Ghurar al-Hikam

Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Connect with


Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

The Heart

31. The heart is a spring of wisdom and the ear is the place where it sinks [and enters] in.

31. The heart is a spring of wisdom and the ear is the place where it sinks [and enters] in.

31 اَلقَلْبُ يَنْبُوعُ الحِكْمَةِ، والأُذُنُ مَغِيضُها.

Share on Whatsapp

32. Enliven your heart with exhortations and kill it with asceticism, strengthen it with certitude and humble it with the remembrance of death, make it see the transience of this life and show it the calamities of the world.

32. Enliven your heart with exhortations and kill it with asceticism, strengthen it with certitude and humble it with the remembrance of death, make it see the transience of this life and show it the calamities of the world.

32 أحْيِ قَلْبَكَ بِالمَوْعِظَةِ، وأمِتْهُ بِالزَّهادَةِ، وقَوِّهِ بِاليَقينِ، وذَلِّلْهُ بِذِكْرِ المَوْتِ،وَ قَرِّرْهُ بِالفَناءِ، وبَصِّرْهُ فَجائِعَ الدُّنْيا.

Share on Whatsapp

33. Indeed destitution is an affliction, and worse than destitution is sickness of the body, and worse than bodily ailment is the sickness of the heart.

33. Indeed destitution is an affliction, and worse than destitution is sickness of the body, and worse than bodily ailment is the sickness of the heart.

33 ألا وإنَّ مِنَ البَلاءِ اَلفاقَةَ، وأشَدُّ مِنَ الفاقَةِ مَرَضُ البَدَنِ، وأشَدُّ مِنْ مَرَضِ البَدَنِ مَرَضُ القَلْبِ.

Share on Whatsapp

34. Where are the hearts that have been presented to Allah and have been bound to the obedience of Allah?

34. Where are the hearts that have been presented to Allah and have been bound to the obedience of Allah?

34 أيْنَ القُلُوبُ الَّتي وُهِبَتْ لِلّهِ وعُوقِدَتْ عَلى طاعَةِ اللّهِ.

Share on Whatsapp

36. The best of hearts is a heart that has been filled with understanding.

36. The best of hearts is a heart that has been filled with understanding.

36 أفْضَلُ القُلُوبِ قَلْبٌ حُشِيَ بِالفَهْمِ.

Share on Whatsapp

37. Verily the heart has an advancing and a retreating, so when it advances then make it bear the [performance of] supererogatory acts, but when it retreats then make it suffice with the obligatory acts.

37. Verily the heart has an advancing and a retreating, so when it advances then make it bear the [performance of] supererogatory acts, but when it retreats then make it suffice with the obligatory acts.

37 إنَّ لِلْقُلُوبِ إقْبالاً وإدْباراً، فَإذا أقْبَلَتْ فَاحْمِلُوها عَلَى النَّوافِلِ، وإذا أدْبَرَتْ فَاقْتَصِرُوا بِها عَلَى الفَرائِضِ.

Share on Whatsapp
WhatsApp