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ENJOINING GOOD AND FORBIDDING EVIL FASTING STRUGGLE (JIHAD)
ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES ADORNMENT ANONYMITY COMPLAINING OF DISTRESS DEBT DESIRE AND LONGING DIGNITY AND REPUTATION DISAGREEMENT DISCIPLINE DISSENSION EAGERNESS AND LONGING ERROR AND DEVIATION FAME AND RENOWN FLATTERY GOOD GOOD CHARACTER GOOD HEALTH AND THE HEALTHY GRIEF HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS INEPTNESS INSISTENCE INTIMACY JUBILATION LAPSES LAUGHTER LAZINESS AND THE LAZY LOFTINESS LOSS OF HOPE133 LUST MISERY MISTAKES MODESTY AND SHAME NOBLE TRAITS & DEEDS ONE WHO TURNS BACK AND THE ONE WHO MOVES FORWARD PEACE OF MIND PIETY PLEASURE AND DELIGHT POWER AND MIGHT REVEALING & REMOVING DISTRESS SECLUSION SEEKING ASSISTANCE SIGHT, OBSERVATION AND INSIGHT STATUS AND WORTH STRENGTHENING ONESELF STRUGGLING AGAINST THE SELF (JIHAD AN-NAFS) SUFFERING THE BELOVED THE CAUTIOUS THE DECEIVED THE DEVOTEE THE LOSER THE NEGLIGENT AND NEGLIGENCE THE OPPRESSED THE PAUPER AND POVERTY THE PERPLEXED THE SEEKER THE SOUL AND HOLDING IT TO ACCOUNT THE STRONG THE WRETCHED AND WRETCHEDNESS VAIN DESIRE WEAKNESS
ABANDONING FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH BEING CUT OFF FROM ALLAH ESTABLISHING THE COMMAND OF ALLAH FLEEING TO ALLAH FORGETTING ALLAH GETTING CONNECTED TO ALLAH HOPE IN [THE MERCY OF] ALLAH AND [IN] OTHERS INTIMACY WITH ALLAH LENDING TO ALLAH PROXIMITY TO ALLAH PUTTING TRUST IN ALLAH RELYING ON ALLAH REMEMBRANCE [OF ALLAH] AND THE REMINDER REPENTANCE AND RETURNING [TO ALLAH] SEEKING PROTECTION FROM ALLAH SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF ALLAH SUBMISSIVENESS AND HUMILITY IN FRONT OF ALLAH, THE MOST HIGH THE CLOSE FRIENDS AND LOVERS OF ALLAH THE FOE OF ALLAH THE ONE WHO IS FORSAKEN BY ALLAH34 THE RIGHTS OF ALLAH, THE MOST HIGH TRADE AND BUSINESS WITH ALLAH TURNING TOWARDS ALLAH
DYSLOGIA (THE INABILITY TO EXPRESS ONESELF EFFECTIVELY) ELOQUENCE IDLE TALK JOKING LOQUACIOUSNESS MUTENESS OPINIONS AND THE OPINIONATED52 TALEBEARING VAIN TALK
ADULTERY ANGER ANXIETY BACKBITING BEGGING AND ASKING PEOPLE BELITTLING OTHERS CONCEIT CORRUPTION COWARDICE DELUSION DEPRAVITIES DEPRIVATION AND FRUSTRATION DESERTION AND ABANDONMENT DIMWITTEDNESS AND THE DIMWIT DISDAIN DISPLEASURE DIVULGENCE [OF SECRETS] DOING WRONG TO OTHERS DOUBT AND MISGIVING ENMITY AND THE ENEMY EVIL AND THE WICKED EXTRAVAGANCE FABRICATING LIES FEARING OTHER THAN ALLAH FIVE BAD QUALITIES GREED AND THE GREEDY HARD-HEARTEDNESS HASTE AND THE HASTY HAUGHTINESS HOARDING AND HOARDERS IDLENESS IGNOMINY IMBECILITY INDOLENCE AND LASSITUDE INGRATITUDE INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION JEALOUSY LETHARGY LOATHSOME ACTIONS AND TRAITS NARRATION AND TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION NEGLECT OBSCENITY ONE WHO IS FED-UP PLOTS POLYTHEISM PRIDE AND BOASTING RAGE RANCOR AND PERFIDY REVENGE SCHADENFREUDE SCHEMING SHAMELESSNESS AND THE SHAMELESS AND IMPUDENCE SHOWING OFF SPILLING BLOOD SPITE AND MALICE AND SPITEFUI SUPPORTING FALSEHOOD SUSPICION THE ARROGANT ONE AND ARROGANCE THE DISBELIEVER AND DISBELIEF THE DISGRACE OF A MAN THE FALSIFIER THE FRUSTRATED THE HYPOCRITE AND HYPOCRISY THE IGNORANT AND THE FOOLISH AND IGNORANCE THE LIAR AND LYING THE MISER AND THE AVARICIOUS AND STINGINESS AND AVARICE THE SCHEMER AND PLOTTER THE STUBBORN AND STUBBORNNESS THE TYRANT THE UNJUST THE VILE AND VILENESS THEFT TO PUT [OTHERS] UNDER OBLIGATION TREACHERY and ANTIPATHY VICES AND THOSE WHO COMMIT THEM VIOLENCE WANTONNESS WICKEDNESS AND IMMORALITY
ABSTINENCE [FROM FOOD] ADMISSION AND CONFESSION OF ONES SINS ADMONITION AFFECTION AND FRIENDSHIP AFFLUENCE AND THE RICH AID AMICABLENESS APOLOGIZING AND OFFERING EXCUSES ASTUTENESS ATTENTION BEING CHEERFUL AND SMILING BEING INDEPENDENT OF OTHERS BEING PLEASED AND SATISFIED BEING SYSTEMATIC IN WORK CALMNESS AND SOLEMNITY CHASTITY CHIVALRY COMING TO THE AID OF THE AGGRIEVED COMPETITION CONSULTATION AND DELIBERATION CONTENTMENT AND THE CONTENTED COURAGE AND THE COURAGEOUS DELIBERATENESS AND ACTING UNHURRIEDLY DILIGENCE AND STRIVING EARLY RISING EMINENCE AND THE EMINENT ENDEAVOURS ESTABLISHING TIES AND RELATIONS FAITH AND THE BELLEVER FEAR FORGIVENESS AND PARDON FREEDOM AND THE FREE GENEROSITY GENTLENESS AND SOFTNESS GIVING AND WITHHOLDING CHARITY GLORY AND THE HONOURED ONE GOOD DEEDS GOOD ETIQUETTE GOOD TURNS AND BENEVOLENT ACTIONS GRANDEUR GRANTING REFUGE TO THE FEARFUL GRATITUDE AND THE GRATEFUL GROOMING HAPPINESS AND JOY HAPPINESS AND PUTTING JOY IN THE HEARTS HIGH REGARD HONOUR AND THE HONOURABLE HUMILITY HUNGER IRRESPONSIBILITY JUDICIOUSNESS AND THE JODICIOUS JUSTICE AND THE JUST LENIENCY AND GENTLENESS LISTENING AND THE LISTENER LOWERING THE GAZE MERCY AND COMPASSION MODERATION NOBLENESS AND MUNIFICENCE OBEDIENCE AND COMPLIANCE OBEYING COMMANDMENTS ONE WHO ACTS WITH DELIBERATENESS PATIENCE AND THE PATIENT PEACE AND RECONCILIATION PERFECTION PHYSICAL BEAUTY PLANNING PRECAUTION READINESS AND PREPARATION REMAINING PURE AND FREE FROM SIN REMORSE AND REGRET AND THE REMORSEFUL RENUNCIATION OF WORLDLY PLEASURES56 RESTRAINT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THOSE WHO PREVENT IT SEEKING FORGIVENESS SEEKING JUSTICE SEEKING WHAT IS BEST SELF-SACRIFICE SENSE OF HONOUR AND POSSESSIVENESS SILENCE SINCERE ADVICE SINCERITY AND DEVOTION STEADFASTNESS STRIVING AND SEEKING SUPPLICATION AND THE SUPPLICANT SUPPORTING THE TRUTH SUPPRESSING ANGER TAKING LESSONS AND EXAMPLES TAKING THE INITIATIVE THE BEAUTIFUL AND BEAUTY THE BROTHER, THE FRIEND, THE ASSOCIATE AND THE COMPANION THE CAREFUL THE COMPASSIONATE THE DILIGENT AND THE HARDWORKING THE EQUITABLE AND EQUITY THE EXPERIENCED THE FELICITOUS AND FELICITY THE FORBEARING AND FORBEARANCE THE GENEROUS AND GENEROSITY THE GOD-WARY AND GODFEARING PEOPLE THE GOOD DOER THE INTELLIGENT THE INTERCESSOR AND INTERCEDER THE MARTYR THE MIDDLE COURSE THE NOBLE -MINDED AND MUNIFICENT THE ONE WHO PRESENTS AN ARGUMENT THE SAGACIOUS THE SCHOLAR THE TRUSTWORTHY AND TRUSTWORTHINESS THE TRUTHFUL AND TRUTHFULNESS THE WARNER TOLERANCE TURNING BACKWARD UNDERSTANDING VEHEMENCE32 VIRTUES AND VICES

Virtues VIRTUES AND VICES

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The highest of all merits is knowledge.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Virtue is overcoming [one’s bad] habit.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The highest of all merits is intelligence.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The merit of a man is known from his speech.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One whose merits are few, his means are weak.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Ascending towards virtues is a hardship that saves.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Become distinguished by virtues and renounce vices.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
It suffices as a merit for a man to humble himself.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Through the gaining of merits the enemy is subdued.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The perfection of virtues is [in] honourable qualities.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The merit of a person is [lies in] doing good to others.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Verily only the virtuous know the merit of the people of virtue.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
From the best of merits is accepting the excuse of the wrongdoer.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
During successive hardships the virtues of a person become manifest.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The symbol of a person’s merit is his intelligence and good character.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Performing good deeds and spreading goodness are from the greatest virtues.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The pride of a man is by his merit, not because of his origin [and lineage].
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Your knowledge conveys your merit and your generosity tells of your kindness.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The peak of [all] merits is controlling anger and eradicating lustful desires.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Your virtue is proven by your action and your munificence by your open- handedness.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Compel yourself to [acquire] virtues, for indeed you have a natural propensity for vices.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Safeguarding the tongue and doing good to others are from the best merits of a human being.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
He who overcomes his anger and controls the impulses of his lustful desires has acquired virtue.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
It is from the merit of a man not to put the one whom he has been forbearing with under obligation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The consolidation of merits is in doing good to the freeman and being kind to the people of virtue.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Lineage is not defined by the fathers and mothers, rather [it is defined] by the praiseworthy merits.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Merit is [acquired] by perfection [of character] and noble deeds, not through excessive wealth and eminent feats.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The best of virtues is granting the wishes and fulfilling the needs of the seeker and being moderate in what one seeks.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The human being has two merits: intellect and speech; he derives benefit through his intellect and benefits others by his speech.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The best of virtues is establishing ties with the one who has distanced himself, being cordial with the one who is averse, and holding the hand of the one who stumbles.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
When you keep away from the forbidden, refrain from that which you are unsure about, fulfil that which is obligatory and perform the acts that are recommended, then you have perfected the virtues of faith.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim