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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech The Believer The Believer المؤمن A believer is very truthful in [his] speech and generous in [his] benevolence. 1ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ صَدُوقُ اللِّسانِ، بَذُولُ الإحسانِ. A believer is [always] alert, waiting for one of the two boons [of this world or the Hereafter]. 2ـ اَلمُؤْمِِنُ يَقْظانٌ يَنْتَظِرُ إحْدَى الحَسَنَتَينِ. A believer is chaste, contented, free from sin and pious.

3ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ عَفِيفٌ، مُقْتَنِعٌ، مُتَنَزِّهٌ، مُتَوَرِِّعٌ. A believer is one whose love is for [the sake of] Allah, whose hate is for Allah, whose taking is for Allah and whose leaving is for Allah. 4ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ مَنْ كانَ حُبُّهلِلّهِ، وبُغْضُهلِلّهِ، وأخذُهلِلّهِ، وتَرْكُهُ لِلّهِ. A believer is thankful in [times of] comfort, patient in tribulation and fearful in affluence. 5ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ شاكِرٌ فيِ السَّـرّاءِ، صابِرٌ فِي البَلاءِ، خائفٌ فِي الرَّخاءِ.

A believer is moderate in [times of] affluence, [and] keeps away from the [pleasures of this] world. 6ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ عَفيفٌ فِي الغِنى، مُتَنَزَّهٌ عَنِ الدُّنيا. A believer is [always] between blessing and wrongdoing, [and] nothing reforms these two except thankfulness and repentance. 7ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ بَيْنَ نِعْمَة وخَطيئَة لا يُصلِحُهُما إلاّ الشُّكرُ وَالإسْتِغْفارُ. A believer is dignified, honourable, self-reliant, cautious and sorrowful.

8ـ اَلمُؤْمِِنُ عِزٌّ كَريمٌ، مَأمُونٌ على نَفْسِهِ، حَذِرٌ مَحْزُونٌ. A believer constantly remembers [Allah], frequently contemplates, is thankful for blessings and patient in the face of tribulation. 9ـ المُؤْمِنُ دائِمُ الذِّكرِ، كَثيرُ الفِكرِ، عَلَى النَّعماءِ شاكِرٌ، وَفِي البَلاءِ صابِرٌ. A believer is modest, independent, certain and pious. 10ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ حَييٌّ، غَنيٌّ، مُوقِنٌ، تَقِيٌّ.

When a believer is asked [for help], he helps, and when he asks [other for help], he is lenient [and does not overburden them]. 11ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ إذا سُئِلَ أسْعَفَ، وإذا سَألَ خَفَّفَ. A believer is wary of his sins, always fearing chastisement and hoping for the mercy of his Lord. 12ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ حَذِرٌ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ أبَداً يَخافُ البَلاءَ ويَرجُو رَحمَةَ رَبِّهِ. To a believer, this world is his arena, action is his endeavour, death is his gift and Paradise is his prize.

13ـ اَلمُؤْمِنُ الدُّنْيا مِضْمارُهُ، والعَمَلُ هِمَّتُهُ، والمَوتُ تُـحْفَتُهُ، والجَنَّةُ سَبْقَتُهُ. A believer is one who has purified his heart of vileness.