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الإمام علي (عليه السَّلام):
لا يُقَنِّطَنَّكَ إبطاءُ إجابتِهِ، فإنَّ العطيَّةَ على قَدْرِ النِّيَّةِ، وَ رُبّما اُخِّرَتْ عنكَ الإجابةُ لِيَكونَ ذلكَ أعظَمَ لِأجرِ السائلِ وَ أجزَلَ لِعَطاءِ الآمِلِ، وَ ربّما سألتَ الشيءَ فلم تُؤْتاهُ وَ اوتيتَ خيراً مِنهُ عاجِلًا أو آجِلًا، أو صُرِفَ عنكَ لِما هُوَ خيرٌ لكَ، فَلَرُبَّ أمرٍ قد طَلِبْتَهُ وَ فيهِ هلاكُ دينِكَ لو اوتيتَهُ.

A delay in God's response to your supplication should not dishearten you, for verily the grant [from Allah] is proportional to [the sincerity of] your intention, and maybe the response has been delayed in order for it to be a greater reward for the one who asked and a greater bestowal for the hopeful one, or maybe you asked for something and it was not given to you and instead you are to be granted something better sooner or later, or it may have been kept away from you for your own good, for many a matter that you ask for would be detrimental to your religion [and faith] if it were to be given to you.
Source: Nahj al-Balāgha No31
ID: 1368

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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
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Hejrat

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