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03-10-2011, 12:19 AM
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 pearls of wisdom...quotes by Hadrath Ali ( radi Allah anhu)
In the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful..
Pearls of Wisdom (quotes by..Hadrath Ali radi Allah anhu) 1. Anxiety does not avert Divine destiny but wastes recompense and requital. 2. He who hears backbiting is counted with the backbiter and he who endorses evil acts is considered an evil-doer. 3. Obedience to Allah Most High is not attainable without self restraint. 4. One cannot taste the relish of blessedness prior to tasting pangs of misfortune. 5. Sign of satisfaction with God is that the servant resigns to Divine destiny. 6. For the people of spiritual insight, there is admonition in every glance and lesson in every experience. 7. The best gratefulness is that you share others in the bounties and blessings of God conferred on you. 8. Contentment is a treasure which will never exhaust. 9. People in this world are like travelers whose journey continues even though they are asleep. 10. Acquire patience and endurance, because their relation with true faith is that of a head to the body -- a body is of no use without the head, similarly true faith can be of no use without attributes of resignation, endurance and patience. [ quotes by hadrath Ali radi Allah anhu] |
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03-12-2011, 10:26 PM
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My favourite is Syedna Ali's saying that "it doesn't matter to me (or it doesn't make any difference to me) if I sit on the horse of sabar or on the horse of shukar". May Allah shower hundreds of thousands of blessings on Syedna Ali. No anti-Shiaism would ever make me yield an inch of the special place that Syedna Ali holds in my heart, a Sunni that I am.
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03-13-2011, 10:53 AM
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Wise Saying's of 4th Rightful Caliph of Islam
"The Master of Believer's": Ali ibn AbiTalib Fear God and you will have no cause to fear any one Resignation to the Will of God is the cure of the disease of the heart The word of God is the medicine of the heart Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return Pride, cowardice, and miserliness are bad for me but good for women The most happy is he to whom God has given a good wife He who knows himself knows God Do not soil your conscience for anything but heaven The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights The strongest amongst you is he who subdues his self Wealth and greed are the roots of all evils Riches without faith are the greatest poverty A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations Knowledge enlivens the soul The learned lives, although he dies The sum total of excellence is knowledge To respect the learned is to respect God Generosity hides shortcomings The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble Desire is one's most inveterate enemy Those who walk on the surface of the earth shall one day be interred in it Every breath of man brings him nearer to death People are asleep as long as they are alive; they are awakened when they die Patience is the fruit of faith Virtue never dies A man's glory from his virtue is greater than the glory of his pedigree No shelter is safer than piety A man's behaviour is the index of his mind Courtesy costs nothing but buys everything Clemency graces power Jealousy devours virtue as fire devours fuel He that lends a listening ear to reproach is one of those that deserve reproach Forgiveness is the crown of greatness Carnal appetites are nets spread by the devil Every arrow does not hit the mark, nor every prayer granted Ostentatiousness spoils prayers Fear none but your sins He who praises you murders you A man who praises himself displays his deficiency of intellect Honour your parents and your sons will honour you A man is hid under his tongue The tongue of a wise man lies behind his heart The tongue pierces deeper than the spear He who purifies his heart from doubt is a believer The opinion of a wise man is an oracle To seek counsel is to go to the fountain of guidance Association with a fool is tyrannical to the soul God hastens the fall of tyrants Tyranny leads to moral cowardice A tyrant's success is his moral defeat It is better to die than to beg When a man begs he loses his faith Hajj is the Jihad of every believer in faith A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend Silence is the best reply to a fool The best speech is one that is short and reasonable Speech is like a medicine, a small dose of which cures but an excess of which kills He that has no courage has no religion His grief is long whose hope is short The right of freedom of speech consists in speaking the truth Repentance washes away sins Folly is an incurable disease To assist the wrong is to oppress the right Sinning is a disease, repentance is its medicine, and abstinence from it a sure cure Sorrow makes a man old before his time Pride impedes progress and mars greatness To forgive is the crown of greatness He who understands humanity seeks solitude Right is the best argument Misrepresentation spoils narration As a man's wisdom increases, so his desire to speak decreases He who seeks to do justice with men, let him desire for them what he desires for himself The greatest sin is the sin that the sinner considers to be ordinary Contentment is the asset which is never exhausted Governments are a trial for men He who fights against the truth, the truth will defeat him Finding fault in others is one's greatest fault Haste is a species of madness Greed is perpetual enslavement He who does not know his own worth is doomed to destruction The best investment is one with which duties are performed Anger is a fire kindled, he who restrains anger extinguishes the fire; he who gives vent to it is the first to be consumed by such fire Jihad is the highway of prosperity None is more solitary than a miser Knowledge is the ornament of the rich, and the riches of the poor Knowledge is the sum total of excellence He who teaches you a letter binds you with a fetter of gratitude As long as we do not hope, we do not fret He who indulges in jokes and loose fall, loses a part of his wisdom Truth is bitter, but its result is sweet; falsehood appears to be sweet but it is poisonous in its effect Miserliness is the root of many evils Knowledge and practice are twins, and both go together. There is no knowledge without practice, and no practice without knowledge He who dissembles plays with his honour When God wants to humiliate a person He deprives him of knowledge When your power increases, decrease your desires accordingly He who listens to a backbiter loses a friend It is no justice to decide a case on mere conjecture He who does not know his own worth is deemed to ignominy He who practices thrift would never be in want He who does not know should not be ashamed to learn Patience is to faith, what head is to the body, when patience goes, faith goes, when head goes, the body goes The grace of God is the best guide A good disposition is the best companion Wisdom is the best friend Good breeding is the best inheritance There is nothing more hateful than pride Be among men like bee among birds Mix with the people with your tongue, but be separate from them in your deeds Be generous but do not be a spendthrift Do not run after the world; let the world run after you A wise man is he who does not despair of the bounty and mercy of God He who is aware of his own faults is oblivious of the faults of others What the eye sees the heart preserves The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive Do not have too many irons in the fire; concentrate on one thing at a time What you do not like for your self, do not like it for others Contentment is the treasure which is never exhausted The advice of old men is dearer than the bravery of young men That knowledge is superficial which is merely on the tongue; that knowledge is real which demonstrates itself in your practice Waste of time is one's greatest loss He who knows to keep his secret knows the way to success Foresight is the way to safety No relationship is stronger than the relationship that exists between man and God Enlighten the heart with prayers Strengthen your heart with faith Suppress all lust with piety Do not sell the Hereafter for the world Do not speak in a state of ignorance Refrain from unnecessary talk Do not tread the path from which you can apprehend the danger of running astray In the affairs of God, do not be afraid of the accusations of the evil mongers In all that you do seek the protection of God Do not covet what is undesirable If you seek the truth, neither strays from the right path, nor be assailed by doubts Do not become a slave of your desires That wealth is no wealth which brings dishonour Whatever harm accrues of silence can be remedied but whatever harm is done because of speech cannot be remedied It is better to restrain your desires than to stretch your hand before others A little that is earned because of honest labour is better than a larger amount gained through dishonest means Guard well your secret He who seeks more than what is necessary indulges in error To oppress the weak is the worst tyranny Do not bank on false hopes, for that is the capital of the dead A wise man takes a lesson even from a minor lapse Overpower desires and suspicions by patience and faith He who does not take the middle course strays A stranger is he who has no friends When hopes are frustrated despair becomes the way of life He who trusts the world, the world betrays him The one, who knows himself, knows his creator If you love God, tear out your heart's love of the world The fear of God makes one secure How can you rejoice this life that grows shorter each hour? A world wide reputation can be undone by an hour's degradation Three defects make life miserable; Vindictiveness, Jealousy, A bad character One who is proud of worldly possessions in this fleeting existence is ignorant Joy is followed by tears Each breath of man is a step nearer to death The best man among us is he who is most helpful to his fellow men One who thinks himself the best is the worst The hated person is one who returns evil for good Virtue is the key to success Learned men live after death; ignorant men are dead although alive There is no treasure like knowledge gained Knowledge is wisdom and educated man is the wise man Experience is knowledge gained He who never corrects himself will never correct another Listen and you will teach yourself: remain silent, and you risk nothing The one, who reflects on God's gifts, succeeds Ignorance harms a man more than a cancer One of the signs of stupid man is the frequent change of opinion Never speak when it is not the time for speech Beware of backbiting it sows the seed of bitterness, and separates you from God and man The best truth is the keeping of promises Better be dumb than lie Do not flatter, it is no sign of faith A hypocrite's tongue is clean, but there is sickness in his heart. Better to be alone than with bad company Who ever sows good, reaps his reward |
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03-13-2011, 11:51 PM
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One of the Quote of Hazrat Ali (RA) that i came across and liked the most is
"I feel so glad when my dua is accepted but even more glad when my dua is not accepted because it is not the will of my Allah." |
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04-23-2011, 05:00 AM
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Wise Saying's of 4th Rightful Caliph of Islam  very pondering pearls!  
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04-23-2011, 11:32 AM
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Well sometimes i wonder that were these ALL quotes of Ali(ra) or of Prophet(Saw)? Because what knowledge the sahaba gained regarding Islam was from Prophet(Saw).
So why shouldnt they be termed as quotes of Prophet(Saw)? |
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07-08-2011, 12:20 PM
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Pearls of Wisdom....[quotes... Shaykh Abu ad Daqqaq] 1. There is nothing more noble than servitude, nor is there a more perfect title for the believer than 'slave'. 2. Just as 'Lordship' is eternal quality of God, so is 'servitude' a quality of man that stays with Him as long as he lives. 3. Shame means abandoning all pretensions before God. 4. Sincerity is guarding oneself from the opinions of men and truthfulness is cleansing oneself of awareness of self. 5. The sincere one is not hypocritical, and the truthful one is not conceited. 6. Truthfulness is that you be with people just as you perceive yourself to be or that you perceive yourself to be just as you are. 7. God will beautify the inner faculties with contemplation for one who adorns his outer being with striving. 8. Whoever refrains from speaking the truth is a mute devil. 9. It is best that a person be given enough wealth to sustain him and then he maintains himself within those limits. 10. The one who humbles himself before a rich person on account of his wealth loses two thirds of his religion. [ quotes by Shaykh Abu ad Daqqaq] |
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07-22-2011, 05:07 AM
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Quotes by: Imām Ibn al-Qayyim(ra) In the name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful Imām Ibn al-Qayyim {may Allāh have mercy upon him} said:- The ignorant one complains about Allāh to the people! This is the height of ignorance in complaining and in whom the complaint is about. For if a person were to truly know his Lord, he would never complain of Him. If he truly knew people, he would never complain to them … The gnostic complains only to Allāh, and the most knowledgeable of the gnostics are those who complain to Allāh about themselves, not others … So there are three levels:- # 1/-The most contemptible of them is to complain to people about Allāh; #2/ The loftiest of them is to complain to Allāh about oneself; #3/ The middle level is to complain to Allāh about others. |
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