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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Sight, Observation And Insight

2. The most observant person is one who sees his own faults and refrains from his sins.

2. The most observant person is one who sees his own faults and refrains from his sins.

2 أبْصَرُ النَّاسِ مَنْ أبْصَرَ عُيُوبَهُ، وأقْلَعَ عَنْ ذُنُوبِهِ.

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3. [It is narrated that at one time some people looked at a passing woman with lust, at which point the Imam (‘a) said:] Verily the eyes of these virile males are covetous and this glancing is the cause of their lust. Whenever any of you sees a woman whom he finds attractive, he should go to his wife, because she [too] is a woman like her.

3. [It is narrated that at one time some people looked at a passing woman with lust, at which point the Imam (‘a) said:] Verily the eyes of these virile males are covetous and this glancing is the cause of their lust. Whenever any of you sees a woman whom he finds attractive, he should go to his wife, because she [too] is a woman like her.

3 إنَّ أبصارَ هذِهِ الفُحُولِ طوامِحُ، وهُوَ سَبَبُ هَبابِها، فإذا نَظَرَ أحَدُكُمْ إلَى امْرَأة فَأعْجَبَتْهُ، فَلْيَمُسَّ أهْلَهُ. فَإنَّما هيَ امْرأةٌ بِامْرَأة.

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4. Indeed the perceptive person is one who listens and then ponders, sees then reflects, and derives benefit from examples.

4. Indeed the perceptive person is one who listens and then ponders, sees then reflects, and derives benefit from examples.

4 إنَّما البَصيرُ مَنْ سَمِعَ فَفَكَّرَ، ونظَرَ فَأبْصَرَ، وانْتَفَعَ بِالعِبرِ.

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