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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Sustenance And One Who Seeks It

22. No one possesses the ability to withhold sustenance or to bestow it except the Sustainer.

22. No one possesses the ability to withhold sustenance or to bestow it except the Sustainer.

22 لايَمْلِكُ إمْساكَ الأرْزاقِ وإدْرارَها إلاّ الرَّزّاقُ.

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23. Your sustenance seeks you with more intensity than you seek it, so be moderate in what you seek.

23. Your sustenance seeks you with more intensity than you seek it, so be moderate in what you seek.

23 يَطْلُبُكَ رِزْقُكَ أشَدَّ مِنْ طَلَبِكَ لَهُ فَأَجمِلْ في طَلَبِهِ.

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24. Be moderate in what you seek, for how many greedy people have been disappointed and how many who are moderate have not been unsuccessful!

24. Be moderate in what you seek, for how many greedy people have been disappointed and how many who are moderate have not been unsuccessful!

24 أجْمِلُوا فِي الطَّلَبِ، فَكَمْ مِنْ حَريص خائب،و مُجْمِل لَم يَخِبْ.

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26. Sustenance is not acquired by greed or by being sought after.

26. Sustenance is not acquired by greed or by being sought after.

26 اَلأرْزاقُ لاتُنالُ بِالحِرْصِ والمُطالَبَةِ.

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27. Indeed I will complete my sustenance, and struggle with my [lower] self and will end with my [allotted] portion.

27. Indeed I will complete my sustenance, and struggle with my [lower] self and will end with my [allotted] portion.

27 إنّي مُسْتَوْف رِزقي، ومُجاهِدٌ نَفْسي، ومُنْتَه إلى قِسْمي.

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28. Verily you will acquire your share – your sustenance is guaranteed and that which has been decreed for you will be fulfilled, so spare yourself the trouble of the wretchedness of greed and the humiliation of seeking [from others]; trust in Allah and take it easy in your earning.

28. Verily you will acquire your share – your sustenance is guaranteed and that which has been decreed for you will be fulfilled, so spare yourself the trouble of the wretchedness of greed and the humiliation of seeking [from others]; trust in Allah and take it easy in your earning.

28 إنَّكَ مُدْرِكٌ قِسْمَكَ، ومَضْمُونٌ رِزْقَكَ، ومُسْتَوْف ما كُتِبَ لَكَ، فَأَرِحْ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ شَقاءِ الحِرْصِ، ومَذَلَّةِ الطَّلَبِ، وثِقْ بِاللّهِ، وخَفِّضْ فِي المُكْتَسَبِ.

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30. Be satisfied with that which has been apportioned for you and you will be a [true] believer.

30. Be satisfied with that which has been apportioned for you and you will be a [true] believer.

30 اِرْضَ بِما قُسِمَ لَكَ تَكُنْ مُؤْمِناً.

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