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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Forbearance

21. Forbearance (or wisdom) is light, [and] its essence is the intellect.

21. Forbearance (or wisdom) is light, [and] its essence is the intellect.

21 اَلْحِلْمُ (الحِكْمَةُ) نُورٌ، جَوْهَرُهُ (جَوْهَرتُهُ) العَقْلُ.

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22. Forbearance is the ornament of knowledge and the cause of peace.

22. Forbearance is the ornament of knowledge and the cause of peace.

22 اَلْحِلْمُ حِلْيَةُ العِلْمِ، وعِلَّةُ السِّلْمِ.

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23. Forbearance is the system by which the affairs of a believer are organized.

23. Forbearance is the system by which the affairs of a believer are organized.

23 اَلْحِلْمُ نِظامُ أمْرِ المُؤْمِنِ.

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24. If in anger there is revenge, then in forbearance there is the reward of the virtuous.

24. If in anger there is revenge, then in forbearance there is the reward of the virtuous.

24 إنْ كانَ فِي الغَضَبِ الإنْتِصارُ، فَفِي الْحِلْمِ ثَوابُ الأبْرارِ.

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25. Verily forbearance is only suppression of anger and self-restraint.

25. Verily forbearance is only suppression of anger and self-restraint.

25 إنَّما الحِلْمُ كَظْمُ الغَيْظِ، ومِلْكُ النَّفْسِ.

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27. When you are forbearing with a foolish person, you sadden him; so increase his sorrow by your forbearance towards him.

27. When you are forbearing with a foolish person, you sadden him; so increase his sorrow by your forbearance towards him.

27 إذا حَلُمْتَ عَنِ السَّفِيهِ غَمَمْتَهُ، فَزِدْهُ غَمّاً بِحِلْمِكَ عَنْهُ.

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28. When you are forbearing with an ignorant person, you have given him the best reply.

28. When you are forbearing with an ignorant person, you have given him the best reply.

28 إذا حَلُمْتَ عَنِ الجاهِلِ فَقَدْ أوْسَعْتَهُ جَواباً.

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30. When forbearance brings about corruption [and defiance in the enemy], forgiveness becomes a weakness.

30. When forbearance brings about corruption [and defiance in the enemy], forgiveness becomes a weakness.

30 إذا كانَ الْحِلْمُ مَفْسَدةً، كانَ العَفْوُ مَعْجَزَةً.

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29. When you hear something hateful that troubles you, then lower your head, taking no notice of it, and it will pass you by.

29. When you hear something hateful that troubles you, then lower your head, taking no notice of it, and it will pass you by.

29 إذا سَمِعْتَ مِنَ الْمَكْرُوهِ ما يُؤْذيكَ فَتَطَأْطَأْ لَهُ يُخْطِكَ.

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