Kumayl bin Ziyad Nakha’i says that once Imam Ali put his hand in his hand and took me to the grave-yard.

When he passed through it and left the city behind, he heaved a sigh and said:

“Kumayl, these hearts are containers of the secrets of knowledge and wisdom and the best container is the one which can hold the most and what it holds, it can preserve and protect in the best way.

Therefore, remember carefully what I am telling you. Remember that there are three kinds of people: one kind is of those learned people who are highly versed in the ethics of truth and philosophy of religion, second is the kind of those who are acquiring the above knowledge and the third is that class of people who are uneducated, they follow every pretender and accept every slogan, they have neither acquired any knowledge nor have they secured any support of firm and rational convictions.

Remember, Kumayl, knowledge is better than wealth because it protects you while you have to guard wealth. Wealth, it decreases if you keep on spending it, but the more you make use of knowledge the more knowledge increases. What you get through wealth disappears as soon as wealth disappears, but what you achieve through knowledge will remain even after you.“

Our enemy is not the Jews or Christianity, our enemy is our own ignorance.

علي

علي

Submission to Allah’s Will is the best companion; wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best signs of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

ثلمت نفسي

There is no successful outcome in treating people unjustly.

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Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety. After all, it is only in the darkest nights that the stars shine more brilliantly.

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I have never doubted the truth since I have been shown it.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; it is only in the darkest nights that the stars shine more brilliantly.

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I want to teach you five of those things which deserve your greatest anxiety to acquire them: Have hope only in Allah. Be afraid of nothing but sins. If you do not know a thing never feel ashamed to admit ignorance. If you do not know a thing never hesitate or feel ashamed to learn it. Acquire patience and endurance because their relation with true faith is that of a head to a body, a body is of no use without a head, similarly true faith can be of no use without attributes of resignation, endurance and patience.

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If someone hurts you then don’t be upset as it’s the law of nature that the trees with the sweetest fruits are beat the most “-Imam Ali (a.s.)

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Offer your soul and wealth to your friend, offer your equity and fairness for your enemy, and offer your courtesy and charity for people. Greet people so that they will greet you.

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