305 - الغِلّ‏

305. RANCOUR

1437 - التَّحذيرُ مِنَ الغِلِ‏¹

1437. WARNING AGAINST RANCOUR

(وَلا تَجْعَلْ في قُلُوبِنا غِلّاً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا) .²

“And do not put any rancour in our hearts toward the faithful.”³

(وَنَزَعْنا ما فِي صُدُورِهِمْ مِنْ غِلٍّ) .⁴

“We will remove whatever rancour there is in their breasts.”⁵

4842.عيسى‏ عليه السلام: يا عَبيدَ الدنيا ، تَحلِقُونَ رُؤوسَكُم وتُقَصِّرُونَ قُمُصَكُم وتُنَكِّسونَ رُؤوسَكُم ولا تَنزِعونَ الغِلَّ مِن قُلوبِكُم ؟ !⁶

4842. Prophet Jesus (AS) said, ‘O slaves of this world, you shave your heads [claiming to be ascetics], you shorten your shirts, you bow your heads but do not remove the rancour from your hearts?!’⁷

4843.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إذا لم تَغُلَّ اُمَّتي لم يَقُمْ لَها عَدُوٌّ أبَداً .⁸

4843.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘If my community does not harbour rancor towards each other, no enemy would ever challenge it.’⁹

4844.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: الغِلُّ بَذْرُ الشَّرِّ .¹⁰

4844.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Rancour is the seed of evil.’¹¹

4845.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: الغِلُّ يُحبِطُ الحَسَناتِ .¹²

4845.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Rancour thwarts good deeds.’¹³

4846.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: أشَدُّ القُلوبِ غِلّاً قَلبُ الحَقُودِ.¹⁴

4846.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The heart that harbours the most rancour is the heart of the malicious person.’¹⁵

1436 - مَدحُ التَّغافُلِ‏

1436. THE PRAISE OF FEIGNING NEGLIGENCE (OR IGNORANCE)

4839.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ العاقِلَ نِصفُهُ احتِمالٌ ، ونِصفُهُ تَغافُلٌ .¹

4839.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily half of an intellectual man is tolerating, and the other half is ignoring.’²

4840.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مِن أشرَفِ أعمالِ (أحوالِ) الكَريمِ غَفلَتُهُ عمّا يَعلَمُ .³

4840.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘One of the noblest deeds of a kind person is feigning ignorance of that which he knows already.’⁴

4841.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : صَلاحُ حالِ التَّعايُشِ والتَّعاشُرِ مِلْ‏ءُ مِكيالٍ : ثُلثاهُ فِطنَةٌ وثُلثُهُ تَغافُلٌ .⁵

4841.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The proper way to maintain a state of coexistence and mutual intimacy with people is according to a set measure, two thirds of which are alertness and a third of which is to feign ignorance of each other’s faults.’⁶