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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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1. One who understands the times [in which he lives] does not neglect to prepare [for what is to come].

1. One who understands the times [in which he lives] does not neglect to prepare [for what is to come].

1 مَنْ عَرَفَ الأيّامَ لَمْ يَغْفُلْ عَنِ الاِسْتِعْدادِ.

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2. One who is crippled by the hardship of the times is raised by the assistance of the noble-minded ones.

2. One who is crippled by the hardship of the times is raised by the assistance of the noble-minded ones.

2 مَنْ أقْعَدَتْهُ نِكايَةُ الأيّامِ أقامَتْهُ مَعُونَةُ الكِرامِ.

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3. How quick the hours pass in the day and how fast the days pass in the month and how quick the months pass in the year and how fast the years pass in the lifetime!

3. How quick the hours pass in the day and how fast the days pass in the month and how quick the months pass in the year and how fast the years pass in the lifetime!

3 ما أسْرَعَ السّاعاتِ فيِ الأيّامِ وأسْرَعَ الأيّامَ فيِ الشُّهُورِ وأسْرَعَ الشُّهُورَ فِي السَّنَةِ وأسْرَعَ السَّنَةَ فِي العُمْرِ.

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4. Days are the pages of your lifetime so eternize [or bind] them with your best deeds.

4. Days are the pages of your lifetime so eternize [or bind] them with your best deeds.

4 اَلأيّامُ صَحائِفُ آجالِكُمْ فَخَلِّدُوها (فَجَلِّدُوها) أحْسَنَ أعْمالِكُمْ.

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10. Verily you are only [the sum total of] a fixed number of days, and every day that passes you by takes a piece of you with it, so reduce your desires and be moderate in your earning.

10. Verily you are only [the sum total of] a fixed number of days, and every day that passes you by takes a piece of you with it, so reduce your desires and be moderate in your earning.

10 إنَّما أنْتَ عَدَدُ أيّام فَكُلُّ يَوْم يَمْضي عَلَيْكَ يَمْضي بِبَعْضِكَ، فَخَفِّضْ فيِ الطَّلَبِ، وأجْمِلْ فِي المُكْتَسَبِ.

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