Ghurar al-Hikam

Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Hopes And Aspirations

73. Those who have the most [false] hopes are the ones who remember death the least.

73. Those who have the most [false] hopes are the ones who remember death the least.

73 أكْثَرُ النَّاسِ أمَلاً أقَلُّهُمْ لِلْمَوْتِ ذِكراً.

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74. Those who have the longest hopes are the ones whose deeds are the worst.

74. Those who have the longest hopes are the ones whose deeds are the worst.

74 أطْوَلُ النَّاسِ أمَلاً أسْوَئُهُمْ عَمَلاً

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75. Verily Allah, the Glorified, hates the one who has long hopes and performs evil actions.

75. Verily Allah, the Glorified, hates the one who has long hopes and performs evil actions.

75 إنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ لَيُبْغِضُ الطَّويلَ الأمَلِ، السَّيِّءَ العَملِ.

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76. Indeed man reaches near [the realization of] his hopes, when the [sudden] approach of his death cuts them short, then – Glory be to Allah! – Neither is the hope realized nor is the hoper spared.

76. Indeed man reaches near [the realization of] his hopes, when the [sudden] approach of his death cuts them short, then – Glory be to Allah! – Neither is the hope realized nor is the hoper spared.

76 إنَّ المَرْءَ يَشْرُفُ عَلى أمَلِهِ، فَيَقْطَعُهُ حُضُورُ أجَلِهِ، فَسُبْحانَ اللّهِ لا أمَلٌ يُدْرَكُ، ولا مُؤَمِّلٌ يُتْرَكُ.

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77. Be cautious not to lengthen [your] hope, for many a deceived person has been enticed by his long hope and corrupted his deeds and cut [short] his lifetime, then neither was his hope realized nor was that which he lost regained.

77. Be cautious not to lengthen [your] hope, for many a deceived person has been enticed by his long hope and corrupted his deeds and cut [short] his lifetime, then neither was his hope realized nor was that which he lost regained.

77 إيّاكَ وطُولَ الأمَلِ، فَكَمْ مِنْ مَغْرُور افتَتَنَ بِطُولِ أمَلَهِ، وأفْسََدَ عََمَلَهُ، وقَطَعَ أجَلَهُ، فَلا أمَلَهُ أدْرَكَ ولا ما فاتَهُ اسْتَدرَكَ.

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