Generosity الجود 1. Generosity for the sake of Allah is the worship of those who are close [to Allah]. 1ـ اَلجُودُ فِي اللّهِ عِبادَةُ المُقَرَّبينَ. 2. Generosity without fear or hope of recompense is true generosity. 2ـ اَلجُودُ مِنْ غَيْرِ خَوْف ولارَج ...
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The Generous الجواد 1. The generous person is loved and praised, even if nothing of his generosity reaches his praiser, and the stingy person is the opposite of this. 1ـ اَلجَوادُ مَحْبُوبٌ، مَحْمُودٌ، وإنْ لَمْ يَصِلْ مِنْ جُودِهِ إلى مادِحِهِ شَيْءٌ، وا ...
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Proximity to Allah جار اللّه وجواره 1. One who is close to Allah is safe, while [one who is] His enemy is frightened. 1ـ جارُ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ آمِنٌ، وعَدُوُّهُ خائِفٌ. 2. Proximity to Allah is granted to those who obey Him and keep away from disobedienc ...
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Neighbours الجيران 1. The worst of neighbours is the wicked neighbour. 1ـ بِئْسَ الجارُ جارُ السُّوءِ. 2. A wicked neighbour is the greatest adversity and the most serious tribulation. 2ـ جارُ السُّوءِ أعْظَمُ الضَّـرّاءِ، وأشَدُّ البَلاءِ. 3. Be a neighb ...
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Hunger الجُوعُ 1. Hunger is better than the humiliation of subjugation. 1ـ اَلْجُوعُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذُلِّ الخُضُوعِ. 2. Keeping oneself hungry is the most beneficial cure, whereas eating to one’s fill increases maladies. 2ـ اَلتَّجَوُّعُ أنْفَعُ الدَّواءِ، ا ...
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High Rank الجاهُ وذو الجاه 1. The alms-tax of high rank [and power] is benefitting others with it. 1ـ زَكوةُ الجاهِ بَذْلُهُ. 2. One of the obligations of a person who possesses a high rank is to use it to grant the [needs of] one who seeks from him. 2ـ م ...
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Struggle (Jihad) الجهاد 1. Whoever makes an effort to strive in obedience to Allah and His messenger, his soul shall be safe and sound [from the torments of the Hereafter] and his transaction will be profitable and gainful. 1ـ إنَّ مَنْ بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ في ...
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Struggling against the Self (Jihad an-Nafs) جهاد النفس 1. Indeed Jih ā d is the price of Paradise, so the one who struggles against his self will acquire it, and this is the greatest reward of Allah for the one who is cognizant of it. 1ـ ألا وإنَّ الجِهاد ...
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Ignorance الجَهْل 1. Ignorance and miserliness are bad and harmful. 1ـ اَلجَهْلُ،وَ البُخْلُ، مَساءَةٌ، ومَضَرَّةٌ. 2. Ignorance in a human being is more harmful than gangrene [is] to the body. 2ـ اَلجَهْلُ فِي الإنْسانِ أضَرُّ مِنَ الآكِلَةِ فِي البَدَنِ ...
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The Ignorant and the Foolish اَلجاهِلُ والجهول 1. An ignorant person is never found to be anything but falling short or excessive. 1ـ اَلجاهِلُ لَنْ يُلْقى أبَداً إلا مُفَرِّطاً، أو مُفْرِطاً. 2. Neither does an ignorant restrain himself [from wrongdoing] ...
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Hellfire جهنم والنّار 1. Hell is sufficient as a punishment. 1ـ كَفى بِجَهَنَّمَ نَـكالاً. 2. He (‘a) said in his description of hell: [It is] a fire whose burning is intense, its roar is loud, its flames are rising, its blaze is incinerating, its ...
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Lovers of the Ahlulbayt محِبّ أهل البيت 1. Whoever loves us with his heart, supports us with his speech and fights our enemies with his sword, then he will be with us in Paradise at our stage. 1ـ مَنْ أحَبَّنا بِقَلْبِهِ وَكانَ مَعَنا بِلِسانِهِ وقاتَلَ ع ...
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The Beloved المحب والمحبوب 1. Losing a loved one leads to forlornness. 1ـ فَقْدُ الأحِبَّةِ غُرْبَةٌ. 2. One who loves you forbids you [from evil]. 2ـ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ نَهاكَ. 3. One who loves something speaks about it constantly. 3ـ مَنْ أَحَبَّ شَيْئاً لَ ...
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Evidence الحجَّةُ والدليل 1. The strength of the authority of evidence is stronger than the strength of the authority of force. 1ـ قُوَّةُ سُلْطانِ الحُجَّةِ أعْظَمُ مِنْ قَوَّةِ سُلْطانِ القُدْرَةِ. 1217 views ...
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The Proof (of Allah) الحجّة 1. Allah, the Glorified, never leaves His servants without a necessary proof or an established, clear path. 1ـ لَمْ يُخْلِ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ عِبادَهُ مِنْ حُجَّة لازِمَة أوْ مَحَجَّة قائِمَة. 2. Allah, the Glorified, does not l ...
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The Disproved المحجوج 1. One who is disproved has no right. 1ـ لاحَقَّ لِمَحْجُوج. 1208 views ...
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The One who Presnts an Argument المحتجّ 1. The one who presents a strong argument may get support. 1ـ قَدْ يَسْتَظْهِرُ المُحْتَجُّ. 2. One who argues by truth, succeeds. 2ـ مَنِ احْتَجَّ بِالحَقِّ فَلَجَ. 1238 views ...
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The Hajj الحج 1. The Hajj is a means of strengthening the religion. 1ـ والحَجَّ تَقْوِيَةً لِلّدينِ. 1236 views ...
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Rage الحدَّة 1. Rage is a bout of insanity because its possessor regrets [afterwards], but if he does not feel regret, then his insanity is firmly established. 1ـ اَلحِدَّةُ ضَرْبٌ مِنَ الجُنُونِ، لأنَّ صاحِبَها يَنْدَمُ، فَإنْ لَمْ يَنْدَمْ فَجُنُونُهُ م ...
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The Cautious الحَذِر والمتحذّر 1. One who is overly cautious may be destroyed. 1ـ قَدْ يَعْطِبُ المُتَحَذِّرُ. 2. Harm comes to the cautious one from his [own] place of security. 2ـ مِنْ مَأْمَنِهِ يُؤْتَي الحَذِرُ. 1281 views ...
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