sayingSpeech & SilenceSaying 203
“O people! Fear Allah Who hears you when you speak, Who knows what you hide in your breasts, and be more swift than death which catches up with you when you flee, which take you when you stay, and which remembers you when you forget about it.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: o people! fear allah who hears you when you speak, who knows what you hide in your breasts, and be more swift than death which catches up with you when you flee, which take you when you stay, and which remembers you when you forget about it.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Before speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
SOURCE
Saying 203 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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