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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Disputation and argument

6. One whose disputation increases does not remain safe from error.

6. One whose disputation increases does not remain safe from error.

6 مَنْ كَثُرَ مِراؤُهُ لَمْ يَأْمَنِ الغَلَطَ.

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5. One should not dispute with six types of people: the jurist, the leader, the low, the lewd, the woman and the child.

5. One should not dispute with six types of people: the jurist, the leader, the low, the lewd, the woman and the child.

5 سِتَّةٌ لايُمارُونَ: اَلْفَقيهُ وَالرَّئيسُ وَالدَّنيُّ والبَذيُّ والمَرْأَةُ وَالصَّبيُّ.

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7. Whoever accustoms himself to disputation, it becomes his habit.

7. Whoever accustoms himself to disputation, it becomes his habit.

7 مَنْ عَوَّدَ نَفْسَهُ المِراءَ صارَ دَيْدَنَهُ.

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8. One who makes disputation his habit will not turn his night into day [and will remain in the darkness of ignorance].

8. One who makes disputation his habit will not turn his night into day [and will remain in the darkness of ignorance].

8 مَنْ جَعَلَ دَيْدَنَهُ المِراءَ لَمْ يُصْبِحْ لَيْلَهُ.

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9. One whose false disputations increase, his blindness from the truth persists.

9. One whose false disputations increase, his blindness from the truth persists.

9 مَنْ كَثُرَ مِرائُهُ بِالْباطِلِ دامَ عَماؤُهُ عَنِ الحَقِّ.

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