Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Important Events

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hadith 8966
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who understands the times [in which he lives] does not neglect to prepare [for what is to come].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ الأيّامَ لَمْ يَغْفُلْ عَنِ الاِسْتِعْدادِ
Tags WisdomHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 8967
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is crippled by the hardship of the times is raised by the assistance of the noble-minded ones.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أقْعَدَتْهُ نِكايَةُ الأيّامِ أقامَتْهُ مَعُونَةُ الكِرامِ
Tags Trials and AfflictionsGenerosity
hadith 8968
Imam Ali (AS) said, How quick the hours pass in the day and how fast the days pass in the month and how quick the months pass in the year and how fast the years pass in the lifetime!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أسْرَعَ السّاعاتِ فيِ الأيّامِ وَ أسْرَعَ الأيّامَ فيِ الشُّهُورِ وَ أسْرَعَ الشُّهُورَ فِي السَّنَةِ وَ أسْرَعَ السَّنَةَ فِي العُمْرِ
Tags DeathHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 8969
Imam Ali (AS) said, Days are the pages of your lifetime so eternize [or bind] them with your best deeds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلأيّامُ صَحائِفُ آجالِكُمْ فَخَلِّدُوها (فَجَلِّدُوها) أحْسَنَ أعْمالِكُمْ
Tags Good DeedsDeath
hadith 8970
Imam Ali (AS) said, Hours are the lurking place of banes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلسّاعاتُ مُكْمَنُ الآفاتِ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 8971
Imam Ali (AS) said, Hours plunder lifetimes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : السّاعاتُ تَنْهَبُ الأعْمارَ (الآجالَ)
Tags Death
hadith 8972
Imam Ali (AS) said, The passing of days brings the benefit of experiences.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلأيّامُ تُفيدُ التَّجارِبَ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 8973
Imam Ali (AS) said, Hours diminish lifetimes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلسّاعاتُ تُنَقِّصُ الأعْمارَ
Tags Death
hadith 8974
Imam Ali (AS) said, The passing of days reveals the hidden secrets.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلأيّامُ تُوضِحُ السَّرائِرَ الكامِنَةَ
Tags Secrets/Concealment
hadith 8975
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you are only [the sum total of] a fixed number of days, and every day that passes you by takes a piece of you with it, so reduce your desires and be moderate in your earning.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما أنْتَ عَدَدُ أيّام فَكُلُّ يَوْم يَمْضي عَلَيْكَ يَمْضي بِبَعْضِكَ فَخَفِّضْ فيِ الطَّلَبِ وَ أجْمِلْ فِي المُكْتَسَبِ
Tags DeathProfessions and Occupations
hadith 8976
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the previous generations were only wiped out by the alternation of movements and stillness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما أبادَ القُرُونَ تَعاقُبُ الحَرَكاتِ وَ السُّكُونِ
Tags Previous Nations
hadith 8977
Imam Ali (AS) said, The early morning hours of Saturdays and Thursdays are a blessing.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بَكْرُ السَّبْتِ وَ الخَميسِ بَرَكَةٌ
hadith 8978
Imam Ali (AS) said, The era of the just [ruler] is the best of eras.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَمانُ العادِلِ خَيْرُ الأزْمِنَةِ
Tags JusticeGovernance
hadith 8979
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily your moments are portions of your life, so do not pass your time except in that which will save you [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أوْقاتَكَ أجْزاءُ عُمْرِكَ فَلا تُنفِدْ (فَلا تُنْفِذْ) لَكَ وَقْتاً إلاّ فيما يُنْجيكَ (في غَيْرِما يُنجيكَ)
Tags Good DeedsHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 8980
Imam Ali (AS) said, In every instance there is an action [that should be performed].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : في كُلِّ وَقْت عَمَلٌ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 8981
Imam Ali (AS) said, There will come a time upon the people when nothing of the Quran will remain except its written text, and nothing of Islam [will remain] but its name; on that day their masjids will be marvellously constructed buildings, but will be empty of (or desolate with regards to) guidance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَأْتي عَلَى النّاسِ زَمانٌ لايَبْقى مِنَ القُرْآنِ إلاّ رَسْمُهُ وَ لامِنَ الإسْلامِ إلاّ اسْمُهُ مَساجِدُهُمْ يَوْمَئِذ عامِرَةٌ مِنَ البُنى (البِناءِ) خالِيَةٌ (خرّابٌ)عَنِ الهُدى
Tags Qur'anMosquesGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 8982
Imam Ali (AS) said, A time will come upon the people when none will be given a high position except the slanderer, none will be deemed witty except the corrupt and none will be regarded as weak but the just. People will consider charity as a loss, keeping ties with near relatives as an obligation and worship as a means of gaining superiority over people. Vain desires will overcome them and guidance will disappear from among them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَأْتي عَلَى النّاسِ زَمانٌ لايُقَرَّبُ فيهِ إلاّ الماحِلُ وَ لايُسْتَظْرَفُ فيهِ إلاّ الفاجِرُ وَ لايُضَعَّفُ فيهِ إلاّ المُنْصِفُ يَعُدُّونَ الصَّدَقَةَ غُرْماً وَ صِلَةَ الرَّحِمِ مَنّاً وَ العِبادَةَ اسْتَطالَةً عَلَى النّاسِ وَ يَظْهَرُ عَلَيْهِمُ الهَوى وَ يَخْفى بَيْنَهُمُ الهُدى
Tags Corruption/MischiefZakatGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 8983
Imam Ali (AS) said, The camel growls after its silence, and time pounces [attacking] like a rapacious beast of prey.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَدَرَ فَنيقُ الباطِلِ بَعْدَ كَظُوم وَ صالَ الدَّهْرُ صِيالَ السَّبُعِ العَقُورِ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 8984
Imam Ali (AS) said, By the One who split the seed and created humankind, there will surely come forth amongst you a community that will strike the heads on the interpretation of the Quran just as Muhammad (s) began [conveying to you] its revelation, this is the decree from the Most Merciful upon you in the end of days.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وَالَّذي فَلَقَ الحَبَّةَ وَ بَرِيَ النَّسَمَةَ لَيَظْهَرَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ قَوْمٌ يَضْرِبُونَ الْهامَ عَلى تَأوِيلِ القُرْآنِ كَما بَدَأَكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ عَلى تَنْزيلِهِ ذلِكُمْ حُكْمٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمنِ عَلَيْكُمْ في آخِرِ الزَّمانِ
Tags Qur'anSigns of ReappearanceImam Mahdi
hadith 8985
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not plunge into the surge (or fire) of sedition that comes your way, and move away from its path while opening up the middle of the road for it [to pass].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَقْتَحِمُوا مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتُمْ مِنْ فَوْرِ (نارِ) الفِتْنَةِ وَ أميطُوا عَنْ سَنَنِها وَخَلُّوا قَصْدَ السَّبيلِ لَها
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 8986
Imam Ali (AS) said, He will direct desires towards guidance when [people] will have turned guidance towards desires, and he will turn his opinion towards the Quran when they turn the Quran towards their opinions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَعْطِفُ الهَوى عَلَى الهُدى إذا عَطَفُوا الهُدى عَلَى الهَوى وَ يَعْطِفُ الرَّأْيَ عَلَى القُرْآنِ إذا عَطَفُوا القُرآنَ عَلَى الرَّأْيِ
Tags Qur'anGuidance and MisguidanceImam Mahdi
hadith 8987
Imam Ali (AS) said, You have forgotten what you were reminded of and felt safe from that which you were warned about, so your opinion has gone astray and your affair has dispersed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نَسِيتُمْ ما ذُكِّرْتُمْ وَ أمِنْتُمْ ما حُذِّرْتُمْ فَتاهَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَأْيُكُمْ وَ تَشَتَّتَ عَلَيْكُمْ أمْرُكُمْ
Tags Heedlessness/Negligence
hadith 8988
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do you see (or observe) anyone other than a poor man suffering poverty, or a rich man who shows ingratitude in return for the blessings that Allah has bestowed on him, or a miser who denies the right of Allah in order to increase his wealth, or an unruly person who closes his ears [as if he is deaf] to all [wise] counsel.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَلْ تَنْظُرُ (تُبْصِرُ) إلاّ فَقيراً يُكابِدُ فَقْراً أوْ غَنِيّاً بَدَّلَ نِعَمَ اللّهِ كُفْراً أوْ بَخيلاً اِتَّخَذَ البُخْلَ بِحَقِّ اللّهِ وَفْراً أوْ مُتَمَرِّداً كَأنَّ بِأُذُنَيْهِ عَنْ سَماعِ (سَمْعِ المَواعِظِ) الحِكْمَةِ وَقْراً
Tags The Poor and NeedyGratitudeGreed/Stinginess
hadith 8990
Imam Ali (AS) said, The masses are not reformed except by justice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلرَّعِيَّةُ لايُصْلِحُها إلاّ العَدْلُ
Tags JusticeGovernance
hadith 8991
Imam Ali (AS) said, It was said to him (‘a): Verily nothing can reform the people of Kufa except the sword. To this he (‘a) replied: If nothing but my destruction reforms them then may Allah not reform them!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قيلَ لَهُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السّلامُ ـ: إنَّ أهْلَ الكُوفَةِ لايُصْلِحُهُمْ إلاّ السَّيْفُ فَقالَ ـ عَلَيْهِ السّلام ـ: إنْ لَمْ يُصْلِحْهُمْ إلاّ إفْسادي فَلا أصْلَحَهُمُ اللّهُ
Tags GovernanceImam AliAhl al-Bayt
hadith 8992
Imam Ali (AS) said, The bane of the masses is disobedience [to the rightful ruler].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : آفَةُ الرَّعِيَّةِ مُخالَفَةُ الطّاعَةِ
Tags Governance
hadith 8993
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many an owner of great wealth has been turned into a lowly pauper by [the passage of] time.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ ذي ثَرْوَة خَطير صَيَّرَهُ الدَّهْرُ فَقيراً حَقيراً
Tags Wealth/MaterialismThe Poor and Needy
hadith 8994
Imam Ali (AS) said, How will you remain in your current state when time is [in the process of] transforming you?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيْفَ تَبْقى عَلى حالَتِكَ وَ الدَّهْرُ في إحالَتِكَ ؟!
Tags Wisdom
hadith 8995
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who blames [the vicissitudes of] time, his blame will be lengthy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَتَبَ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ طالَ مَعْتَبُهُ
Tags Patience
hadith 8996
Imam Ali (AS) said, People do not say about anything, “[what a great] blessing!” except that time has hidden a bad day for it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما قالَ النّاسُ لِشَيْء طُوْبى إلاّ وَقَدْ خَبَأَ لَهُ الدَّهْرُ يَوْمَ سُوء
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 8997
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you are [living] in an age when those who speak about the truth are few, and tongues are weary of uttering the truth, and those who stick to the truth are humiliated. The people of this time are engaged in disobedience and make peace with each other upon treachery [and deceit]. Their youths are violent [and wicked] while their elders are sinful. Their scholars are hypocrites and their speakers are deviants. Their young do not respect the elderly and their rich do not support the poor.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكُمْ في زَمان اَلْقائِلُ فيهِ بِالحَقِّ قَليلٌ وَ اللِّسانُ فيهِ عَنِ الصِّدْقِ كَليلٌ وَ اللاّزِمُ فيهِ لِلْحَقِّ ذَليلٌ أهْلُهُ مُتَعَكِّفُونَ عَلَى العِصْيانِ مُصْطَلِحُونَ عَلَى الإدْهانِ فَتاهُمْ عارِمٌ وَ شَيْخُهُمْ آثِمٌ وَ عالِمُهُمْ مُنافِقٌ وَ قاريهِمْ مُمارِقٌ لايُعَظِّمُ صَغيرُهُمْ كَبيرَهُمْ وَ لايَعُولُ غِنِيُّهُمْ فَقيرَهُمْ
Tags TruthfulnessHypocrisyCorruption/Mischief
hadith 8998
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you will be faced with my vilification and repudiation, so revile me [if you must], but beware of repudiating me.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكُمْ سَتُعْرَضُونَ عَلى سَبِّي وَ البَرائَةِ مِنّي فَسُبُّوني وَ إيّاكُمْ وَ البَرائَةَ مِنّي
Tags Imam AliAhl al-BaytWilayah
hadith 8999
Imam Ali (AS) said, We have come upon an age of intransigence and an era of ingratitude. In it the good-doer is counted as an evil-doer and the unjust increases in his insolence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ أصْبَحْنا في زَمان عَنُود وَ دَهْر كَنُود يُعَدُّ فيهِ المُحْسِنُ مُسيئاً وَ يَزْدادُ الظّالِمُ فيهِ عُتُوّاً
Tags OppressionGratitude
hadith 9000
Imam Ali (AS) said, The people may become brothers in wickedness and desert one another in religion, and [they may] love each other over falsehood and hate each other over the truth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ تَواخَي النّاسُ عَلَى الفُجُورِ وَ تَهاجَرُوا عَلَى الدّينِ وَ تَحابَبُوا عَلَى الكِذْبِ وَ تَباغَضُوا عَلَى الصِّدْقِ
Tags Lying/FalsehoodTruthfulnessCorruption/Mischief
hadith 9001
Imam Ali (AS) said, So fear Allah with the fearing of one whose body has become fatigued by fright, and who has been kept awake from his little sleep by his night worship, and who has been made thirsty in the heat of his days by hope [of attaining nearness to Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَاتَّقُوا اللّهَ تَقِيَّةَ مَنْ أنْصَبَ الخَوْفُ بَدَنَهُ وَ أسْهَرَ التَّهَجُّدُ غِرارَ نَوْمِهِ وَ أظْمَأَ الرَّجاءُ هَواجِرَ يَوْمِهِ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyFear of God (Khashya)Night Prayer
hadith 9002
Imam Ali (AS) said, How amazing it is; and why would I not be amazed by the mistake of this community (or these groups) with their different arguments with regards to their religion. They neither follow the footsteps of the Prophet nor do they emulate the actions of the vicegerent. They do not believe in the unseen and do not restrain themselves from [sins and] shortcomings. They act on uncertainties and tread in [the way of] their passions. For them good is whatever they [like and] consider good and evil is whatever they [dislike and] consider evil. Their reliance for resolving problems is on themselves and their confidence in regard to dubious matters is on their own opinions, as if each one of them is his own leader, even though he has formed his opinion without turning to reliable sources and strong proofs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَيا عَجَبا وَ مالِيَ لاأعْجَبُ مِنْ خَطاءِ هذِهِ الأُمَّةِ (الفِرَقِ) عَلَى اخْتِلافِ حُجَجِها في دِياناتِها (دينِها) لايَقْتَصُّونَ أثَرَ نَبِىّ وَ لايَقْتَدُونَ بِعَمِلِ وَصِىّ وَ لايُؤْمِنُونَ بِغَيْب وَ لايَعِفُّونَ عَنْ عَيْب يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الشُّبَهاتِ وَيَسيرُونَ فِي الشَّهَواتِ اَلْمَعْرُوفُ فيهِمْ ما عَرَفُوا وَ المُنْكَرُ عِنْدَهُمْ ما أنْكَرُوا مَفْزَعُهُمْ فِي المُعْضَلاتِ إلى أنْفُسِهمْ وَ تَعْويلُهُمْ فِي المُبْهَماتِ عَلى آرائِهِمْ كَأنَّ كُلاًّ (كُلُّ امْرئ) مِنْهُمْ إمامُ نَفْسِهِ قَدْ أخَذَ فيما يَرى بِغَيْرِ وَثيقات بَيِّنات وَلا أسْباب مُحْكَمات
Tags Community/UmmahGuidance and MisguidanceProphet Muhammad
hadith 9003
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, you have again reverted to the position of the Bedouin Arabs after migration [to Islam] and have become [divided into] different parties after once being closely united.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَد صِرْتُمْ بَعْدَ الهِجْرَةِ أعْراباً وَ بَعْدَ المُوالاةِ أحْزاباً
Tags Migration (Hijra)Community/Ummah
hadith 9004
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed those who [would] remember and remind [the people about Allah] have left you and only those who forget [Allah and the Day of Resurrection] and cause others to forget have remained behind.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ ذَهَبَ مِنْكُمْ الذّاكِرُونَ وَ المُتَذَكِّرُونَ وَبَقيَ النّاسُونَ وَالمُتَناسُونَ
Tags RemembranceSupplicationHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 9005
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the reins of destruction are dragging you and locks of darkness [and malice] lay fixed on your hearts.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ قادَتْكُمْ أزِمَّةُ الحَيْنِ وَ اسْتَغْلَقَتْ عَلى قُلُوبِكُمْ أقْفالُ الرَّيْنِ
Tags Heedlessness/NegligenceGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 9006
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed you have become devoted to one another in the love of this transient world and the rejection of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ تَصافَيْتُمْ عَلى حُبِّ العاجِلِ وَ رَفْضِ الآجِلِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 9007
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the religion of one among you has become like the licking of his tongue, [or like] the hobby that is pursued by one who is free from his work and has gained the approval of his master.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ صارَ دينُ أحَدِكُمْ لُعْقَةً عَلى لِسانِهِ صَنيعَ مَنْ فَرَغَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ وَأحْرَزَ رِضى سَيِّدِهِ
Tags WorshipHypocrisy
hadith 9008
Imam Ali (AS) said, They have plunged into the seas of temptations and have taken to innovation rather than following the practices of the Prophet, and they have gone deep into ignorance while abandoning knowledge.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ خاضُوا بِحارَ الفِتَنِ وَ أخَذُوا بِالبِدَعِ دُونَ السُّنَنِ وَ تَوَغَّلُوا الجَهْلَ وَ اطَّرَحُوا العِلْمَ
Tags Trials and AfflictionsGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 9009
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not lose hope in time when it withholds, and do not rely upon it when it gives, and always be extremely cautious of it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَيْأَسْ مِنَ الزَّمانِ إذا مَنَعَ وَ لاتَثِقْ بِهِ إذا أعْطى وَ كُنْ مِنْهُ عَلى أعْظَمِ الحَذَرِ
Tags Despair/HopelessnessTrust in God
hadith 9010
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily time will pass for those who remain [in this world] just as it passed for those gone by. That which has gone shall not return and that which is in it will not remain forever. Its later deeds are the same as the former ones. Its affairs try to excel each another and its banners follow each other. Its companion is never separated from hardship, annihilation, pillage and war.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدَّهْرَ يَجْري بِالباقينَ كَجَرْيِهِ بِالماضينَ ما يعُودُ ما قَدْ وَلّى وَلايَبْقى سَرْمَداً ما فيهِ آخِرُ فِعالِهِ كَأوَّلِهِ مُتَسابِقَةٌ أُمُورُهُ مُتَظاهِرَةٌ أعْلامُهُ لايَنْفَكُّ مُصاحِبُهُ مِنْ عَناء وَ فَناء وَ سَلَب وَ حَرَب
Tags DeathWisdom
hadith 9011
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily time has its bow stretched [and ready], and its arrow does not miss, and its wound does not heal. It afflicts the healthy with sickness and the [one who is] safe with destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدَّهْرَ مُوتِرٌ قَوْسَهُ لاتَخْطي سِهامُهُ وَ لاتُؤْسى جِراحُهُ يَرْمِي الصَّحيحَ بِالسَّقَمِ وَ النّاجِيَ بِالعَطَبِ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 9012
Imam Ali (AS) said, Time is responsible for the separation of loved ones.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدَّهْرُ مُوَكَّلٌ بِتَشْتيتِ الأُلاّفِ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 9013
Imam Ali (AS) said, An hour of humiliation is not compensated for by a lifetime of honour.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ساعَةُ ذُلّ لاتَفي بِعِزِّ الدَّهْرِ
Tags HumilityWisdom
hadith 9014
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be flexible with time when it submits itself to you and do not put anything in danger out of hope for gaining more [than it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ساهِلِ الدَّهْرِ ما ذَلَّ لَكَ قُعُودُهُ وَ لاتُخاطِرْ بِشَيْء رَجاءَ أكْثَرَ مِنْهُ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 9015
Imam Ali (AS) said, Time has indeed made its gratitude incumbent on the one who attains what he seeks.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ أوْجَبَ الدَّهْرُ شُكْرَهُ عَلى مَنْ بَلَغَ سُؤْلَهُ
Tags Gratitude
hadith 9016
Imam Ali (AS) said, Time wears out the bodies, renews hopes, brings death closer and takes aspirations further away.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدَّهْرُ يُخْلِقُ الأبْدانَ وَ يُجَدِّدُ الآمالَ وَ يُدْنِى المَنِيَّةَ وَ يُباعِدُ الأُمْنِيَّةَ
Tags Death
hadith 9017
Imam Ali (AS) said, Time consists of two days: a day for you and a day against you, so when it is for you then do not become vain and ungrateful, and when it is against you then have patience.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدَّهْرُ يَوْمانِ: يَوْمٌ لَكَ وَ يَومٌ عَلَيْكَ فَإذاكانَ لَكَ فَلا تَبْطَرْ وَ إذا كانَ عَلَيْكَ فَاصْطَبِرْ
Tags PatienceGratitude
hadith 9018
Imam Ali (AS) said, Time has two states: destruction and bestowal; that which it destroys does not return and that which it bestows does not last.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدَّهْرُ ذُو حالَتَيْنِ: إبادَة وَ إفادَة فَما أبادَهُ فَلا رَجْعَةَ لَهُ وَ ما أفادَهُ فَلا بَقاءَ لَهُ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 9019
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily time is an enemy who is not shown enmity, a [chosen] judge who is not unjust and a fighter who has not [and cannot be] fought.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدَّهْرَ لَخَصْمٌ غَيْرُ مَخْصُوم وَ مُحْتَكِمٌ غَيْرُ ظَلُوم وَ مُحارِبٌ غَيْرُ مَحْرُوب
Tags Wisdom
hadith 9020
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who resists time is compelled by it and one who submits to it is not safe [from it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عانَدَ الزَّمانَ أرْغَمَهُ وَ مَنِ اسْتَسْلَمَ إلَيْهِ لَمْ يَسْلَمْ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 9021
Imam Ali (AS) said, The age of the tyrant [ruler] is the worst of ages.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَمانُ الجائِرِ شَرُّ الأزْمِنَةِ
Tags OppressionGovernance
hadith 9022
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every day is driving towards its morrow.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ يَوْم يَسُوقُ إلى غَدِهِ
hadith 9023
Imam Ali (AS) said, Calamities are born from the passage of time.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنَ السّاعاتِ تَوَلُّدُ الآفاتِ
hadith 9024
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no guarantee on time.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاضَمانَ عَلَى الزَّمانِ
hadith 9025
Imam Ali (AS) said, One is neither safe from the passage of time nor secure from the calamities of the days.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَأمَنُ أحَدٌ صُرُوفَ الزَّمانِ وَ لايَسْلَمُ مِنْ نَوائِبِ الأيّامِ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 9026
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who knows about time not to feel secure from its adversities and vicissitudes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ الزَّمانَ أنْ لايَأمَنَ الصُّرُوفَ وَ الغِيَرَ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 9027
Imam Ali (AS) said, Obedience is the shield of the masses and justice is the shield of the [rulers of] nations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلطّاعَةُ جُنَّةُ الرَّعِيَّةِ وَ العَدْلُ جُنَّةُ الدُّوَلِ
Tags Justice
hadith 9028
Imam Ali (AS) said, So the hearts are heedless of right guidance, too hard to accept their [good] fortune, traversing on the wrong paths as though the one being addressed is someone else, and as though the fortune lies in amassing worldly gains.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَالقُلُوبُ لاهِيَةٌ مِنْ رُشْدِها قاسِيَةٌ عَنْ حَظِّها سالِكَةٌ في غَيْرِ مِضْمارِها كَأنَّ المَعْنِيَّ سِواها وَكَأنَّ الحَظَّ في إحْرازِ دُنْياها
Tags Heedlessness/NegligenceGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 9029
Imam Ali (AS) said, How effective these admonitions [would be] if only they were received by pure hearts, attentive ears and unwavering minds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَيا لَها مَواعِظَ شافِيَةً لَوْ صادَفَتْ قُلُوباً زاكِيَةً وَ أسْماعاً واعِيَةً وَآراءً عازِمَةً
Tags Wisdom
hadith 9030
Imam Ali (AS) said, From them mischief will spring up and all wrong will turn towards them. They will fling anyone who isolates himself from it (i.e. the mischief) back into it and they will drive anyone who stays back from it towards it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْهُمْ تَخْرُجُ الفِتْنَةُ وَ إلَيْهِمْ تَأْوِى الخَطيئَةُ يَرُدُّونَ مَنْ شَذَّ عَنْها فيها وَ يَسُوقُونَ مَنْ تَأَخَّرَ عَنْها إلَيْها
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 9031
Imam Ali (AS) said, If falsehood dominates, it has [always] been so in the past, and if truth diminishes, that too has often occurred and may [again] happen. It is seldom that a thing lags behind and remains behind.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَلَئِنْ أمَرَ الباطِلُ لَقَديماً فَعَلَ وَلَئِنْ قَلَّ الحَقُّ لَرُبَّما وَ لَعَلَّ لَقَلَّما أدْبَرَ شَيْءٌ فَأدْبَرَ
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 9032
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the evil people have emerged and the righteous people have hidden; and falsehood has become abundant while truth has diminished.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ ظَهَرَ أهْلُ الشَّرِّ وَ بَطَنَ أهْلُ الخَيْرِ وَفاضَ الكِذْبُ وَ غاضَ الصِّدْقُ
Tags Lying/FalsehoodTruthfulness
hadith 9033
Imam Ali (AS) said, Time has indeed come full circle to its [initial] state, as it was when the heavens and earth were first created.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدِ اِسْتَدارَ الزَّمانُ كَهَيْئَتِه يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمواتِ وَالأرْضَ
hadith 9034
Imam Ali (AS) said, The abominable has become so rampant that the shame one feels from it has reduced.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ كَثُرَ القَبيحُ حَتّى قَلَّ الحَياءُ مِنْهُ
Tags Modesty
hadith 9035
Imam Ali (AS) said, Dishonesty has increased so much that there are only few who can [now] be trusted.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ كَثُرَ الكِذْبُ حَتّى قَلَّ مَنْ يُوثَقُ بِهِ
Tags Lying/FalsehoodTrustworthiness (Amanah)
hadith 9036
Imam Ali (AS) said, Why is it that I see you as bodies without souls, and souls without prosperity, and devotees without righteousness, and traders without profits?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مالي أراكُمْ أشْباحاً بِلا أرْواح وَ أرْواحاً بِلا فَلاح وَ نُسّاكاً بِلا صَلاح وَتُجّاراً بِلا أرْباح
Tags WorshipTrade
hadith 9037
Imam Ali (AS) said, Time betrays its companion and does not please the one who blames it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزَّمانُ يَخُونُ صاحِبَهُ وَ لايَسْتَعْتِبُ لِمَنْ عاتَبَهُ
Tags Betrayal/Treachery
hadith 9038
Imam Ali (AS) said, When the epoch becomes corrupt, the wicked gain mastery [over the people].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا فَسَدَ الزَّمانُ سادَ اللِّئامُ
Tags Corruption/Mischief
hadith 9039
Imam Ali (AS) said, In time there are vicissitudes (or lessons [to be learnt]).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فِي الزَّمانِ اَلْغِيَرُ (اَلْعِبَرُ)
Tags Wisdom
hadith 9040
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who busies himself with [the worldly activities of his] lifetime becomes occupied by it [and pays no heed to the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ تَشاغَلَ بِالزَّمانِ شَغَلَهُ
Tags Heedlessness/Negligence
hadith 9041
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever feels safe from time is betrayed by it and whoever regards it as great is humiliated by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أمِنَ الزَّمانَ خانَهُ وَ مَنْ أعْظَمَهُ أهانَهُ
Tags Heedlessness/Negligence