تَفسيرُ الحِكمَةِ The Interpretation of Wisdom

12ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوّلُ الحِكمَةِ تَرْكُ اللَّذّاتِ ، وآخِرُها مَقْتُ الفانِياتِ .

12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The opening of wisdom is abandoning the [illicit] pleasures, and the peak of it is to detest the transient things.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3054]
 

13ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِن الحِكمَةِ أنْ لا تُنازِعَ مَن فَوقَكَ ، ولا تَسْتـَذِلَّ مَـن دُونَـكَ ، ولا تَتَعاطـى ما ليسَ في قُدْرَتِكَ ، ولا يُخالِفَ لِسانُكَ قَلبَكَ ، ولا قَولُكَ فِعلَكَ ، ولا تَتَكلّمَ فيما لا تَعلَمُ ، ولا تَتْرُكَ الأمرَ عِندَ الإقْبالِ وتَطْلُبَهُ عِندَ الإدْبارِ .

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘From among [the matters of] wisdom is to avoid dispute with one who is above you, to not disesteem anyone other than yourself, to not undertake a task which is outside of your capability, to not have your tongue contradict your heart and neither your word [contradict] your action, to not speak of that which you do not know, and to not abandon a matter as it approaches only to pursue it as it retreats.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9450]
 

14ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سألَهُ أبو بصيرٍ عن قولِ اللّه‏ِ : «ومَن يُؤْتَ الحِكْمَةَ فَقَد اُوتيَ خَيراً كَثيراً»ـ : هِي طاعَةُ اللّه‏ِ ومَعرِفَةُ الإمامِ.

14– Imam al-Baqir (AS) when he was asked by Abu Basir regarding the words of Allah’s verse, “and he who is given wisdom…” said, ‘It [wisdom] is obedience to Allah and true knowledge of the Imm.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 251, no. 22]
 

15ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ أيضاً ـ : إنّ الحِكمَةَ المَعرِفَةُ والتَّفَقّهُ في الدِّينِ ، فمَن فَقِهَ مِنكُم فهُو حَكيمٌ.

15– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily wisdom is inner knowledge and deep understanding of religion, for the one who understands among you is truly the wise man.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 1, p. 251, no. 25]
 

16ـ الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قيلَ لِلُقمانَ : ما يَجْمَعُ مِن حِكْمتِكَ؟ قالَ : لا أسْألُ عَمّا كُفِيتُهُ ، ولا أتَكَلّفُ ما لا يَعْنيني.

16– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Luqman was asked, what is the crux of your wisdom?’ He said, ‘I do not ask about that which I know already and I do not burden myself with that which does not concern me.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 13, p. 417, no. 10]