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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Social Interaction And Mingling

1. ocial interaction with people of merits is enlivening for the hearts.

1. ocial interaction with people of merits is enlivening for the hearts.

1 مُعاشَرَةُ ذَوِي الفَضائِلِ حَياةُ القُلُوبِ.

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2. Let not your family or those whom you love be the most miserable of people because of you.

2. Let not your family or those whom you love be the most miserable of people because of you.

2 لايَكُنْ أهْلُكَ وذُو وُدِّكَ (ذُوُوكَ)أشْقَى النّاسِ بِكَ.

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6. Mix sternness with gentleness, and be gentle as long as gentleness is more befitting.

6. Mix sternness with gentleness, and be gentle as long as gentleness is more befitting.

6 اِخْلِطِ الشِدَّةَ بِرِفْق، وارْفُقْ ما كانَ الرِّفْقُ أوْفَقَ.

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7. Imbibe your heart with mercy for all the people and kindness towards them, and do not oppress them or be [like] a sword over them.

7. Imbibe your heart with mercy for all the people and kindness towards them, and do not oppress them or be [like] a sword over them.

7 أَشْعِرْ قَلْبَكَ الرَّحْمَةَ لَجَميعِ النّاسِ والإحْسانِ إلَيْهِمْ، وَلاتُنِلْهُمْ حَيْفاً، وَلاتَكُنْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْفاً.

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4. The one who mingles with people is afflicted by the evil associate and the hypocrisy of the enemy.

4. The one who mingles with people is afflicted by the evil associate and the hypocrisy of the enemy.

4 يُبْتَلى مُخالِطُ النّاسِ بِقَرينِ السُّوءِ، ومداجاةِ العَدُوِّ.

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8. Remember you brother who is absent in the same way that which you would like him to remember you [in your absence] and keep away from what he dislikes; and disregard from him that which you would like him to disregard from you.

8. Remember you brother who is absent in the same way that which you would like him to remember you [in your absence] and keep away from what he dislikes; and disregard from him that which you would like him to disregard from you.

8 أُذْكُرْ أخاكَ إذا غابَ بِالَّذي تُحِبُّ أنْ يَذْكُرَكَ بِهِ وإيّاكَ وَما يَكْرَهُ، وَدَعْهُ مِمّا تُحِبُّ أنْ يَدَعَكَ مِنْهُ.

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9. Loathe from yourself what you loathe from others and like for people what you like for yourself.

9. Loathe from yourself what you loathe from others and like for people what you like for yourself.

9 إسْتَقْبِحْ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ ما تَسْتَقْبِحُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِكَ، وارْضَ لِلنّاسِ بِما تَرْضاهُ لِنَفْسِكَ.

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10. Reduced mingling preserves religion and relieves one from having to associate with wicked people.

10. Reduced mingling preserves religion and relieves one from having to associate with wicked people.

10 قِلَّةُ الخُلْطَةِ تَصُونُ الدّينَ، وتُريحُ مِنْ مُقارَنَةِ الأشْرارِ.

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