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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Sincere Advice

22. There is no good in a community that does not sincerely advise [each other] and does not love sincere advisers.

22. There is no good in a community that does not sincerely advise [each other] and does not love sincere advisers.

22 لاخَيْرَ في قَوْم لَيْسُوا بِناصِحينَ ولا يُحِبُّونَ النّاصِحينَ.

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23. The wicked one does not sincerely advise anyone except out of desire or fear, so when the desire or fear disappears, he returns to his true nature.

23. The wicked one does not sincerely advise anyone except out of desire or fear, so when the desire or fear disappears, he returns to his true nature.

23 لا يَنْصَحُ اللَّئِيمُ أحَداً إلاّ عَنْ رَغْبَة أوْ رَهْبَة فَإذا زالَتِ الرَّغْبَةُ والرَّهْبَةُ عادَ إلى جَوْهَرِهِ.

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24. People, accept advice from the one who advises you and receive it from the one who carries it to you with obedience, and know that Allah, the Glorified, has not praised but the most attentive of hearts to wise counsel and only those people who are quickest in responding to the truth; and know that the greater struggle is the struggle against one’s self, so occupy yourself with struggling against your selves and you will be felicitous, reject idle talk and you will be safe, increase in your remembrance of Allah and you will gain, [and] be brothers to each other, O servants of Allah, and you will be prosperous with the everlasting bounty [of Allah].

24. People, accept advice from the one who advises you and receive it from the one who carries it to you with obedience, and know that Allah, the Glorified, has not praised but the most attentive of hearts to wise counsel and only those people who are quickest in responding to the truth; and know that the greater struggle is the struggle against one’s self, so occupy yourself with struggling against your selves and you will be felicitous, reject idle talk and you will be safe, increase in your remembrance of Allah and you will gain, [and] be brothers to each other, O servants of Allah, and you will be prosperous with the everlasting bounty [of Allah].

24 يا أيُّها النّاسُ اِقْبَلُوا النَّصيحَةَ مِمَّنْ نَصَحَكَمْ وتَلَقَّوْها بِالطّاعَةِ مِمَّنْ حَمَلَها إلَيْكُمْ، واعْلَمُوا أنَّ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ لَمْ يَمْدَحْ مِنَ القُلُوبِ إلاّ أوْعاها لِلْحِكْمَةِ، ومِنَ النّاسِ إلاّ أسْرَعَهُمْ إلَى الْحَقِّ إجابَةً، واعْلَمُوا أنَّ الْجِهادَ الأكْبَرِ جِهادُ النَّفْسِ، فَاشْتَغِلُوا بِجِهادِ أنْفُسِكُمْ تَسْعَدُوا، وارْفَضُوا القالَ والقيلَ تَسْلَمُوا، وأكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ اللّهِ تَغْنَمُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبادَ اللّهِ إخْواناً تَسْعَدُوا لَدَيْهِ بِالنَّعِيمِ المُقِيمِ.

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27. One who turns towards the sincere adviser turns away from evil.

27. One who turns towards the sincere adviser turns away from evil.

27 مَنْ أقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّصِيحِ أعْرَضَ عَنِ القَبِيحِ.

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28. One who considers the sincere adviser to be a deceiver is engulfed by evil.

28. One who considers the sincere adviser to be a deceiver is engulfed by evil.

28 مَنِ اسْتَغَشَّ النَّصِيحَ غَشِيَهُ القَبيحُ.

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29. One who shuns the advice of a sincere adviser is burnt by the evil schemes of the one who harbours enmity against him.

29. One who shuns the advice of a sincere adviser is burnt by the evil schemes of the one who harbours enmity against him.

29 مَنْ أعْرَضَ عَنْ نَصِيحَةِ النَّاصِحِ أُحْرِقَ بِمَكِيدَةِ الكاشِحِ.

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