Ghurar al-Hikam

Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Speech And Speaking

60. One whose speech is accompanied by modesty, corruption [and destruction] is removed from his action.

60. One whose speech is accompanied by modesty, corruption [and destruction] is removed from his action.

60 مَنْ صَحِبَهُ الحَياءُ في قَوْلِهِ، زايَلَهُ الخَناءُ في فِعْلِهِ.

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61. One who talks a lot increases his babble and one who jokes a lot increases his silliness.

61. One who talks a lot increases his babble and one who jokes a lot increases his silliness.

61 مَنْ كَثُرَ كَلامُهُ كَثُرَ لَغَطُهُ، ومَنْ كَثُرَ هَزْلُهُ كَثُرَ سُخْفُهُ.

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64. The place where speech is infixed is the heart, its repository is the mind, its strengthener is the intellect, its initiator is the tongue, its form is letters, its soul is [its] meaning, its adornment is [correct] syntax and its order is appositeness.

64. The place where speech is infixed is the heart, its repository is the mind, its strengthener is the intellect, its initiator is the tongue, its form is letters, its soul is [its] meaning, its adornment is [correct] syntax and its order is appositeness.

64 مَغْرَسُ الكَلامِ القَلْبُ، ومَسْتَوْدَعُهُ الْفِكْرُ ومُقَوِّيهِ العَقْلُ، ومُبْديهِ اللِّسانُ، وجِسْمُهُ الحُرُوفُ، ورُوحُهُ المَعْنى، وحِلْيَتُهُ الإعْرابُ، ونِظامُهُ الصَّوابُ.

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67. Do not speak of everything you know, for that is [itself] a sufficient ignorance.

67. Do not speak of everything you know, for that is [itself] a sufficient ignorance.

67 لاتَتَكَلَّمْ بِكُلِّ ما تَعْلَمُ، فَكَفى بِذلِكَ جَهْلاً.

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70. Do not speak of that which you do not know, for indeed most of the truth lies in that which you do not know.

70. Do not speak of that which you do not know, for indeed most of the truth lies in that which you do not know.

70 لاتَقُولُوا فيما لاتَعْرِفُونَ، فَإنَّ أكْثَرَ الحَقِّ فيما تُنْكِرُونَ.

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