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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Keeping Promises And Fulfilling Pledges

1. Being loyal to the treacherous is treachery in the sight of Allah, the Glorified.

1. Being loyal to the treacherous is treachery in the sight of Allah, the Glorified.

1 الوَفاءُ لأهْلِ الغَدْرِ غَدْرٌ عِنْدَ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ.

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2. Loyalty is the twin of trustworthiness and the adornment of brotherhood.

2. Loyalty is the twin of trustworthiness and the adornment of brotherhood.

2 اَلْوَفاءُ تَوْأَمُ الأمانَةِ وزَيْنُ الأُخُوَّةِ.

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3. Loyalty means preserving the rights [of others] and magnanimity means caring for one’s close relatives.

3. Loyalty means preserving the rights [of others] and magnanimity means caring for one’s close relatives.

3 اَلْوَفاءُ حِفْظُ الذِّمامِ، والمُرُوءَةُ تَعَهُّدُ ذَوِى الأرْحامِ.

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4. Verily loyalty is the twin of truthfulness and I do not know of a shield that is more protective than it.

4. Verily loyalty is the twin of truthfulness and I do not know of a shield that is more protective than it.

4 إنَّ الوَفاءَ تَوْأَمُ الصِّدْقِ، وما أعْرِفُ جُنَّةً أوْقى مِنْهُ.

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8. Loyalty is the symbol of abundant religiosity and strong trustworthiness.

8. Loyalty is the symbol of abundant religiosity and strong trustworthiness.

8 اَلوَفاءُ عُنْوانُ وُفُورِ الدّينِ، وقُوَّةِ الأمانَةِ.

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9. If something happens between you and your enemy, which leads you to a truce and the enacting of a peace treaty, then preserve your pact with loyalty and guard your pledge with trust, and make your soul a shield between you and that which you have pledged.

9. If something happens between you and your enemy, which leads you to a truce and the enacting of a peace treaty, then preserve your pact with loyalty and guard your pledge with trust, and make your soul a shield between you and that which you have pledged.

9 إنْ وَقَعَتْ بَيْنَكَ وبَيْنَ عَدُوِّكَ قِصَّةٌ عَقَدْتَ بِها صُلْحاً وألبَسْتَهُ بِها ذِمَّةً، فَحُطْ عَهْدَكَ بِالوَفاءِ، وارْعَ ذِمَّتَكَ بِالأمانَةِ، واجْعَلْ نَفْسَكَ جُنَّةً بَيْنَكَ وبَيْنَ ما أعْطَيْتَ مِنْ عَهْدِكَ.

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10. The bane of covenants is lack of care [in fulfilling them].

10. The bane of covenants is lack of care [in fulfilling them].

10 آفَةُ العُهُودِ قِلَّةُ الرِّعايَةِ.

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