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40ـ إنّ موسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ناجاهُ اللّه تباركَ وتعالى فقال له ...: اُذكُرْ أ نَّكَ ساكِنُ القَبرِ ؛ فَلْيَمنَعكَ ذلكَ مِن الشَّهَواتِ. |
| 40– It is narrated in al-Mahajjat al-Bayza: Allah Almighty revealed unto Prophet Moses (AS), ‘Remember that you will be residing in a grave, and that will prevent you from a lot of carnal desires.’[al-Mahajja al-Bayza, v. 5, p. 169] |
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41ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كُلَّما قَوِيَتِ الحِكمَةُ ضَعُفَتِ الشَّهوَةُ. |
| 41– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whenever wisdom is strengthened carnal desire is weakened.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7205] |
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42ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن كَمُلَ عَقلُهُ استَهانَ بِالشَّهَواتِ. |
| 42– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose intellect is complete finds carnal desires insignificant.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8226] |
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43ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العِفَّةُ تُضعِفُ الشَّهوَةَ. |
| 43– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Chastity weakens carnal desire.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2148] |
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44ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن كَرُمَت علَيهِ نَفسُهُ هانَت علَيهِ شَهَواتُهُ . |
| 44– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose own self is dear to him, his carnal desires become insignificant for him.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 449] |
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45ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): فاتَّقوا اللّهَ ـ عِبادَ اللّهِ ـ تَقِيَّةَ ذِي لُبٍّ، شَغَلَ التَّفَكُّرُ قَلبَهُ ...، وظَلَفَ الزُّهدُ شَهَواتِهِ . |
| 45– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘So have piety in Allah – servants of Allah – with a piety that has a conscience, and a heart occupied with thought….and asceticism that has cleaved his desires.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 83] |
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46ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَنِ اشتاقَ إلَى الجَنَّةِ سَلا عَنِ الشَّهَواتِ . |
| 46– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who longs for Heaven will forget desires.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 31] |
