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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):
قيل له (الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام‏): صِف لنا العاقل، فقال: هُوَ الّذي يَضَعُ الشَّي‏ءَ مَواضِعَهُ. فقيلَ: فَصِفْ لَنا الجاهِلَ، فقالَ: قَد فَعَلتُ.

Imam Ali (as) was asked to describe a man of intellect, to which he replied, ‘He is the one who puts things in their proper place.’ The he was asked, ‘So describe to us the ignorant man’, to which he replied, ‘I have already done so [by describing the intelligent person].’
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Source: Mizan al-Hikmah Vol1 P864 Nahj al-Balāgha Vol1 P510
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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.
year
1372
publisher
Hejrat

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Mizan al-Hikmah
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Mohammad Mohammadi Nik known as Rayshahri (1325-1401) was a Shia cleric, scholar of Hadiths, guardian of Astan Abdulazim Hosni and one of the agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Rayshahri was also the representative of the people of Tehran in the Assembly of Experts and the founder and president of the Quran and Hadith University, and the head of Hajj. Mizan al-Hikmah is his most famous work and he wrote many books based on Shia hadiths. Several collections such as Amir al-Mominin's Encyclopedia, Imam Hossein's Encyclopedia, Imam Mahdi's Encyclopedia, and Qur'an and Hadith Encyclopedia were also authored under his supervision. He was the son-in-law of Mirza Ali Meshkini.
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1384

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