1435 - آثارُ الغَفلَةِ

1435. THE EFFECTS OF NEGLIGENCE

4835.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن طالَت غَفلَتُهُ تَعَجَّلَت هَلَكَتُهُ .¹

4835.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who prolongs his negligence hastens his own destruction.’²

4836.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن غَلَبَت علَيهِ الغَفلَةُ ماتَ قَلبُهُ .³

4836.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one who is overcome by negligence, his heart is dead.’⁴

4837.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : دَوامُ الغَفلَةِ يُعمِي البَصيرَةَ .⁵

4837.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Continued negligence blinds insight.’⁶

4838.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إيّاكَ والغَفلَةَ والاغتِرارَ بالمُهلَةِ ؛ فإنّ الغَفلَةَ تُفسِدُ الأعمالَ .⁷

4838.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Beware of negligence and delusion about the respite [that you have been given], for indeed negligence ruins deeds.’⁸

1434 - عَلاماتُ الغافِلِ‏

1434. THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEGLIGENT PERSON

4833.لُقمانُ عليه السلام - لابنِهِ وهو يَعِظُهُ - : يابُنَيَّ ، لِكُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ علامةٌ يُعرَفُ بها ويُشهَدُ علَيها ... وللغافِلِ ثلاثُ علاماتٍ : السَّهوُ ، واللَّهوُ ، والنِّسيانُ .¹

4833. Luqman (AS) said to his son, exhorting him: ‘O my son, everything has a distinguishing characteristic by which it is recognised and witnessed … the negligent person has three distinguishing characteristics: absent-mindedness, amusement, and forgetfulness.’²

4834.الإمامُ الحسنُ عليه السلام: الغَفلَةُ تَركُكَ المَسجِدَ، وطاعَتُكَ المُفسِدَ .³

4834.Imam al-Hasan (AS) said, ‘Negligence is [manifest] in your abandonment of the mosque and in your obedience of the corrupt.’⁴