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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Nahj Al-Fasahah, Height Of Rhetoric K الكَيِّسُ مَنْ دَانَ نَفْسَهُ وَعَمِلَ لِمَا بَعْدَ المَوْتِ، وَالعَاجِزُ مَنْ اتَّبَعَ نَفْسَهُ هَوَاهَا وَتَمَنَّى عَلَى اللَّهِ الأمَانِيَّ Keen is the one who rules over his (evil) soul and makes provisions for the Hereafter, and weak is the one who obeys his carnal desires and asks God for (unrealizable) longings.

اِتَّقِ المَحَارِمَ تَكُنْ أَعْبَدَ النَّاسِ؛ وَارْضَ بِمَا قَسَمَ اللَّهُ لَكَ تَكُنْ أَغْنَى النَّاسِ. Keep away form the unlawful to be the most (obedient) servant of God, and be convinced with your destined share to be needless of all people. اِتَّقُوا صَاحِبَ الْجُذَامِ كَمَا يُتَّقَى السَّبُعُ؛ اِذا هَبَطَ وَادِيَاً فَاهْبِطُوا غَيْرَهُ. Keep away from a leprous as you do from a wild animal. Should he settle somewhere, you do settle somewhere else.

اِتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ؛ فَاِنَّ الظُلْمَ ظُلُماتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ. Keep away from oppression, for it will bring (you) darkness in the Day of Judgement. اِتَّقُوا الدُّنْيا؛ وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ؛ فَاِنَّ اِبْلِيْسَ طَلّاعٌ رَصَّادٌ؛ وَمَا هُوَ بِشَيْى‏ءٍ مِنْ فُخُوخِهِ بِأَوْثَقَ لِصَيْدِهِ فِي الْاَتْقِيَاءِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ. Keep away from the (material) world and women, for Satan lies is ambush in all mastery, and none of his traps is more reliable than women to hunt holders of piety.

اِحْذَرُوا زَلَّةَ الْعَالِمِ؛ فَاِنَّ زَلَّتَهُ تُكَبْكِبُهُ في النَّارِ. Keep away from the slips of an scholar, for it will cause him fall into the Fire. اِتَّقُوا الدُّنْيا؛ فَوَالَّذيْ نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ اِنَّها لاَسْحَرُ مِنْ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ. Keep away from the world (materiality), for I swear by Him who has authority over my soul that it is more sorcerous than Gog and Magog. بُلُّوْا أَرْحَامَكُمْ وَلَوْ بِالسَّلام. Keep close connections with your relatives even through greeting.

جالِسِ الاَبْرارَ فَاِنَّكَ اِذا فَعَلْتَ خَيْرَاً حَمَدُوُكَ؛ وَاِنْ أَخْطَأَتَ لَمْ يُعَنِّفُوُكَ. Keep company with good people, for if you do good, they will praise you, and if you do evil, they will not be hard on you. خَالِطُوْا النَّاسَ بِأَخْلاقِهِمْ، وَخَالِفُوهُمْ في أعْمَالِهِمْ. Keep company with people for (the sake of) their good manners, and keep distance with them for (evil) deeds.

اِذا رَأَيْتُمْ أَهْلَ الْجُوعِ وَالتَّفَكُّرِ فَادْنُوا مِنْهُمْ؛ فَاِنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ تَجْرِي عَلى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ. Keep company with the hungry and learned men, for wisdom flows out through their tongues. صُوْمُوْا تَصِحُّوْا. Keep fast and be healthy.