نهج البلاغة - Nahj al-Balaghah

لا خير في الصمت عن الحكم، كما أنه لا خير في القول بالجهل
To keep silent when you can say something wise and useful
is as bad as keeping on propagating foolish and unwise thoughts.

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إن أكرم الموت: القتـل! والذي نفس ابن أبي طالب بيـده لألـف
ضربة بالسيف أهون من ميتة على الفراش في غير طاعة الله
The best death is to be killed. By Allah in Whose hand (power) lies the life of the son of Abu Talib, certainly a thousand striking of the sword on me are easier to me than a death in bed which is not in obedie...nce to Allah.
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ليس بين الحق والباطل إلا أربع أصابع
فسُئل "عليـه السلام" عـن معنـى قولـه هـذا، فجمـع أصابعـه ووضعهـا
بين أذنه وعينه ثم قال: الباطل أن تقول سمعت، والحق أن تقول رأيت
"There is nothing between truth and falsehood except four fingers"
Amir al-mu'minin was asked the meaning of this whereupon he closed
...his fingers together and put them between his ear and eye and said:
It is falsehood when you say, "I have heard so," while it is truth when
you say, "I have seen".
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يابن آدم، إذا رأيت ربك سبحانه يتابع عليك نعمه وأنت تعصيه فاحذره
O son of Adam, when you see that your Lord, the Glorified,
bestows His Favors on you while you disobey Him, you should
fear Him (take warning that His Wrath may not turn those very
...blessings into misfortunes)
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وإياك ومصادقة الكذاب، فإنه كالسراب يقرب عليك البعيد، ويبعد عليك القريب
And you should avoid making friends with a liar because he is like a mirage, making you feel far things near and near things far.

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وإياك ومصادقة الفاجر، فإنه يبيعك بالتافه
And you should avoid making friends with a sinful person because he will sell you for naught.
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وإياك ومصادقة البخيل، فإنه يقعد عنك أحوج ما تكون إليه
And don't make a miser your friend because he will run away from you at the time of your dire need.

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إياك ومصادقة الأحمق، فإنه يريد أن ينفعك فيضرك
Don't think ever to be a friend with anyone,who is fool. while he wants to try to help you, he just hurts you.