Translator’s Preface

About The Compiler

Introduction

Parents

The Camel

The Son Of Adam (The Human Being)

Grandeur

Self-Sacrifice

The Appointed Time Of Death

The Hereafter

The Brother, The Friend, The Associate And The Companion

Good Etiquette

Harm And Preventing Harm

Eating

Allah And His Attributes

Matters

Enjoining Good And Forbidding Evil

Hopes And Aspirations

The Leader

Leadership

Granting Refuge To The Fearful

The Secure

Security

Feeling Secure From Allah’s Scheme

The Trustworthy

Trustworthiness

Faith

The Believer

The Human Being

Intimacy With Allah

Intimacy

Deliberateness And Acting Unhurriedly

One Who Acts With Deliberateness

Strengthening Oneself

Misery

Stinginess And Avarice

The Miser And The Avaricious

Taking The Initiative

Cold Weather

Righteousness And Those Who Prevent It

Insistence

The Innocent

Being Cheerful And Smiling

Sight, Observation And Insight

Wantonness

Falsehood And Assisting It

The Falsifier

The Stomach And The Private Parts

Early Rising

Weeping

Countries And Homelands

Eloquence

Attention

The Umayyads

Quadrupeds And Predators

Fabricating Lies

The House Of Allah

The Treasury

Trade And Business With Allah

The Merchant

Earth

Abandoning For The Sake Of Allah

Repentance And Returning (To Allah)

Relying On Allah

Reward

Garments

Cowardice

Diligence And Striving

Experience

The Experienced

Anxiety

Requital And Reward

The Body

Antipathy

Loftiness

Intercourse

Beauty

The Beautiful

Grooming

Moderation

Paradise And The People Of Paradise

Generosity

The Generous

Proximity To Allah

Neighbours

Hunger

High Rank

Struggle (Jihad)

Struggling Against The Self (Jihad An-Nafs)

Ignorance

The Ignorant And The Foolish

Hell Fire

Lovers Of The Ahlulbayt

The Beloved

Evidence

The Proof (Of Allah)

The Disproved

The One Who Presents An Argument

The Hajj

Rage

A collection of Aphorisms and short sayings of Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib
(a.s.) The book is a late fifth or early sixth century work by Al-Amudi,
translated from Arabic, original title غرر الحکم و درر الکلم. The
sayings that are more than 11000 in number contain words of wisdom and
advice that can benefit everyone in their daily lives. The book contains
Arabic text and its English translation.


A Collection of Aphorisms of Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Sitting Back

Sitting Back
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**Sitting back-القاعد**

1. Many a person sits back from that which would delight him.

> 1ـ رُبَّ قاعِد عَمّا يَسُرُّهُ.


