Ghurar al-Ḥikam

The Heart

Volume 1 42 narrations
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hadith 8273
Imam Ali (AS) said, Wage war against these hearts [and their desires], for indeed they are quick to stumble (or get obliterated).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حارِبُوا هذِهِ القُلُوبَ فَإنَّها سَريعَةُ العِثارِ (الدِّثار)
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hadith 8284
Imam Ali (AS) said, The strong muscles of the body and its height are of no benefit if the heart is empty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عِظَمُ الجَسَده وَ طُولُهُ لايَنْفَعُ إذا كانَ القَلْبُ خاوِياً
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hadith 8286
Imam Ali (AS) said, So his appearance is [in] the form of a human being but his heart is the heart of a beast.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَالصُّورَةُ صُورَةُ إنْسان وَ القَلْبُ قَلْبُ حَيَوان
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hadith 8292
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed there is a piece of flesh that has been placed inside this human being which is the most amazing thing in him, and that is his heart; it has sources of wisdom and things contrary to it. If hope enters it, covetousness humiliates it and if covetousness increases in it then greed destroys it. If despair takes control over it, grief kills it. If anger comes over it, its rage intensifies. If it is blessed with pleasure, it forgets precaution. If it is overcome by fear, it becomes preoccupied with caution. If peace prevails around it, it becomes neglectful. If a hardship befalls it, impatience disgraces it. If it gains wealth, affluence makes it oppressive. If it faces indigence, distress overtakes it. If hunger attacks it, weakness disables it. If its eating increases, the heaviness of his stomach pains it. Thus every curtailment is harmful to it and every excess is injurious to it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَقَدْ عُلِّقَ بِنياطِ هذا الإنْسانِ بَضْعَةٌ هِيَ أعْجَبُ ما فيهِ وَ ذلِكَ القَلْبُ وَ لَهُ مَوادٌّ مِنَ الحِكْمَةِ وَ أضْدادٌ مِنْ خِلافِها فَإنْ سَنَحَ لَهُ الرَّجاءُ أذَلَّهُ الطَّمَعُ وَ إنْ هاجَ بِهِ الطَّمَعُ أهْلَكَهُ الحِرْصُ وَ إنْ مَلَكَهُ اليَأْسُ قَتَلَهُ الأسَفُ وَ إنْ عَرَضَ لَهُ الغَضَبُ اِشْتَدَّ بِهِ الغَيْظُ وَ إنْ أسْعَدَهُ الرِّضا نَسِيَ التَّحَفُّظَ وَ إنْ غالَهُ الخَوْفُ شَغَلَهُ الحَذَرُ وَ إنِ اتَّسَعَ لَهُ الأمْنُ اسْتَلَبَتْهُ الغِرَّةُ وَ إنْ أصابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فعضَحَهُ الجَزَعُ وَ إنْ أفادَ مالاً أطْغاهُ الْغِنى وَ إنْ عَضَّتْهُ الفاقَةُ شَغَلَهُ البَلاءُ وَ إنْ جَهَدَهُ الجُوعُ قَعَدَ بِهِ الضَّعْفُ وَ إنْ أفْرَطَ بِهِ الشِّبَعُ كَظَّتْهُ البِطْنَةُ فَكُلُّ تَقْصير بِهِ مُضِرٌّ وَ كُلُّ إفْراط لَهُ مُفْسِدٌ
Tags Soul (Nafs)Despair/HopelessnessAnger
hadith 8296
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing comes forth from a sound heart except the direct meaning.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَصْدُرُ عَنِ القَلْبِ السَّليمِ إلاّ المَعْنَى المُسْتَقيمُ
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hadith 8299
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily these hearts are receptacles, and the best of them are those that are most receptive to good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ هذِهِ القُلُوبَ أوْعِيَةٌ فَخَيْرُها أوْعاها لِلْخَيْرِ
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hadith 8301
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily hearts have desire and aversion, an advancing and a retreating, so approach them from whence they advance and desire, for indeed when the heart is forced [to do anything] it becomes blind.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ لِلْقُلُوبِ شَهْوَةً وَ كِراهَةً وَ إقْبالاً وَ إدْباراً فَأتُوها مِنْ إقْبالِها وَشَهْوَتِها فَإنَّ القَلْبَ إذا أُكْرِهَ عَمِيَ
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