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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):
الزُّهدُ كَلِمَةٌ بينَ كَلِمَتَينِ من القرآن، قالَ اللّهُ سبحانه: «لِكَيْلا تَأْسَوا عَلَى ما فاتَكُمْ وَ لا تَفْرَحُوا بِما آتاكُمْ و اللّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتالٍ فَخُورٍ» فَمَن لَم يَأسَ على الماضِي، و لَم يَفرَحْ بالآتي فقد أخَذَ الزُّهدَ بِطَرَفَيهِ

Asceticism is summed up in two phrases in the Qur'an, where Allah, most High, says, "So that you may not grieve for what has escaped you, nor be exultant at what He has given you." Therefore, one who neither grieves about past losses nor is overjoyed about the possessions he is granted has perfected his asceticism from both sides.
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Source: Nahj al-Balāgha No554
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title
Nahj al-Balāgha
author
Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Mūsawī (Arabic: أبوالحسن محمد بن الحسین الموسوي) (b. 359/969-70 - d. Muharram 6, 406/June 26, 1015) al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (Arabic: الشريف الرضي) was a prominent Shi'a scholar and poet born in Baghdad. Although he is most known for his literary expertise, he was also an expert of jurisprudence and exegesis of the Quran. His most famous work is Nahj al-Balagha, a collection of Imam Ali's (a) sayings and letters. He founded a school named Dar al-'Ilm ( دار العلم, literally "House of knowledge") in which he trained many students, some of whom later became prominent scholars.
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1372
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Hejrat

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