تَفسيرُ العِزِّ The Explanation of Honor

1ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العَزيزُ بِغَيرِ اللّه‏ِ ذَليلٌ.

1– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Anyone honored by other than Allah is actually disgraced.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 10, no. 67]
 

2ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اِعلَمْ أ نَّهُ لا عِزَّ لِمَن لا يَتَذَلَّلُ للّه‏ِِ ، ولا رِفعَةَ لِمَن لا يَتَواضَعُ للّه‏ِِ.

2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Know that the one who does not abase himself in front of Allah has no honor, and that the one who does not humble himself before Allah has no elevation.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 366]
 

3ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ولا عِزَّ كَالحِلمِ.

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no honor like clemency.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 113]
 

4ـ الإمامُ زينَ العابدينُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): طاعَةُ وُلاةِ الأمرِ تَمامُ العِزِّ .

4– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Obedience to the [divinely appointed] authorities of command is a completion of one’s Honor.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 283]
 

5ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العِزُّ أن تَذِلَّ لِلحَقِّ إذا لَزِمَكَ .

5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Honor is to submit oneself to the truth when it comes to you.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 228, no. 105]