The Third Infallible: First Imam: Imam Ali and his Twenty Discourses
Third Infallible: Imam Ali (as)
Name AIi (as)
Renowned Title: “Ameer Al Momineen”
Sub Title: Abul Hassan
Father and Mother: Abu Talib (as) and Fatima Bint e Asad (as)
Time & Place of birth: 13th of Rajab ten years before the raising of Prophet. Born inside kabah.
Duration of Caliphate: 30 years
Time & Place of martyrdom: Morning of 19th Ramadan-40th hijrah was injured by Abdul rehman Ibn muijim and passed away on the 21st of Ramadan at the age of 63 years. Tomb in Najaf Ashraf (Iraq)
Duration of age four stages:
I. Childhood, duration nearly ten years.
2. Duration in the service of prophet (S) Nearly 23 years.
3. Duration of avoiding the Government machinery approx. 25 years.
4. Duration of Apparent caliphate 4 years nine months.
I.note: He was forced & obliged to avoid the interference in the caliphate machine. Although he was nominated openly by Allah & the Prophet (S) on various occasions including the feast of Zul Ashira. * Upon the day of Ghadeer khumm in the presence of nearly one hundred thousand pilgrim companions of the Prophet (S), unfortunately after the sad demise of the Prophet (S), Muslims turned down the ordain of Allah (SWT)’s Prophet by rejecting his caliphate creating a split and Ideologkal difference with the true school of Islamic Ideology presumed by the holy Prophe (S).
Forty Traditions of Ameer Al Momineen (as)
1. There is nobody who sits with (acquires the company) of Quran except that when he stands up from it (move away) with addition or loss. Addition to his guidance & loss of his blindness (Aberration).
And know it there is no Poverty & adversity for anyone after having' Quran (with him) & nobody has any wealth & needlessness before having the Holy Quran (with him). (Al Hayat, Vol2, P 101)
ماجالَسَ هذَا القُرانَ اَحَدٌ إِلاّ قامَ عَنهُ بِزِيادةٍ اَو نُقصانٍ زيادَةٍ في هُدیً، وَنُقصانٍ مُن عمیً، وَاعلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَيسَ عَلی أَحَدٍ بَعدَ القُرانِ مِن فاقَةٍ، وَلِأَ لأحَدٍ قَبلَ القُرانِ مِن غِنیَّ. (الحياة ج2 ص101)
There is nobody who sits with (acquires the company) of Quran except that when he stands up from it (move away) with addition or loss. Addition to his guidance & loss of his blindness (Aberration). And know it there is no Poverty & adversity for anyone after having' Quran (with him) & nobody has any wealth & needlessness before having the Holy Quran (with him).
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The one who is pleased & satisfied with the deed of a nation (group) is like the one who has shared that with it. And for all those entering into a falsehood there are two sins; the sin of practice & the sin of being pleased with it. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam. 154 P 499)
اَلرّاضی بِفِعلِ قَومٍ کَالدّاخِلِ فِيهِ مَعَهُم ،وَعَلی کُلّ داخل فِي باطِلٍ اِثمانِ اثمُ العَمَلِ بِهِ وَاِثمُ الرَّضا بِهِ. (نهج البلاغه لصبحی الصالح،قصارالحکم154، ص499)
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2. Indeed the religion of Allah is not identified through persons, instead, it is recognized by the sign of Rights. Therefore, do identify the light so as to identify people of the right. (A’lbihar Vol. 68. P 120)
اِنَّ دينَ اللهِ لا يُعرَفُ بِالرَّجالِ بَل بِآيَةِ الحَقَّ فَاعرِفِ الحَقَّ تَعرِف اَهلَهُ. (البحار/ج68/ص120)
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3. Do not be the slave of another person, since, Allah has made you a free person. (Ghurar Al Hikam Chapter 85, Hadith 219)
لَا تَکونَنَّ عَبدَ غَيرِکَ فَقَد جَعَلَکَ اللهُ سُبحانَهُ حُرّاً. (غررالحکم،الفصل 85،ا لحديث219)
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4. The one who is not rectified & corrected by soft & nice conduct is corrected by a good punishment. (Ghurar Al Hikam Chapter 77, Hadith 547)
مَن لَم يُصلِحهُ حُسنُ المُدارةِ يُصلِحهُ حُسنُ المُکافاةِ. (غررالحکم، الفصل77، الحديث547)
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5. Absolutely must never the good doer & the evil doer be equal in your eyes, since, this thing becomes the reason that lowers the inclination of those performing good deeds in their performance of good deeds & the encouragement & incentive of the evil doer upon doing bad deeds. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam, chapter 35, P 430)
وَلا يَکُونَنَّ المُحسِنُ وَالمُسيیُ عِندَکَ بِمَنزِلةٍ سَواءٍ،فَإِنَّ في ذلِکَ تَزهيداً لأَِهلِ الإِحسانِ في الإِحسانِ،وَتَدريباً لِإَهلِ الإِساءَةِ عَلَی الإِساءَةِ (نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح، الکتاب53،ص430)
Absolutely must never the good doer & the evil doer be equal in your eyes, since, this thing becomes the reason that lowers the inclination of those performing good deeds in their performance of good deeds & the encouragement & incentive of the evil doer upon doing bad deeds.
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6. People do not abandon anything from the affair of their religion for the rectification (progress) of their world (life) except that Allah opens the (vistas of) more harmful thing for them (than that). (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam 106, P 487)
لا يَترُکُ النّاسُ شَيئاً مِن أَمرِ دِينِهِم لِاستِصلاحِ دُنياهُم إِلاّفَتَحَ اللهُ عَليهِم ما هُوَأَضَرُّمِنهُ. (نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح،قصار الحکم106،ص487)
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7. Make your own self the standard in social conduct between yourself & the other person. Thus do like the same for other person which you love for your own self. And dislike for others what you dislike & hate for yourself. Do not commit excess upon anyone just as you like it that no one must commit aggression against your own self. And do favor others just as you like others doing favor to you. And what you regard bad for others do regard that bad for yourself as well.
It what you like to do with the people is done to you then do love it. (For yourself).
And do not say what you do not know, instead even do not say all that you know.
And do not utter a word which you dislike other's saying it to you. (Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 74)
وَاجعَل نَفسَکَ ميزاناً فيما بَينَکَ وَبَيَن غَيرِکَ،فَأَحبِب لِغَيرِکَ ما تُحِبُّ لِنَفسِکَ وَاکرَه لَهُ مَاتَکرَهُ لِنَفسِکَ،وَلا تَظلِم کَما لا تُحِبُّ أَن تُظلَمَ وَأحسِن کَما تُحِبُّ أَن يُحسَنَ إِلَيکَ وَالستَقبِح مِن نَفسِکَ ما تَستَقبِحُ مِن غَيرِکَ، وَاَرضَ مِنَّ الناسِ لَکَ ماتَرضی بِهِ لَهُم مِنکَ، وَلا تَقُل بِمالا تَعلَمُ،بَل لا تَقُل کُلَّ مَا تَعلَمُ،وَلا تَقُل ما لا تُحِبُّ أَن يُقالَ لَکَ. (تحف العقول ص74)
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8. The one whose conversation & speech becomes large in quantity his faults become plenty in number. And the one whose faults become great in number his modesty, & shame decreases. And that one whose modesty lessens his piety decreases. And the person whose piety decreases his heart dies. And the one whose heart dies he enters the hell fire. (Tuhaf al-Uqul, P 89)
مَن کَثُرَ کَلامُهُ کَثُرَ خَطأُهُ وَمَن کَثُرَ خَطأُهُ قَلَّ حَياؤُهُ، وَمَن قَلَّ حَياؤُهُ قَلَّ وَرَعَهُ، وَمَن قَلَّ وَرَعَهُ ماتَ قَلبُهُ،وَمَن ماتَ قَلبُهُ دَخَلَ النّارَ. (تحف العقول ص89)
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9. Do not look at who speaks, rather, look at what he is saying. (Ghurar ul-Hikam, chapter 85, Hadith 40)
لا تَنظُر اِلی مَن قالَ وَانظُراِلی ما قالَ. (غرالحکم،الفصل 85،الحديث40)
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10. Indeed the son has a right over his father & the father (too) certainly has a right upon his son so the right of father upon the son is this that he obeys him in all the things except the sins forbidden by Allah. And the son's right upon his father is that he gives him a good name & good training & make him learn the Quran. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam 399, P 546)
اِنَّ لِلوَلَدِ عَلَی الوالِدِ حَقَّاً،وَاِنَّ لِلوالِدِ عَلَی الوَلَدِ حَقّاً، فَحَقُّ الوالِدِ عَلَی ألوَلَدِ اَن يُطِيعَهُ في کُلِّ شَيءٍ، اِلّا في مَعصِيَةِ اللهِ سُبحانَهُ، وَحَقُّ الوَلَدِ عَلَی الوالِدِ اَن يُحسِنَ اِسمَهُ، وَيُحَسَّنَ اَدَبَهُ،وَيُعَلِمَهُ القُرآنَ. (نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح،قصار الحکم399، ص546)
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11. The person who corrects & rectifies his interior, Allah rectifies his exterior (obvious & apparent affairs) and the person who practices for his religions, Allah suffices & completes his worldly affairs. And the one who rectifies & beautifies what is between him & Allah. Allah beautifies & improves what goes between him & the people (relations). (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam 423, P 551)
مِن اَصلَحَ سَرِيرَتَهُ اَصلَحَ اللهُ عَلانِيَتَه، وَمِن عَمِل لِدِينِهِ کَفاهُ اللهُ اَمرَ دُنياهُ، وَمَن اَحسَنَ فِيما بَينَهُ وَبَينَ اللهِ اَحسَنَ اللهُ ما بَينَهُ وَبَينَ النّاسِ. (نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح،قصارالحکم423، ص551)
The person who corrects & rectifies his interior, Allah rectifies his exterior (obvious & apparent affairs) and the person who practices for his religions, Allah suffices & completes his worldly affairs. And the one who rectifies & beautifies what is between him & Allah. Allah beautifies & improves what goes between him & the people (relations).
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12. Do not make the most of your work & business pertinent & associated to your wife & children's (bread & butter) since, if they are the friends of Allah, Allah does not waste (destroy) His friends and if they be the enemies of Allah so then why do you spend all your energies for the sake of enemies of Allah. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam 325. P 536)
لا تَجعَلَنَّ اَکثَرَ شُغلِکَ بِأَهلِکَ وَوَلَدِکَ،فِإن يَکُن اَهلُکَ وَوَلَدُکَ اَولياءَ اللهِ فِإنَّ اللهَ لا يُضَيَّعُ اَولياءَهُ،وَاِن يَکُونُوا اَعداءَ اللهِ فَما هَمُّکَ وَ شُغلُکَ بِأَعداءِ اللهِ؟ (نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح،قصارالحکم352، ص536)
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13. The water of your face (your honor & respect) is solid, questioning & begging liquefies it. So see to it that before whom are you dropping & draining it. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam 346. P 535)
ماءُ وَجهِکَ جامِدٌ يُقطِرُهُ السُّؤالَ فَانظُر عِندَ مَن تُقطِرُهُ. (نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح،قصارالحکم346، ص535)
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14. Verily, the pious ones take share from the swiftly passing world as well as the soon approaching here after. So they share the people of the world in their world (materials & resources) but they (sons of the world) do not take any share from their resurrection day. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam Chapter 27, P 358)
اِنَّ المُتَّقِينَ ذَهَبُوا بِعاجِلِ الدُّنيا وَآجِلِ الاخِرَةِ فَشارَکُوا اَهلَ الدُّنياء في دُنياهُم وَلَم يُشارِکهُم اَهلُ الدُّنيا فِي الاخِرَتهِم. (نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح،الکتاب27، ص383)
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15. If you made your religion (faith) follow & stay under hand of your world, you perished both your religion & the world. And you would be from the losers on the dooms day. And if you made your world (life) stay under the hand of religion then you achieved both your religion & world & would be among the successful ones in the Hereafter. (Ghurar ul-Hikam Alfasl 10, ALHadith 44-45)
اِن جَعَلتَ دينَکَ تَبَعاً لِدُنياکَ اَهلَکتَ دينَکَ وَدُنياکَ وَکُنتَ في الاخِرَةِ مِنَ الخاسِرينَ.
اِن جَعَلتَ دُنياکَ تَبَعاً لِدِينِکَ اَحرَزتَ دينَکَ وَدُنياکَ وَکُنتَ في الاخِرَةِ مِنَ الفائِزينَ. (غررالحکم، الفصل 10، الحديث44_45)
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16. Oh Kumail the hearts are similar to utensils, taking things in. The best of them are those which take in more. So take in what I say to you.
People are of three categories:
1. The Godly scholars.
2. The students on the way to salvation.
3. The silly & stupid ones who run after every call, & move too & fro with each wind that blows. They are the same (people) who have not been illuminated by the light of knowledge, & have not taken refuge in a strong & firm pillar. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam 47, P495)
يا کُمَيلُ بنَ زيادٍ اِنَّ هذِهِ القُلُوبَ اَوعِيَةٌ فَخَيرُها اَوعاها،فَاحفَظ عَنِّي ما اَقُولُ لَکَ:اَلنّاسُ ثَلاثَةٌ:فَعالِمٌ رَبانِيٌ،وَ مُتَعَلَّمُ عَلی َسَبيلِ نَجاةٍ، وَهَمَجٌ رَعاعٌ اَتباعُ کُلَّ ناعِقٍ يَمِيلُونَ مَعَ کُلَّ ريِح،لَم يَستَضِيئُوا بِنُورِالعِلم،وَلَم يَلجَاؤُا اِلی رُکنٍ وَثيق
(نهج البلاغة لصبحي الصالح،قصارالحکم147، ص495)
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17. I recommend you five things for obtaining which if you have to move around on the camel backs in the deserts even then it is worthwhile & befitting.
1. Do not have hope in anyone except Allah. 2. Do not be afraid of anything except your sins. 3. If one of you is questioned about something which he does not know. He must not be shy & must say I do not know.
4. When one of you does not know a thing he must not feel shame & shy in learning it.
5. Exercise patience & forbearance in every work, since, the patience does not have any example with regards to faith except that of body with the head. The body without head does not have any good & beneficence, (similarly) faith without patience does not have any beneficence in it. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam Vol. 10, P 470)
أُوصيکُم بِخَمسٍ لَوضَرَبتُهم إِلَيها آباطَ الإبِلِ لَکانَت لِذالِکَ أَهلاً: لا يَرجُوَنَّ اَحَدٌ مِنکُم اِلّا رَبَّهُ، وَلَا يَخافَنَّ اِلّا ذَنبَهُ، وَلا يَستَحِيَنَّ اَحدٌ مِنکُم اِذا سُئلَ عَمّا لا يَعلَمُ اَن يَقُولَ: لا اَعلَمُ، وَلا يَستَحِيَنَّ اَحدٌ اِذا لَم يَعلَمِ الشَيءَ اَن يَتَعَلَّمَهُ،وَعَليکُم بِاصَّبرِ،فِإنَّ الصَّبرَ مِنَ الِايمانِ کَالَّرأسِ مِنَ الجَسَدِ،وَلا خَيرَ في جَسَدٍ لارَأسَ مَعَهُ،وَلا في ايمانٍ لا صَبرَ مَعَهُ. (نهج البلاغه لصبحي الصالح، قصارالحکم82، ص482)
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18. Mix up with the people (have such a social conduct) so that if you die with it they weep upon you & if you remain alive, they may love you. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam B337 P534)
خالِطُوا النَّاسَ مُخالَطَةً إِن مِتُّم مَعَها بَکَوا عَلَيکُم،وَإِن عِشتُم حَنُّوا إِلَيکُم. (نهج البلاغه لصبحي الصالح، قصارالحکم10، ص470)
Mix up with the people (have such a social conduct) so that if you die with it they weep upon you & if you remain alive, they may love you.
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19. The person calling & inviting others without himself practicing is just like an arrow man with a bow without a string (cord). (An arrow cannot be thrown by the help of a string less or cord less bow) (Nahjul Balagha, Qisar ul-Hikam. 337)
أَلدَّاعِي بِلاعَمَلٍ کَالرّامِی بلاوَتَرٍ. (نهج البلاغه لصبحي الصالح، قصارالحکم337، ص534)
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20. Paradise is gained by practice not by aspiration. (Ghurar Al-Hikam, chapter IB, Hadith 119)
بِالعَمَلِ تَحصُلُ الجَنَّة لا بِالأَمَلِ. (غررالحکم،الفصل18، الحديث119)
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21. How plenty in number are the lessons to be taken & how less in number are those who learn lesson. (Nahjul Balagha Le Sabeeh Al Saleh Qisar ul-Hikam 297, P 529)
ما أَکثَرَ العِبَرَ وَأَقَلَّ الأِعتِبارَ. (نهج البلاغه لصبحي الصالح، قصارالحکم297، ص529)
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