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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Sufficiency

1. Being pleased with what is sufficient is better than striving for lavishness.

1. Being pleased with what is sufficient is better than striving for lavishness.

1 اَلرِّضا بِالكَفافِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّعْيِ فِي الإسْرافِ.

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3. Blessed is the one who adorns himself with virtue and is satisfied with what suffices.

3. Blessed is the one who adorns himself with virtue and is satisfied with what suffices.

3 طُوبى لِمَنْ تَحَلّى بِالعَفافِ ورَضِيَ بِالكَفافِ.

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4. One who is content with that which suffices is led by it towards virtue.

4. One who is content with that which suffices is led by it towards virtue.

4 مَنِ اقْتَنَعَ بِالكَفافِ أدّاهُ إلَى العَفافِ.

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5. One who limits himself to what suffices hastens comfort and lives in an abode of ease.

5. One who limits himself to what suffices hastens comfort and lives in an abode of ease.

5 مَنِ اقْتَصَرَ عَلَى الكَفافِ تَعَجَّلَ الرّاحَةَ وتَبَوَّءَ خَفْضَ الدَّعَةِ.

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6. No one can dispense with the need to seek his sustenance and that which he requires of provisions.

6. No one can dispense with the need to seek his sustenance and that which he requires of provisions.

6 لا غِنى بِأحَد مِنَ الاِرْتيادِ، وقَدْرِ بَلاغِهِ مِنَ الزّادِ.

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