100 Maximas Form Imam Ali (a.s)&imam Ali Bin Musa Al-rida (a.s)
Supplement 1
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.