sayingWisdomSaying 113
No wealth is more profitable than wisdom; no loneliness is more estranging than vanity, no wisdom is as good as tact, no honor is like fear from Allah, no companion is like the goodness of moral character, no inheritance is like civility, no guide is like promptitude, no trade is like virtuous deeds, no profit is like the Divine reward, no self-control is like inaction in time of doubt, no abstent…
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: no wealth is more profitable than wisdom; no loneliness is more estranging than vanity, no wisdom is as good as tact, no honor is like fear from allah, no companion is like the goodness of moral character, no inheritance is like civility, no guide is like promptitude, no trade is like virtuous deeds, no profit is like the divine reward, no self-control is like inaction in time of doubt, no abstent….
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Slow down once today and ask: is this the wise response?
SOURCE
Saying 113Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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