Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / The Forbearing / Hadith 2377 hadith 2377 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, He who lacks strength and thus remains quiet, only to take revenge when he gets power, is not forbearing; rather only he is forbearing who forgives when he has power and over all of whose affairs forbearance prevails. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ الحَلِيمُ مَنْ عَجَزَ فَهَجَمَ وَ إذا قَدَرَ انْتَقَمَ إنَّما الحَلِيمُ مَنْ إذا قَدَرَ عَفا وَ كانَ الحِلْمُ غالِباً عَلى كُلِّ أمْرِهِ All narrations in The Forbearing Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 2377 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, He who lacks strength and thus remains quiet, only to take revenge when he gets power, is not forbearing; rather only he is forbearing who forgives when he has power and over all of whose affairs forbearance prevails. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ الحَلِيمُ مَنْ عَجَزَ فَهَجَمَ وَ إذا قَدَرَ انْتَقَمَ إنَّما الحَلِيمُ مَنْ إذا قَدَرَ عَفا وَ كانَ الحِلْمُ غالِباً عَلى كُلِّ أمْرِهِ