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اللغة العربية 
زبان فارسى 
THE TWELFTH INFALLIBLE
TENTH IMAM
IMAM HADI (A.S)
AND HIS FORTY DISCOURSES
اربعون حديثاً عن الامام علي الهادي عليه السلام
FORTY DISCOURSES FROM
IMAM HADI (A.S)
الرواية لحديثنا يشدد به قلوب شيعتنا، افضل من الف عابدٍ.
"That person who propagates our sayings (traditions) & makes the hearts of our shias steady & firm (with our culture) is better than a thousand adorers." (usoole kafi p33)
1- مَن هانَت عَلَيهِ نَفسُهُ فَلا تَأمَن شَرَّه. (تحف العقول ص483)
1. There is no security from the evil of the one who is disregarded &. humiliated in his own eyes. (TUHFUL AQOOL P 483)
2- ألدُّنيا سُوقٌ، رَبِحَ فيها قَومٌ وَخَسِرَ آخَروُنَ. (تحف العقول ص483)
2. The world is a market, a community reaps benefit in it &. there is an other one which faces loss. (BIHAR UL ANWAR. VOL 78, P 368)
3- مَن رَضِيَ عَن نَفسِهِ کَثُرَ السّاخِطُونَ عَلَيهِ. (بخارالانوار ج78 ص369) (الانوار البهية ص143)
3. The one who is pleased with himself: (his own state &. condition) those displeased &. angry with him shall get abundent in number. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78. P 368)
4- ألفَقرُ شرَّة النَّفسِ وَشِدَّةُ القُنُوطِ. (بحارالانوارج78 ص368)
4. Poverty &. adversity is the cause of getting the soul's rebel ion &. revolt &. the gravity of dismay. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 368)
5- خَيرٌ مِنَ الخَيرِ فاعِلُهُ وَ أجمَلُ مِنَ الجَميلِ قائِلُهُ وَأَرجَحُ مِنَ العِلمِ حامِلُهُ، وَشَرُّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ جالِبُهُ وَاَهوَلُ مِنَ الهَولِ راکِبُهُ. (اعيان الشيعة ج2 (الطبع الجديد)ص39)
5. Better than the good deed is the one who performs it. And more beauiful than the beauty (of speech) is the sayer of it (decent words). And superior to the knowledge is it's bearer. &. carier. And worse than the evil is it's attracter. And more horrible than the horror is the one who rides it. (AYAN U SHIA VOL 2 (modem print) P 39)
6- إِنَّ اللهَ لا يَوصَفَ إِلاّ بِما وَصَفَ بِهِ نَفسَهُ، وَأَنّی يُوصَفُ الَّذِي تَعجِزُ الحَواسُّ أَن تُدرِکَهُ، وَالأَهامُ أَن تَنالَهُ،وَالخَطَراتُ أَن تَحُدَّهُ،وَالأَبصارُ عَنِ
الإحاطَةِ بِهِ. (تحف العقول ص482)
6. Allah can not be defined &: described except with what He has defined himself. And how can that one (Allah) be defined wits are unable from the perception of who me &: the imagination &: fancy are short of finding him. And the memories of mind are unable to encompass him &: the eyes &: vision is unable to sight &: sumound him. And lack (the stength of) limiting & encompassing him. And the eyes are short of strength & weak from seeing & bounding him. (TUHruL AQOOL P 482)
7- فَمَن زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُجبَرٌ عَلَی المَعاصِي فَقَد أَحالَ بِذَنبِهِ عَلَی اللهِ وَقَد ظَلَّمَهُ في عُقُوبَتِهِ. (تحف العقول ص461)
7. The one who thinks he is obliged to commit sin has attributed the responsibilty of his sin towards Allah &. has accused Him of cruelity &. excess upon His servants. (TUHruL AQOOL P 461).
8- إِنَّ لِلّهِ بِقاعاً يُحِبُّ أَن يُدعا فيها فَيَستَجيبَ لِمَن دَعاهُ وَالحيرُ مِنها. (تحف العقول ص482)
8. Allah has lands upon earth He loves it that he is prayed &. supplicated in those lands &. whosoever prays &. supplicates over there He grants it. (The Hayer of Imam Hussain(A.S) is one of those). (TUHruL AQOOL P 482).
9- إِذا کانَ زَمانٌ العَدلُ فيهِ أَغلَبُ مِنَ الجُورِ،فَحَرامٌ أَن يَظُنَّ أَحَدٌ بِأَحَدٍ سُوءً حَتّی يَعلَمَ ذلِکَ مِنهُ،وَإِذا کانَ زَمانٌ الجَورُ اَغلَبُ فيهِ مِنَ العَدلِ فَلَيسَ لأَِحَدٍ أَن يَظُنَّ بِأَحَدٍ خَيراً ما لَم يَعلَم ذلِکَ مِنهُ. (اعيان الشيعةج2(طبع الجديد)ص39)
9. Whenever a time comes that the justice overwhelms &. over comes cruelity it is prohibited to form negative bad conjecture &. opinion about anyone except when one knows it about him. And whenever a time comes that the cruelity &. oppression over whelms the (qantum of) justice then one must not have good opinion about the beneficience of a person till such time he knows it (for sure). (AYAN U SHIA VOL 2, P 39 Modem Print)
10- ...فَمَن ماتَ عَلی طَلَبِ الحَقِّ وَلَم يُدرِک کَما لَهُ فَهوَ عَلی خَيرٍ وَذلِکَ قَولهُ:«وَ مَن يَخرُج مِن بَيتِهِ مُهاجِراً إِلَی اللهِ وَرَسولِهِ .. الآية. (تحف العقول ص472)
10. The person who meets death on the way towards seeking the right, &. does not reach it, is upon beneficience. And this is the word of Allah where in he says.
«ومن يخرج من بيته مهاجراًال الله و رسوله ... الاية»
'The one who comes out of his house as a migrant towards Allah &. His prophet then the death finds him (on that way) his reward is upon Allah.' (TUHruL AQOOL P 472
11- مَنِ اتَّقَی اللهَ يُتَّقَ وَمَن اَطاعَ اللهَ يُطَع. (تحف العقول ص482)
11. Who soever has the fear of Allah, people fear him &: the one who obeys Allah, people obey him.(TUHruLAQOOL P 482)
12- أُذکُر حَسَراتِ التَّفريطِ بِأَخذِ تَقديم الحَزِم. (بحارالانوار/78/370)
12. Compensate &. remind your self of regretts &. envoys of dissipations by giving priority &. preference to fore sighted ness, resolution &. sound judgement. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 370)
13-أَلحَسَدُ ما حي الحَسَناتِ جالِبُ المَقتِ. (اعيان الشيعة(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
13. Jealousy is the cause of erosion of good deeds &. the attracter of chastisement. (AYAN U SHIA VOL 2, P 39 Modem Print)
14- العُقُوقُ يُعَقِّبُ القِلَّةَ وَيُؤدَّي إِلَی الذِّلَّةِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص369)
14. The torturing &. teasing of parents is followed by shortage (of sustennce) &. being driven towards belittlement. &. humiliation.(BIHARULANWARVOL78, P369)
15- أَلعِتابُ مِفتاحُ الثَّقالِ، وَالعِتابُ خَيرٌ مِنَ الحِقدِ. (اعيان الشيعة(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
15. Wrath &. anger is the key to difficulties &. hardships but (at the same time) it is better than nursing grudge. (malice) (AYAN U SHIA VOL 2, P 39 Modem Print)
16- مَن أَطاعَ الخالِقَ لَم يُبالِ سَخَطَ المَخلوقينَ وَ مَن أَسخَطَ الخالِقَ فَليَيقَن أَن يَحِلَّ بِهِ سَخَطُ المَخلوُقينَ. (تحف العقول ص482)
16. The one who obeys the creater does not have the fear of anger &. wrath of the creatures &. the one who makes Allah angry &. displeased must know that the creatures will (certainly) become angry with him. (TUHruL AQOOL P 482)
17- فَإنَّ العالِمَ وَالمُتَعَلَّمَ شَريکانِ فِي الرُّشدِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص367)
17. Indeed, both the scholar &. the student share the prosperity. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 367)
18-أَلسَّهَرُ أَلَذُّ لِلمَنامِ، وَالجُوعُ يَزيدُ في طِيبِ الطَّعامِ. (اعيان الشيعة ج2 ص39)
18. Waking up in the night makes the sleep sweeter &. hunger increases the nicety &. decency of food. (Imam intends to invoke &. encourage the people to keep fast &. offer prayers.) (AYAN U SHIA, VOL 2, P 39)
19- أُذکُر مَصرَعَکَ بَينَ يَدَي أهلِکَ وَلا طَبيبَ يَمنَعُکَ وَلا حَبيبَ يَنفَعُکَ(اعيان الشيعة(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
19. Mind the time when you would be lying before your family members &. there would be no physician to stop it (death) &. no friend to benefit you. (AYAN U SHIA. VOL 2. P 39. Modem Print)
20- ... فَمَن فَعَلَ فِعلاً وَکانَ بِدِينٍ لَم يَعقِد قَلبُهُ عَلی ذلِکَ لَم يَقبَلِ اللهُ مِنهُ عَمَلاً إلاّ بِصِدقِ النِّيَّةِ...(تحف العقول ص473)
20. The one who performs a deed &. his heart does not believe in that deed, Allah will not accept any of his practices; but that it be alongwith the sincerity of intention. (TUHruL AQOOL P 473)
21- مَن أَمِنَ مَکرَ اللهِ وَأَلِيمَ اَخذِهِ تَکبَّرَ حَتّي يَحلَّ بِهِ قَضاؤُهُ وَنافِذُ أَمرِه. (تحف العقول ص483)
21. The one who considers himself to be safe from the planning of Allah &. his painful chastisement &. wrath commits arrogance till His devine will catches hold of him. And His ordinance gets implemented. (TUHruL AQOOL P 483)
22- أَبقُوا النِّعَمَ بِحُسنِ مُجاوَرَتِها وَالتَمِسُوا الزِّيادَةَ فيها بِاشُّکرِ عَلَيها. (اعيان الشيعة(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
22. Sustain &. prolong the benificiences &. benovelences by decent neighbourhood with them. And keep seeking the benovelences by thank giving, over those. (AYAN U SHIA. VOL 2. P 39 Modem Print)
23- مَن کانَ عَلی بَيِّنَةٍ مِن رَبِّهِ هانَت عَلَيهِ مَصائِبُ الدُّنيا وَلَو قُرِضَ وَنُشِرَ. (تحف العقول ص483)
23. The one who has a clear cut proof &. evidence from Allah the hardships of life become light for him; although, he is cut into pieces &. spread out &. scattered. (TUHruL AQOOL P 483)
24- إِنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَ الدُّنيا دارَبَلوی، وَالآخِرَةَ دارَعُقبی وَجَعَلَ بَلوی الدُّنيا لِثَوابِ الآخِرَةِ سَبَباً، وَثَوابَ الآخِرَةِ مِن بَلوی الدُّنيا عِوَضاً. (تحف العقول ص483)
24. Allah has made the world a place of calamities &. the resurrestion day the spot of rewards. And He has made the anguishes &. calamities of life a media &. way to the rewards of justice day. And made the reward of ressurection day are the replacement &. compensation for the troubles &. anguishes of world (life). (TUHruL AQOOL P 483)
25- إِنَّ اللهَ إِذا أَرادَ بِعَبدٍ خَيراً إِذا عوُتِبَ قَبِلَ. (تحف العقول ص481)
25. When Allah intends a benificience &. benovelence for His servant he accepts the admonition of those admonishing him. (TUHruL AQOOL P 481)
26- إِنَّ المُحِقَّ السَّفيهَ يَکادُ أن يُطفِئَ نُورَ حَقِّهِ بِسَفَهِهِ. (تحف العقول ص483)
26. The silly (insane) rightful is on the verge of extinguishing &. putting out the light of his righteousness through his stupidity &. unwiseness. (TUHruL AQOOL P 483)
27- شعرا نشده الامام عليه السلام،يخاطب به التوکل العباسی:
باتُوا عَلی قُلَلِ الأَجبال تَحرُسُهُم
غُلبُ الرِّجالِ فَلَم تَنفعهُم القُلَلُ
وَاستُنزلوُا بَعدَ عِزٍّعَن مَعاقِلِهِم
وَأسکِنُوا حُفَراً يا بِئسَ ما نَزَلوُا
ناداهُمُ صارخٌ مِن بَعدِ دَفنِهِمُ
أَينَ الأَساوِرُوَالتّيجانُ وَالحُلَلُ
اَينَ الوُجوُهُ الَّتي کانَت مُنَعَّمَةً
مِن دُونِها تُضرَبُ الأَستارُ وَالکلَلُ
فَأَفصَحَ القَبرُ عَنهُم حينَ ساءَلَهُم
تِلکَ الوُجوُهُ عَلَيها الدّوُدُ يَقتَتِلُ
قَد طالَما أَکَلوُادَ هراً وَقَد شَرِبُوا
فَأَصبَحُوا اليَومَ بَعدَ الأَکلِ قَد أکِلُوا
وَطالَما عَمَّروُا دوُراً لِتُسکِنَهُم
فَفارَقُوا الدّوُرَ وَالأَهلينَ وَانتَقَلوُا
وَطالَما کَنَّزوُا الأَموالَ وَادَّخَروُا
فَفَرَّقُوها عَلَی الأَعداءِ وَارتَحَلوُا
(اعيان الشيعة(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص38)
27. Imam (Ali Naqi(,f..f.J adressing caliph Mutta wakkll Abbasi the 10th tyrant ruler of Abbasades recited the following rhymes which said.
1. They made the lofty &. high peaks their residence &: permenantly stationed armed guards to watch that. But none of those could stop the death from approaching them.
2. Finally &. consequently after all that grandeour they were dragged from their grand palaces into the ditches of graves &. how unfortunately they fell into those bad steeps.
3. After the burriyal the voice of the caller of Allah raised saying ',Where did those decorations, crowns, . (magnanimities) ostentations, go?
Where did those wealthy &. luxerious faces, in front of whome curtains &. laurals were hung &. placed go.
4. At the time of their being questioned the grave answers eloquently', These are the faces which are presently the attacking spot of the worms &. insects.'
5. They ate &. drank for long times (all they desired) &. right now they are themselves being eaten up. (by insects)
6. For ages they built houses to dwell in but they got seperated &. away from those houses &. transfered to another place.
7. They had been accomulating riches &. wealths for long times but (now) they dispersed all of those wealths among their enemies &. then departed. (AYAN U SHIA. VOL 2, P .38)
28- أَلغِني:قِلَّةُ تَمَنَّيکَ وَالرِّضا بِما يَکفيکَ. (اعيان الشيعة(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص38)
28. Wealth (means) the scarcity of your aspirations &. longings &. getting contented with what could be sufficient for you. (AYAN U SHIA. VOL 2, P .39, Modem Print)
29- أَلغَضَبُ عَلی مَن تَملِکُ لُؤمٌ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص370)
29. To be enraged &. angry with some body who is under your hand is reprehensible &. blamable. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78. P .370)
30-أَشاکِرُ أَسعَدُ بِاشُّکرِ مِنهُ بِالنِّعمَةِ الَّتي اَوجَبَت الشُّکرَ،لأَِنَّ النِّعَمَ مَتاعٌ وَالشُّکرَ نِعَمٌ وَعُقبی. (تحف العقول ص483)
30. The prosperity of thankfulness of the thankful person is more of a benovelence &. benificience for him than the boon for which the thankgiving became obligatory. Because, benevelence is a necessity of life but thankgiving is boon, benevolence, &. reward (both). (TUHFUL AQOOL P 483)
31- أَلنّاسُ فِي الدُّنيا بِالأَموالِ وَ فِي الآخِرَةِ بِالأَعمالِ. (اعيان الشيعه،(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
31. The people's (honour &. personality) in the world are with wealth &. in the Here after by their practices. (AYAN U SHIA. VOL 2. P 39. Modem Print)
32- إيّاکَ وَالحَسَدَ فَإِنَّهُ يَبينُ فيکَ،وَلا يَعمَلُ في عَدُوِّکَ. (اعيان الشيعه،(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
32. Beware of Jealousy for it's effect will appear upon you &. it shall not effect your enemy. (AYAN U SHIA, VOL 2. P 39. Modem Print)
33- أَلحِکمَةُ لا تَنجَعُ فِي الطِّباعِ الفاسِدَةِ. (اعيان الشيعه،(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
33. Wisdom does not have effect upon the perverse, &. corrupt natures. (AYAN U SHIA, VOL 2. P 39. Modem Print)
34- أَلمِراءُ يُفسِدُ الصَداقَةَ القَديِمَةَ. (اعيان الشيعه،(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
34. Disputing &. argumenting destroys the old friendship. (AYAN U SHIA, VOL 2, P 39)
35- لا تَطلُبِ الصَّفاءَ مِمَّن کَدَّرتَ عَلَيهِ،وَلاَ الوَفاءَ مِمَّن غَدَرتَ بِهِ، (اعيان الشيعه،(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
35. Do not wish purity (sincerity) from the one with whome you are angry &. displeased &. faithfulness from the one whome you have betrayed (committed perfldity &. teachery with). (AYAN U SHIA,' VOL 2, P 39, Modem Print)
36- راکِبُ الحَروُنِ أَسيرُ نَفسِهِ وَالجاهِلُ أَسيرُلِسانِهِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص369)
36. The one who is ridding upon an unmoving animal is the prisone~ of his self &. the ignorant is the prisoner of his
tongue. I
1. A Person's ridding an animal puts him in a state or pride which originates rrom the lusty desires &. passions or ego.
37- مَن جَمَعَ لَکَ وَدَّهُ وَرَأيَهُ فَاجمَع لَهُ طاعَتَکَ . (تحف العقول ص483)
37. The person who specifies his love &. opinion together for you. You (too) specify your obedience for him. (TUHruL AQOOL P 483)
38- أَلهَزلُ فُکاهَةُ السُّفَهاءِ،وَصِناعَةٌ الجُهّالِ. (بحارالانوار ج78 ص369)
38. Talking nonsense &. futile things is the enjoyment &. pleasure of foolish &. insane ones, and the activity of ignorant ones. (BIHAR UL ANWAR VOL 78, P 369)
39- أَلمُصِيَبةُ لِلصّابِرِ واحِدَةٌ وِلِلجازِع إِثنَتانِ. (اعيان الشيعه ج2 (طبع جديد)ص39)
39. The calamity is one, for the patient &. fore bearing person, &. two (calamities) for the one who (makes fuss) gets impatient &. anxious. (AYAN U SHIA, VOL 2, P 39, Modem Print)
40-أَلعُجبُ صارِفٌ عَن طَلَبِ العِلمِ،داعٍ إِلَی الغَمطِ وَالجَهلِ. (اعيان الشيعه،(الطبع الجديد) ج2 ص39)
40. Self conciet stops &. restrain from seeking knowledge &. becomes the cause of (people's) despise, scorn, &. ignorance. AYAN U SHIA, VOL 2, P 39, Modem Print)
Forty Hadiths from each one/Compiled and revised Muhammad Muhammadi Eshtehardi; Comilation Islamic Propagation OrganisationTranslated by Javed Iqbal Qazilbash.- Qum: Ansariyan
