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Ego SIGHT, OBSERVATION AND INSIGHT

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One who does not ponder has no insight.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The glance is a pathfinder of infatuations.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
A person’s glance is the scout of his heart.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Many a passion is aroused by a [single] glance.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Eyesight is of no benefit if insight is blinded.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Loss of eyesight is easier than loss of insight.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One who has lost his sight makes wrong judgments.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Sometimes the one who can see [also] loses his way.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
One who glances [everywhere] freely, his regret increases.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Indeed the secrets have been revealed for people of insight.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The loss of eyesight is better than the blinding of insight.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
It is through observation [and reflection] that lessons are learned.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Loss of vision is better than looking at something that causes temptation.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Vision is not attained by sight [alone], for sight can fool its possessor.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The blinding of sight is better than a lot of gazing [at what is forbidden].
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
The most observant person is one who sees his own faults and refrains from his sins.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
You are shown if you observe, made to hear if you listen, and guided if you seek guidance.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Whoever reflects with astuteness, wisdom gets established for him and he understands the lesson [of the past].
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Indeed the perceptive person is one who listens and then ponders, sees then reflects, and derives benefit from examples.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
[It is narrated that at one time some people looked at a passing woman with lust, at which point the Imam (‘a) said:] Verily the eyes of these virile males are covetous and this glancing is the cause of their lust. Whenever any of you sees a woman whom he finds attractive, he should go to his wife, because she [too] is a woman like her.
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
How many a passion has been aroused from a [single] glance!
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
How many gazes have led to regret!
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim
Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):
Where are the eyes that glance at the [illuminated] signposts of piety?
Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim