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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Striving And Seeking

1. Rolling up one’s clothes [in preparation] for serious work is from [one’s] good fortune.

1. Rolling up one’s clothes [in preparation] for serious work is from [one’s] good fortune.

1 التَّشَمُرُّ لِلْجِدِّ مِنْ سَعادَةِ الجَدِّ.

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3. It is upon you to strive but it is not upon you to succeed.

3. It is upon you to strive but it is not upon you to succeed.

3 عَلَيْكَ بِالسَّعِي ولَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ بِالنُّجْحِ.

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4. Never will your striving for that which improves you and earns divine reward be wasted.

4. Never will your striving for that which improves you and earns divine reward be wasted.

4 لَنْ يَضيعَ مِنْ سَعْيِكَ ما أصْلَحَكَ وأكْسَبَكَ الأجْرَ.

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6. One whose efforts are good, his place in the Hereafter will be good.

6. One whose efforts are good, his place in the Hereafter will be good.

6 مَنْ حَسُنَتْ مَساعيهِ طابَتْ مَراعيهِ.

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7. Strive to free your necks [from the shackles of this world] before the doors of ransom are shut.

7. Strive to free your necks [from the shackles of this world] before the doors of ransom are shut.

7 اِسْعَوْا في فِكاكِ رِقابِكُمْ قَبْلَ أنْ تُغْلَقَ رَهائِنُها.

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8. Whoever hastens to the people with that which they dislike, they will speak about him that which they do not know.

8. Whoever hastens to the people with that which they dislike, they will speak about him that which they do not know.

8 مَنْ أسْرَعَ إلَى النّاسِ بِما يَكْرَهُونَ قالُوا فيهِ ما لايَعْلَمُونَ.

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