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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Jealousy

20. The fruit of jealousy is wretchedness in this world and the Hereafter.

20. The fruit of jealousy is wretchedness in this world and the Hereafter.

20 ثَمَرَةُ الحَسَدِ شَقاءُ الدُّنيا والآخِرَةِ.

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21. Shun jealousy, dishonesty and malice, for indeed these three [characteristics] disgrace the religion and destroy the person [who possesses them].

21. Shun jealousy, dishonesty and malice, for indeed these three [characteristics] disgrace the religion and destroy the person [who possesses them].

21 دَعِ الحَسَدَ، والكِذْبَ، والحِقْدَ، فَإنَّهُنَ ثَلاثَةٌ تَشينُ الدّينَ، وَتُهْلِكُ الرَّجُلَ.

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26. Purify your hearts of jealousy, for it is a depressing enfeebler.

26. Purify your hearts of jealousy, for it is a depressing enfeebler.

26 طَهِّرُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ مِنَ الحَسَدِ، فَإنَّهُ مُكْمِدٌ مُضْني.

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27. Just as rust corrodes iron until it causes it to waste away, so too does jealousy corrode the body until it wears away.

27. Just as rust corrodes iron until it causes it to waste away, so too does jealousy corrode the body until it wears away.

27 كَما أنَّ الصَّدَأَ يَأْكُلُ الحَديدَ حَتّى يُفْنِيَهُ، كَذلِكَ الحَسَدُ يُكْمِدُ الجَسَدَ حَتّى يُفْنِيَهُ.

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29. Jealousy towards a friend for the blessing [he has been endowed with] stems from low self-esteem.

29. Jealousy towards a friend for the blessing [he has been endowed with] stems from low self-esteem.

29 مِنْ صِغَرِ الهِمَّةِ حَسَدُ الصَّديقِ عَلَى النِّعْمَةِ.

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30. Woe be to jealousy, how fair it is! It starts off with its companion and then kills him.

30. Woe be to jealousy, how fair it is! It starts off with its companion and then kills him.

30 وَيْحَ الحَسَدِ ما أعْدَلَهُ، بَدَأ بِصاحِبِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ.

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