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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

The Greedy

1. The one who is greedy is poor, even if he owns the whole world in its entirety.

1. The one who is greedy is poor, even if he owns the whole world in its entirety.

1 اَلْحَريصُ فَقِيْرٌ، ولَوْ مَلَكَ الدُّنيا بِحَذافيرِها.

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7. The greedy one is a prisoner of disgrace, never to be freed from his prison.

7. The greedy one is a prisoner of disgrace, never to be freed from his prison.

7 اَلْحَريصُ أسيرُ مَهانَة لايُفَكُّ أسْرُهُ.

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8. If you are greedy in your desire for that which has been guaranteed to you (i.e. your sustenance) then be avid in performing that which has been made incumbent upon you.

8. If you are greedy in your desire for that which has been guaranteed to you (i.e. your sustenance) then be avid in performing that which has been made incumbent upon you.

8 إنْ كُنْتَ حَريصاً عَلى طَلَبِ المَضْمُونِ لَكَ فَكُنْ حَريصاً عَلى أداءِ المَفْرُوضِ عَلَيْكَ.

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10. I wonder at the one who knows that Allah has guaranteed sustenance and allotted it, and that his effort will not increase what has [already] been allotted for him of it, yet he is greedy and unrelenting in his desire for [more] wealth.

10. I wonder at the one who knows that Allah has guaranteed sustenance and allotted it, and that his effort will not increase what has [already] been allotted for him of it, yet he is greedy and unrelenting in his desire for [more] wealth.

10 عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ عَلِمَ أنَّ اللّهَ قَدْ ضَمِنَ الأرْزاقَ، وقَدَّرَها، وأنَّ سَعْيَهُ لايَزيدُهُ فيما قُدِّرَ لَهُ مِنْها، وهُوَ حَريصٌ دائِبٌ في طَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ.

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