sayingSpeech & SilenceSaying 467
“Belief means that you should prefer truth (even) when it harms you rather than falsehood (even) when it benefits you, that your words should not be more than your action and that you should fear Allah when speaking about others.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: belief means that you should prefer truth (even) when it harms you rather than falsehood (even) when it benefits you, that your words should not be more than your action and that you should fear allah when speaking about others.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Before speaking today, pause once and weigh the word.
SOURCE
Saying 467 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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