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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

Wisdom

1. Wisdom is a garden for the intelligent and a promenade for the noble.

1. Wisdom is a garden for the intelligent and a promenade for the noble.

1 اَلْحِكْمَةُ رَوْضَةُ العُقَلاءِ، ونُزْهَةُ النُّبَلاءِ.

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2. Wisdom does not settle in the heart of a hypocrite except that it departs from it [soon after].

2. Wisdom does not settle in the heart of a hypocrite except that it departs from it [soon after].

2 اَلْحِكْمَةُ لاتَحِلُّ قَلْبَ المُنافِقِ إلاّ وهِيَ عَلَى ارْتِحال.

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3. Wisdom is the lost property of every believer, so take it even if it be from the mouths of hypocrites.

3. Wisdom is the lost property of every believer, so take it even if it be from the mouths of hypocrites.

3 اَلْحِكْمَةُ ضالَّةُ كُلِّ مُؤْمِن، فَخُذُوها ولَوْ مِنْ أفْواهِ المُنافِقينَ.

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4. Wisdom is a tree that grows in the heart and bears [its] fruit on the tongue.

4. Wisdom is a tree that grows in the heart and bears [its] fruit on the tongue.

4 اَلْحِكْمَةُ شَجَرَةٌ تَنْبُتُ فِي الْقَلْبِ، وتُثْمِرُ عَلَى اللِّسانِ.

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5. Fill your heart with wisdom and don the attire of tranquillity for these two are the ornaments of the virtuous.

5. Fill your heart with wisdom and don the attire of tranquillity for these two are the ornaments of the virtuous.

5 اِسْتَشْعِرِ الْحِكْمَةَ، وتَجَلْبَبِ السَّكِينَةَ، فَإنَّهُما حِلْيَةُ الأبْرارِ.

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6. The beginning of wisdom is abandoning [worldly] pleasures and its end is loathing the transitory.

6. The beginning of wisdom is abandoning [worldly] pleasures and its end is loathing the transitory.

6 أوَّلُ الْحِكْمَةِ تَرْكُ اللَّذّاتِ، وآخِرُها مَقْتُ الفانِياتِ.

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7. The greatest wisdom is for the human being to know himself and to remain within his limits.

7. The greatest wisdom is for the human being to know himself and to remain within his limits.

7 أفْضَلُ الحِكْمَةِ مَعْرِفَةُ الإنْسانِ نَفْسَهُ، ووُقُوفُهُ عِنْدَ قَدْرِهِ.

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