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1752 - أظهَرُ النّاسِ نِفاقاً

1752. THE MOST OBVIOUS HYPOCRITES

6217.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أظهَرُ النّاسِ نِفاقاً مَن أمَرَ بالطّاعَةِ ولَم يَعمَلْ بها، ونَهى‏ عنِ المَعصيَةِ ولَم يَنتَهِ عنها .1

6217.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most obvious of hypocrites is he who enjoins acts of obedience but does not perform them himself, and prohibits wrongdoing but does not refrain from them himself.' 2

6218.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أشَدُّ النّاسِ نِفاقاً مَن أمَرَ بالطّاعَةِ ولَم يَعمَلْ بها ، ونَهى‏ عَنِ المَعصيَةِ ولم يَنتَهِ عنها .3

6218.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most severe of hypocrites is he who enjoins acts of obedience, but does not perform them himself, and prohibits wrongdoing but does not refrain from them himself.' 4

1.غرر الحكم : ۳۲۱۴ .

2.Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۳۲۱۴

3.غرر الحكم : ۳۳۰۹ .

4.Ibid. no. ۳۳۰۹

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