ أذَلُّ وأَخْزى.

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