O Ali, except three, every eye will be weeping on the Day of Resurrection.

O Ali, except three, every eye will be weeping on the Day of Resurrection. These three are an eye that spent a night sleeplessly for God's sake, an eye that is lowered before what God has prohibited to gaze, and an eye that shed tears due to fearing God. O Ali, blessed be the face (of an individual) that God notices (him) weeping for a sin, which no one has seen except Him. O Ali, three matters are destructive and three others are rescuing.

The three destructive matters are the pursued passion, the obeyed niggardliness, and the self-conceit. The three rescuing matters are to treat (others) fairly in both situations of satisfaction and displeasure, to be moderate in both situations of richness and poverty, and to fear God secretly and openly. Fear God as if you see Him. If you do not see Him, He can surely see you.

O Ali, untruth may be acceptable only in three situations; in the stratagem of wars, promising the wife, and for reconciliation between people. O Ali, truth is discommended in three situations; in states of talebearing, informing the husband of what he does not like to hear about his wife, and telling the falsity of a speech of goodness.

O Ali, four matters go uselessly: to eat after (attaining) satiety, to light a lamp in the moonlit, to seed in the briny land, and to do favors to the undeserved. O Ali, four matters are the quickest in punishment: to recompense the favor with mistreatment, to trespass him who does not show hostility, to break the faith of the party who keeps up his faith, and to rupturing the relations with the relatives who regard you properly. O Ali, those who keep these four characters enjoy perfect Islam.

These characters are telling truth only, showing gratitude, prudence, and good mannerism. O Ali, the present richness is surely the fewness of asking from people. To ask from people frequently is surely humility. It is also the present poverty. Previous…