Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha 2166

269. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: There are two kinds of workers in the world. One is a person who works i…

Nahj al-Balagha 2167

271. It is related that two persons were brought to Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him. They had committed theft of pub…

Nahj al-Balagha 2168

Then Amīr al-mu’minīn said: As for this one who is the property of public money, there is no punishment for him for it m…

Nahj al-Balagha 2169

274. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Do not turn your knowledge into ignorance or your conviction into doubt.…

Nahj al-Balagha 2170

276. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: O’ my Allāh, I seek Your protection from this that I may appear to be go…

Nahj al-Balagha 2171

279. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When optional issues stand in the way of obligatories, abandon them.

Nahj al-Balagha 2172

282. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Between you and the preaching there is a curtain of deception.

Nahj al-Balagha 2173

285. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: He whom death overtakes early seeks time while he whose death is deferre…

Nahj al-Balagha 2174

288. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: When Allāh intends to humiliate a person He denies him knowledge.

Nahj al-Balagha 2175

291. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said in condoling Ash‘ath ibn Qays about (the death of) his son:

Nahj al-Balagha 2176

O’ Ash‘ath, if you grieve over your son, certainly it is the consequence of the blood relationship; but if you endure, t…

Nahj al-Balagha 2177

O’ Ash‘ath, if you endure even then matters will move on as ordained by Allāh but in that case you will deserve reward; …

Nahj al-Balagha 2178

O’ Ash‘ath, your son (when he lived) gave you happiness while, at the same time, he was a trial and hardship and (when h…

Nahj al-Balagha 2179

294. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, was asked about the distance between East and West when he replied: One day’s …

Nahj al-Balagha 2180

297. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: How many are the objects of lessons, but how few the taking of lessons. …