وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
أُوصِيكُمْ بِخَمْسٍ
I impart to you five things which,
لَوْ ضَرَبْتُمْ إِلَيْهَا آبَاطَ الْإِبِلِ لَكَانَتْ لِذَلِكَ أَهْلًا .
if you ride your camels fast in search of them, you will find them worth it.
لَا يَرْجُوَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا رَبَّهُ
No one of you should repose hope save in his Lord (Allah);
وَ لَا يَخَافَنَّ إِلَّا ذَنْبَهُ
no one of you should fear anything save his sin;
وَ لَا يَسْتَحِيَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا أَعْلَمُ
no one should feel ashamed of saying "I do not know" when he is asked a matter which he does not know;
وَ لَا يَسْتَحِيَنَّ أَحَدٌ إِذَا لَمْ يَعْلَمِ الشَّيْءَ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهُ .
no one should feel ashamed of learning a thing that he does not know;
وَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ
and you should practise endurance,
فَإِنَّ الصَّبْرَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ كَالرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ
because endurance is for belief what the head is for the body,
وَ لَا خَيْرَ فِي جَسَدٍ لَا رَأْسَ مَعَهُ
so that just as there is no good in a body without the head
وَ لَا فِي إِيمَانٍ لَا صَبْرَ مَعَهُ.
there is no good in belief without endurance.
