100 Maximas Form Imam Ali (a.s)&imam Ali Bin Musa Al-rida (a.s)

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30- مِن حَقِّ الضَّيفِ أَن تَمشِي مَعَهُ فَتُخرِجَهُ مِن حَرِيمِکَ إلَ? البَابِ.

30- One ought to see his guests off to the gate.

31- اَلإِيمَانُ: أَدَاءُ الفَرَائِضِ وَاجتِنَابِ المَحَارِمِ .

31- True faith means the accom- plishment of the ,'eligious obligations along with the avoidance of the forbid- den acts.

32- مَن أَرضَ? سُلطَاناً بِمَا يُسخِطُ الله خَرَجَ عَن دِينِ الله عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

32- He who causes God's wrath in order to provide a king's consent is an apostate.

33- مَامِن شِيءٍ أَثقَلَ في المِيزَانِ مِن حُسنِ الخُلقِ.

33- Nothing is more worthy than good temper.

34- إنَّکُم لَن تَسَعُوا النَّاسَ بِِأَموَالِکُم فَسَعُوهُم بِطَلاقَةِ الوَجهِ وَحُسن إلقَاءِ.

34- You who can not satisfy people with YOur riches had better try to make them happy with a king face and good manners.

35- اَلصَّمتُ بَابٌ مِن أَبوَابِ الحِکمَةِ .

35- Silence is one of the gates to wisdom.

36- صَدِيقُ کُلِّ امرِ?ءٍ عَقلُهُ وَعَدُوُّهُ جَهلُهُ .

36- Man's intellect is his friend and ignorance, his foe.

37- اَلُأنسُ يُذهِبُ المَهَابَةِ وَالمَسأَلَةُ مِفتَاحٌ فيِ البُوسِ.

37-As soon as the intimacy appears the awe vani,\'hes. Requisition for help is the beginning of misfortune.

38- الکِبرُ رِدَاءُ الله مَن نَازَعَ الله رِدَاءَهُ قَصَمَهُ.

38-Almightiness is reserved for God the One. He who claims the possession of this status )vill be perished by God.

39- لَا يَقبَلُ الله عَمَلَ عَبدٍ وَ هُوَ يُضمِرُ فِي قَلبِهِ عَل? مُؤمِنٍ سُوءاً.

39-lf a person holds a malthought towards another believer, then God will not accept his religious deeds.

40- إيَّاکُم وَالحِرصَ وَالحَسَدَ فَإنَّهُمَا أَهلَکَا الُأمَمَ السَّالِفَةَ .

40- Keep aloof from avarice and envy. These two qualities have already destroyed the peoples gone by.

41- يَنبَغِي لِلرَّجُلِ أَن يُوَسِّعَ عَل? عِيَالِهِ لِئَلّا يَتَمَنَّوا مَوتَهُ.

41- One ought to be open- handed towards his household, lest they wish for his death.

42- مَن لَم يَشکُر المُنعِمَ مِنَ المَخلُوقِينَ لَم يَشکُر الله عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

42- He who does not offer his thanks to his benefactor has not actually praised God the great and the glorious.

43- اَلسَّخِيُّ يَأکُلُ مِن طَعَامِ النَّاسِ ليَأکُلُوا مِن طَعَامِهِ وَالبَخِيلُ لَا يَأکُلُ مِن طَعَامِ النَّاسِ لِئَلّا يَأکُلُوا مِن طَعَامِهِ.

43- A generous man will eat other's food so that they might partake of his food. A miser refuses to eat the food of others in order to deprive them of his own food.

44- مَن عَتَبَ عَلَ? الزَّمَانِ طَالَت مَعتَبَتُهُ.

44- He who blames time should spend a long time blaming.

45- سَادَةُ النَّاسِ فيِ الدُّنيَا اَلَأسخِيَاءُ وَ سَادَةُ النَّاسِ فيِ الآخِرَةِ الَأتقِيَاءُ.

45- The generous al,oe the masters of the people in this world, while the piou.are their chiefs on doomsday.

46- اصبِرُوا عَلَ? الحَقِّ وَإن کَانَ مُرّاً.

46- Be patient in theface of truth bitter though it might taste to thee.

47- أَفوَاهُکُم طُرُقٌ مِن طُرُقِ رَبَّکُم فَنَظِّفوهَا بِالسِّوَاکِ.

47- Your mouth is one of the channels through which you make contact with God. You had then better keep it clean by brushing your teeth.

48- لَا وَرَعَ أَنفَعُ مِن تَجَنُّبِ مَحَارِمِ الله وَالکَفَّ عَن أَذَ? المُؤمِنِ.

48- Pure piety is not but avoidance of mortal sins and abstinence fi~om persecuting the faithfid.

49-مَن حَاسَبَ نَفسَهُ رَبِحَ وَمَن غَفَلَ عَنهَا خَسِرَ.

49- He who assesses himself carefully will finally benefit: the negligent will lose out.