Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence)
نهج البلاغة
Saying & Wisdom #439
۴۳۹. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): الزُّهْدُ كُلُّهُ بَيْنَ كَلِمَتَينِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ: قَالَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ : ﴿لِّكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا بِمَا آتَاكُمْ﴾، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْسَ عَلَى الْمَاضِي، وَلَمْ يَفْرَحْ بِالْآتِي، فَقَدْ أَخَذَ الزُّهْدَ بِطَرَفَيْهِ.
English Translation
439. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The whole of asceticism is confined between two expressions of the Qur’ān. Allāh, the Glorified says : “Lest distress you yourselves for what escapes you, and be overjoyous for what He has granted you” (Qur’ān, 57:23). Whoever does not grieve over what he misses and does not revel over what comes to him acquires asceticism from both its sides.
اردو ترجمہ
امیر المؤمنین حضرت علیؑ کی حکمت نمبر 439: زریں اقوال، دانائی کے موتی اور اخلاقی رہنمائی۔
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