Chapter 2 - On The Intellect

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Intellect/Reason 31 Ahl al-Bayt 11 Imam Ali 6 Creation/Signs of God 4 Patience 3 Divine Decree 2 Soul (Nafs) 2 Divine Knowledge 2 Imam Ali al-Ridha 2 Etiquette 1 Modesty 1 Prophet Adam 1 Good Temper 1 Prophet Dawud (David) 1 Prophet Sulayman (Solomon) 1 Imam Zayn al-Abidin 1 Qur'an 1 Love 1 Certainty (Yaqin) 1 Contentment (Qana'ah) 1 Gratitude 1 Enemies/Hostility 1 Secrets/Concealment 1 Worship 1 Light and Darkness (Nur) 1 Women 1 Imam Muhammad al-Baqir 1 Angels 1 Good Deeds 1 Wealth/Materialism 1 Imam Musa al-Kazim 1 Wisdom 1

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hadith 1476

In Rauzat al-Vaezeen it is narrated that Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) said

“The intellect is a sharp sword. Use it to fight with your selfish desires.”

ومن كتاب روضة الواعظين: قال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): العقل حسام قاطع، قاتل هواك بعقلك.

hadith 1487

Imam Sadiq (a.s) has been narrated to have said

“God the Almighty gave the angels intellect and no lust, and gave the animals lust and no intellect, and gave man both lust and intellect. Whoever can use his intellect to overcome his lust is better than the angels, and whoever whose intellect is overwhelmed by lust is worse than animals.”

روي عن الصادق (عليه السلام)

إنه قال: إن الله تعالى ركب العقل في الملائكة بدون الشهوة، وركب الشهوة في البهائم بدون العقل، وركبهما جميعا في بني آدم، فمن غلب عقله على شهوته كان خيرا من الملائكة، ومن غلبت شهوته على عقله كان شرا من البهائم.