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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

The Ignorant And The Foolish

24. The correctness of an ignorant person is like the mistake of a learned person (i.e. it happens rarely).

24. The correctness of an ignorant person is like the mistake of a learned person (i.e. it happens rarely).

24 اَلجاهِلُ كَزَلَّةِ العالِمِ صَوابُهُ.

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21. An ignorant person seeks to raise himself but ends up abasing himself.

21. An ignorant person seeks to raise himself but ends up abasing himself.

21 اَلجاهِلُ يَرْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ فَيَتَّضِعُ.

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27. The ignorant person is one who is deceived by his vain desires and his arrogance.

27. The ignorant person is one who is deceived by his vain desires and his arrogance.

27 اَلجاهِلُ مَنِ انْخَدَعَ لِهَواهُ (بِهواهُ) وغُروُرِهِ.

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28. An ignorant person is one who takes his sincere advisor to be a deceiver.

28. An ignorant person is one who takes his sincere advisor to be a deceiver.

28 اَلْجاهِلُ مَنِ اسْتَغَشَّ النَّصيحَ.

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29. When the ignorant one becomes stingy (or denies), he obtains [wealth] and when he obtains [wealth] (or professes belief in one God), he apostatizes.

29. When the ignorant one becomes stingy (or denies), he obtains [wealth] and when he obtains [wealth] (or professes belief in one God), he apostatizes.

29 اَلْجاهِلُ إذا جَمَدَ(جحد) وَجَدَ، وإذا وَجَدَ (وَحَّدَ) ألْحَدَ.

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30. Indeed the ignorant person is one who is enslaved by [worldly] pursuits.

30. Indeed the ignorant person is one who is enslaved by [worldly] pursuits.

30 إنَّما الجاهِلُ مَنِ اسْتَعْبَدَتْهُ المَطالِبُ.

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