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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Magnanimity

27. Three things are the consolidators of magnanimity: Giving without being asked, being faithful without having made a promise and being generous despite having less.

27. Three things are the consolidators of magnanimity: Giving without being asked, being faithful without having made a promise and being generous despite having less.

27 ثَلاثٌ هُنَّ جِماعُ المُرُوءَةِ: عَطاءٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَسْئَلَة، ووَفاءٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَهْد، وَجُودٌ مَعَ إقْلال.

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26. There is magnanimity in three things: lowering one’s gaze, lowering one’s voice and walking with modesty.

26. There is magnanimity in three things: lowering one’s gaze, lowering one’s voice and walking with modesty.

26 ثَلاثٌ فيهِنَّ المُرُوءَةُ: غَضُّ الطَّرْفِ، وغَضُّ الصَّوْتِ، وَمَشْيُ القَصْدِ.

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28. Three things amount to magnanimity: generosity despite poverty [and hardship], tolerance of everything other than humiliation and refraining from asking others.

28. Three things amount to magnanimity: generosity despite poverty [and hardship], tolerance of everything other than humiliation and refraining from asking others.

28 ثَلاثَةٌ هُنَّ المُرُوءَةُ: جُودٌ مَعَ قِلَّة، واحْتِمالٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَذَلَّة، وتَعَفُّفٌ عَنِ المَسْئَلَةِ.

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29. The completeness of magnanimity is for you not to do in private what you would feel ashamed of doing in front of others.

29. The completeness of magnanimity is for you not to do in private what you would feel ashamed of doing in front of others.

29 جِماعُ المُرُوءَةِ أنْ لاتَعْمَلَ فِي السِّرِّ ما تَسْتَحْيي مِنْهُ فِي العَلانِيَةِ.

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30. Two qualities have in them the consolidation of magnanimity: a person’s eschewing that which disgraces him and his acquiring that which embellishes him.

30. Two qualities have in them the consolidation of magnanimity: a person’s eschewing that which disgraces him and his acquiring that which embellishes him.

30 خَصْلَتانِ فيهِما جِماعُ المُرُوءَةِ: اِجْتِنابُ الرَّجُلِ ما يَشينُهُ، واكْتِسابُهُ ما يَزينُهُ.

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