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 Wealth honours its possessor in this world and abases him in front of Allah the Glorified. Wealth honours its possessor as long as he spends it and abases him when he is miserly with it. Wealth and children are the ornaments of this worldly life while good actions is the tillage of the Hereafter. Wealth elevates its possessor in this world but lowers him in the Hereafter. Wealth More ...

  Imam Ali said: The freeman is free even if hardship befalls him Liberty is free of malice and deception Sometimes the free man may be treated unjustly The free man will never become enslaved until distress is removed from him There is no reward for the free except honour [and respect] Do not be a slave to others while Allah, the Glorified, has made you free, for that which i More ...

  Patience is the first prerequisite of proficiency (for certitude). Patience in times of hardship makes reward abundant.   Patience is one of the two triumphs.   Patience in the face of calamities makes one attain honourable ranks.   Patience in the obedience to Allah is easier than patience in the face of His chastisement.   Patience in affliction is better More ...

Seek forgiveness and you shall be provided sustenance. The best supplication (or means of coming closer to Allah) is seeking forgiveness. Seeking forgiveness wipes out [ones] sins. Seeking forgiveness is the remedy of sins. Seeking forgiveness has the greatest recompense and the quickest reward. Sincere repentance purgest ones sins. If the people were to turn in repentence [to Al More ...

The fruit of intimacy with Allah is keeping aloof from the people. How can one become intimate with Allah when he has not separated himeself from the creation? One who is intimate with Allah keeps aloof from the people. One who keeps aloof from the people, becomes intimate with Allah, the Glorified. The comfort of security is removed by the anxiety of lonliness and the apprehensionof f More ...

  1. Speak at the Right Time Don’t speak when it’s not a good time to talk.  Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim, Hadith no. 10274.    2. A Day of Celebration Any day on which you don’t commit sins or disobey Allah is a day of celebration (Eid).  Nahj al-Balagha, Wisdom no.428.  3. The Effect of Nature  Looking at nature brings happ More ...

  Indeed promises are [like] collars around the necks [of people] until the Day of Resurrection, so whoever fulfils them is delivered by Allah, and whoeve breaks them is forsaken by Allah, and whoever takes them lightly, they will take their plea to the One who has enjoyed them and has ordered His creation to fulfil them. Do not renege on your covenant and do not break your pledge; and do More ...

The basis of a promise is its fulfilment. How good a characteristic loyalty is! How good a companion of truthfulness loyalty is, and how good an associate of God-wariness piety is! How good a companion of trustworthiness loyalty is! The promise of an honorable person is immediate and swift. The promise of a wicked person is delayed and full of excuses. Do not promise that which y More ...

Being loyal to the treacherous is treachery in the sight of Allah, the Glorified. Loyalty is the twin of trustworthiness and the adornment of brotherhood. Loyalty means preserving the rights [of others] and magnanimity means caring for ones close relatives. Verily loyalty is the twin of truthfulness and I do not know of a shield that is more protective than it. Loyalty is nobility. More ...

  Supplication for a beggar is one of the two charities [that one can give]. The most piercing arrow is the supplication of the oppressed. The most incapable of all people is the one who is unable to supplicate. he kindness of Allah does not annul His wisdom; it is for this reason that not all supplications are answered. Verily Allah, the Glorified, has wraths and chastisements More ...

Beware of [engaging in] deception, for verily deception is from the qualities of the vile. He who makes his intelligence follow deceptions has deluded it. One who tries to deceive allah is [himself] deceived. The deceiver has no religion. More ...

Felicity is that which leads [one] to success. The signs of felicity are sincerity [of intentions] in action. Having a heart that is free of rancour and jealousy is from the felicity of a servant. Felicity is gained by hastening good deeds and pure [and virtuous] actions. The felicity of a person is [in] contentment and satisfaction. The felicity of a man is in safeguarding his fait More ...

Experiences dont end. Experiences are beneficial knowledge. Experience bears the fruit of learning. The fruit of experience is making the right choice. Preservation of experiences is the pinnacle of intelligence. The best of what you have experiencd is that which taught you a lesson. In every experiece there is an admonition. Experiences suffice as educators. One who experi More ...

Happiness opens up the spirit and stimulates vitality. At times happiness becomes roiled. Perhaps [the joy of] happiness may turn bitter. Every joy [in this world] turns sour [eventually]. No one puts joy in a [believers] heart except that Allah creates a greace from that joy, so whevever any calamity befalls him, it (the grace) flows over it just like the flowing of water until it exp More ...

The most felicitous of all people is one who abandons the perishing pleasures [of this world] for the lasting pleasures [of the Hereafter]. The happiest of all people with this world is the one who abandons it and the happiest of them with the Hereafter is the one who works for it. Verily the interior of this world is dead and its exterior is sick. Verily today there is action without acc More ...

Be cautious of this world, for it is the net of the devil and the [place of] corruption of faith. Keep away from love of this world for it is the root of every misdeed and the source of every affliction. Be careful that death does not descend upon him whild you are a fugitive [who has run away] from Allah in your seeking [the pleasures of] this world. Beware of selling your share from you More ...

  This world is neither clean for any drinker [to drink from] nor is it loyal to any owner. This world is filled with tribulations [and] stricken with tragedies and calamities. This world is fleeting and perishing: [even] if it remains for you, you will not remain for it. This world is smaller, more lowly and more insignificant than for one to keep grudges in [and because of] it. & More ...

Many [of those] who hope get disappointed, and many a traveller fails to return. Many a person hopes for what he never achieves. Hope brings death closer and takes aspiration further away. Hope is the dominion of devils over hearts  of the negligent. Hope is like a mirage, it deceives the one who sees it and disheartens the one who looks forward to it. Hope is always in denial; More ...

  Hope is sufficient as a deception. Increased aspirations stem from corruption of the intellect. For every hope there is a delusion. Hopes never end. Hope causes death to be forgotten. Aspirations are incentives for men. Hope is the veil of death. There is no end to hope. Hope is an intimate companion. Hope is a cheater, deceiver and harmer. Hope corrupts [on More ...

  Perfection is in three things: Patience in calamities, piety in pursuits and fulfilling the needs of the seeker. Perfection [of what is desired] is non-existence in this world. You will never attain perfection until you rise above imperfection. From the perfection of a human being and the abundance of his merit is his own feeling of impoerfection [in More ...