غالب

Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is overcome [while he is] on the right, is victorious.

Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks to overpower destiny is overcome by it.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Every victor who gains victory by evil is [in actual fact] defeated.

Imam Ali (AS) said, One who tries to prevail against the truth is overpowered [by it].

Imam Ali (AS) said, He who tries to vanquish the one who is above him is overpowered.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Every victor other than Allah, is vanquished.

Imam Ali (AS) said, One who tries to overcome his adversary has embarked on a struggle.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever accuses himself has indeed overpowered Satan.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Nobody will ever overcome you in getting that which has been decreed for you.

Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is careless in his religion becomes lowly and one who fights with the truth, is forced to yield [to it].

Imam Ali (AS) said, May Allah have mercy upon the person who fights his vain desire and breaks loose from the entanglements of this world.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Combat vain desire just as an adversary would combat his adversary, and battle it the way an enemy would battle his enemy, [if successful] you may gain mastery over it.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever is plagued by one of three things wishes to die: continuous poverty, a disgraceful wife, and an overpowering enemy.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Overcome [your] lust before it ferocity becomes strong, for verily if it becomes strong it will possess you and use you, and you will not be able to stand up against it.

Imam Ali (AS) said, Struggle against your vain desires, overcome your anger and resist your bad habits, [by this] your soul will become pure, your intellect will become perfect and the reward of your Lord will be complete.

Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī (as) said to me: "O Bishr, what will be the state of Quraysh when the Qāʾim al-Mahdī comes and brings forward five hundred of them and executes them by beheading? Then he brings forward another five hundred and executes them by beheading. Then he brings forward another five hundred and executes them by beheading." Bishr said: "I said to him: 'May Allah set you right, will their number really reach that amount?' Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī (as) replied: 'Their master (leader) is among them.'" Bishr ibn Ghālib's brother, Bashīr ibn Ghālib, said: "I bear witness that al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī counted six sets for my brother — or he said six exact numbers (the narrations differ on this phrase)."

“You cannot gather wealth unless you have real stinginess, long aspirations, extensive greed, cutting off from the relations of kin and preferring this world to the Hereafter.”

“I once went to see abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and he (the Imam) came to me saying, ‘O ‘Uqbah, the women held us back from meeting you.”’

“About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘. . . your Lord keeps an eye on ( al-Mirsad) (all evil-doing people),’ (89:14) the Imam said, ‘ Al-Mirsad in this verse refers to a bridge on the way (to paradise) that is not passable for a servant who has committed injustice to others.’”

‘Kindness [to parents] and charity given secretly dispel poverty, increase lifespans, and protect one from seventy dreadful types of death.’”