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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Eating

1. Eating less is from self-restraint and overeating is from indulgence.

1. Eating less is from self-restraint and overeating is from indulgence.

1 قِلَّةُ الأكلِ مِنَ العَفافِ، وكَثْرَتُهُ مِنَ الإسْرافِ.

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4. Overeating is from gluttony, and gluttony is the worst flaw.

4. Overeating is from gluttony, and gluttony is the worst flaw.

4 كَثرَةُ الأكلِ مِنَ الشَّرَهِ، والشَّرَهُ شَرُّ العُيوبِ.

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5. Overeating and oversleeping corrupt the soul and bring about impairment.

5. Overeating and oversleeping corrupt the soul and bring about impairment.

5 كَثرَةُ الأكلِ والنَّوْمِ تُفْسِدانِ النَّفْسَ وتَجْلُبانِ المَضَرَّةَ.

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9. One who restricts his eating, his health improves and his thoughts become righteous.

9. One who restricts his eating, his health improves and his thoughts become righteous.

9 مَنِ اقْتَصَرَ في أكْلِهِ كَثُرَتْ صِحَّتُهُ، وصَلُحَتْ فِكْرَتُهُ.

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7. Be like the bee when it eats it eats what is good and when it secretes it secretes what is good, and when it sits on a twig it does not break it.

7. Be like the bee when it eats it eats what is good and when it secretes it secretes what is good, and when it sits on a twig it does not break it.

7 كُنْ كالنَّحْلَةِ إذا أكَلَتْ أكَلَتْ طَيِّباً، وإذا وَضَعَتْ وَضَعتْ طَيِّباً، وإذا وَقَعَتْ على عُود لَمْ تُكَسِّرْهُ.

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10. One whose efforts are [solely] for [acquiring] that which enters his stomach, his value is [equal to] that which comes out from it.

10. One whose efforts are [solely] for [acquiring] that which enters his stomach, his value is [equal to] that which comes out from it.

10 مَنْ كانَتْ هِمَّتُهُ ما يَدْخُلُ بَطْنَهُ كانَتْ قيمَتُهُ ما يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ.

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