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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

The Heart

1. It is forbidden upon every heart which is inclined to this world that God-wariness should reside in it.

1. It is forbidden upon every heart which is inclined to this world that God-wariness should reside in it.

1 حَرامٌ عَلى كُلِّ قَلْب مُتَوَلِّه بِالدُّنْيا أنْ يَسْكُنَهُ التَّقْوى.

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2. Wage war against these hearts [and their desires], for indeed they are quick to stumble (or get obliterated).

2. Wage war against these hearts [and their desires], for indeed they are quick to stumble (or get obliterated).

2 حارِبُوا هذِهِ القُلُوبَ فَإنَّها سَريعَةُ العِثارِ (الدِّثار).

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4. When the heart is empty of God-wariness, it gets filled with the lures of this world.

4. When the heart is empty of God-wariness, it gets filled with the lures of this world.

4 خُلُوُّ القَلْبِ مِنَ التَّقْوى يَمْلأُهُ مِنْ فِتَنِ الدُّنيا.

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5. Humble your heart with certitude, make it acknowledge the transience of this life, and make it see the calamities of this world.

5. Humble your heart with certitude, make it acknowledge the transience of this life, and make it see the calamities of this world.

5 ذَلِّلْ قَلْبَكَ بِاليَقينِ، وقَرِّرْهُ بِالفَناءِ، وبَصِّرْهُ فَجايِعَ الدُّنْيا.

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8. Blessed are those whose hearts are broken for the sake of Allah.

8. Blessed are those whose hearts are broken for the sake of Allah.

8 طُوبى لِلْمُنْكَسِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مِنْ أجْلِ اللّهِ.

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9. Blessed is the one who occupies his heart with reflection and his tongue with remembrance [of Allah].

9. Blessed is the one who occupies his heart with reflection and his tongue with remembrance [of Allah].

9 طُوبى لِمَنْ شَغَلَ قَلْبَهُ بِالفِكْرِ، ولِسانَهُ بِالذِّكْرِ.

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10. Blessed is the one whose chest is void of rancour and whose heart is safe from deception.

10. Blessed is the one whose chest is void of rancour and whose heart is safe from deception.

10 طُوبى لِمَنْ خَلا مِنَ الغِلِّ صَدْرُهُ وسَلِمَ مِنَ الغِشِّ قَلْبُهُ.

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