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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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2. One who hastens to reply does not arrive at the right [answer].

2. One who hastens to reply does not arrive at the right [answer].

2 مَنْ أسْرَعَ فِي الجَوابِ لَمْ يُدْرِكِ الصَّوابَ.

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5. When one is asked about that which he knows not, he should never feel ashamed to say: I do not know.

5. When one is asked about that which he knows not, he should never feel ashamed to say: I do not know.

5 لا يَسْتَحْيِيَنَّ أحَدٌ إذا سُئِلَ عَمّا لا يَعْلَمُ أنْ يَقُولَ: لا أعْلَمُ.

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8. Do not be offensive in your address thereby being offended by the rudeness of the reply.

8. Do not be offensive in your address thereby being offended by the rudeness of the reply.

8 لا تُسِئِِ الخِطابَ فَيَسُوءَكَ نَكيرُ الجَوابِ.

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6. Do not use harsh words [or foul language] even if you are unable to reply.

6. Do not use harsh words [or foul language] even if you are unable to reply.

6 لا تُسىِ اللَّفْظَ وإنْ ضاقَ عَلَيْكَ الجَوابُ.

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7. Never ask about that which has not [yet] happened, for in that which has already come about there is enough knowledge [that one can gain].

7. Never ask about that which has not [yet] happened, for in that which has already come about there is enough knowledge [that one can gain].

7 لا تَسْئَلُنَّ عَمّا لَمْ يَكُنْ فَفِي الَّذي قَدكانَ عِلْمٌ كاف.

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9. One who abandons the words “I don’t know” comes upon his [place of] destruction.

9. One who abandons the words “I don’t know” comes upon his [place of] destruction.

9 مَنْ تَرَكَ قَوْلَ «لا أدري» أُصيبَ مَقاتِلُهُ.

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10. The person most prepared to [give a] reply is one who does not get angry.

10. The person most prepared to [give a] reply is one who does not get angry.

10 أحْضَرُ النّاسِ جَواباً مَنْ لَمْ يَغْضَبْ.

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