hadith
2520
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Imam Ali (AS) said, They are the life of knowledge and the death of ignorance. Their forbearance (or wisdom) is conveyed to you from their knowledge, their silence from their speech (and their apparent from their hidden); they do not go against the truth (or the religion) nor do they differ in it, for it is among them as a silent speech and a truthful witness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هُمْ عَيْشُ العِلْمِ وَ مَوْتُ الجَهْلِ يُخْبِرُكُمْْ حِلْمُهُمْ (حُكْمُهُمْ) عَنْ عِلْمِهِمْ وَ صَمْتُهُمْ عَنْ مَنْطِقِهِمْ (وَظاهِرُهُمْ عَنْ باطِنِهِمْ) لا يُخالِفُونَ الحَقَّ (الدّين) وَ لا يَخْتَلِفُونَ فيهِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَهُمْ صامِتٌ ناطِقٌ وَ شاهِدٌ صادِقٌ
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The Twelve Imams
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