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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Think and you will perceive.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The root of wisdom is reflection, and its fruit is wellbeing.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The root of safety from error is thinking before acting, and reflecting before speaking.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily the one who observes with his heart and acts with foresight begins his action by first looking at [the consequence of] his action, is it his favour or against him; if it is in his favour then he goes ahead with it and if it is against him then he holds back from [doing] it.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking guides, truth saves.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contemplation is worship.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contemplation is [a means to] right guidance, heedlessness is [a cause of] loss.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contemplation illuminates the mind.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The benefit of thinking is finding solutions.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking guides [one] towards the way of right guidance.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking is the recreation of the God-fearing.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contemplation leads to gaining wisdom.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thought is a gleaming mirror.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking is the polish of the minds.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking about the bounties of Allah is the best worship.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking outside [the bounds of] wisdom is folly.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking about good [action] invites one to act upon it.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking about the consequences saves one from places of destruction.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When you precede all your actions with thought [and deliberation], your outcomes will be good in all matters.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

By thinking, deliberation is improved.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

By repeated thinking [and contemplation], doubt is dispelled.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Through contemplation the darkness [and ambiguity] of matters get clarified.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

By repeated thinking the outcomes become sound.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

By considering the consequences, one is saved from harm.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Distinguishing the everlasting from the perishing is from the noblest discernment.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Think before you decide, consult before you proceed and ponder before you rush forward.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Your thinking leads to your gaining insight, and acquiring lessons [from the past].

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The fruit of reflection is wellbeing.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Continuous reflection and caution protects from error and saves from the vicissitudes of time.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

May Allah have mercy on the person who reflects and then takes lesson, and who takes lesson and hence perceives [the reality of things].

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The cornerstone of insight is contemplation.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Deliberate before acting and you will be saved from error.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Deliberate before [taking] action [and] you will not be criticized for what you do.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The deliberation of the slow is better than the impulsiveness of the hasty.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Lengthy contemplation makes the end results praiseworthy and prevents the corruption of matters.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Lengthy contemplation improves the outcomes of planning.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Lengthy consideration equals [benefitting from] the opinion of the advisor.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

You must reflect, as this is [means of] a guidance from error and a rectifier of deeds.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The thought of an intelligent person is guidance.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The thought of an ignorant person is misguidance.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking for a short while is better than prolonged worship.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Your contemplation guides you to the right path and motivates you to improve your Hereafter.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

A man's thinking is a mirror that shows him his good actions from his bad ones.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The merit of thinking and understanding is more beneficial than the merit of revision and study.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Your thinking about worship prompts you to act upon it.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Your thinking about sin drives you to fall into it.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

So think, O people, and observe; take lesson and seek advice, and acquire provisions for the Hereafter, [for by this] you will attain felicity.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Measure and then cut, think and then speak, verify and then act.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How can the thought of one who is always sated be pure?

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contemplation is sufficient for right guidance.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Not everyone who shoots hits the target.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who ponders [about the past] learns a lesson [from it].

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose thinking is prolonged, his observation becomes good.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose thinking increases, his end result becomes good.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose thought is prolonged, his discernment becomes good.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who puts his mind to work arrives at the correct answer.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who thinks before acting, his accuracy increases.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One whose thinking is weak, his inattention [and gullibility] is strong.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who reflects on the essence of Allah apostatizes.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who thinks about the consequences is saved from [places of] destruction.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who thinks a lot about sins is pulled towards [committing] them.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who thinks a lot about [worldly] pleasures is overpowered by them.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who reflects, perceives the outcomes.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who keeps his mind's eye awake reaches the height of his endeavour.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who reflects on the majesty of Allah loses hope.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who thinks and reflects learns a lesson from everything.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

He who excels in thinking never gets humiliated.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no worship like contemplation.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no [means to] right guidance like reflection.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who does not take lessons [from the past] does not reflect.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking about the consequences [of one's action] saves one from unpleasant calamities.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking is one of the two means of guidance.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking about the kingdom of the heavens and earth is the worship of the sincere ones.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking about a matter before undertaking it saves one from error.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Thinking leads to taking lesson, saves one from missteps and bears the fruit of precaution.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Reflect and you will awaken [and become alert].

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Contemplation guides [one] to the right path.

Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim

Hadith

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