تَفسيرُ الغِنى The Real Meaning of Being Rich

6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا كَنزَ أغنى مِن القَناعَةِ .

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no treasure more precious than contentment.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 371]
 

7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا غِنى كالعَقلِ .

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no wealth like the intellect.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 54]
 

8ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أظهِرِ اليَأسَ مِن الناسِ ؛ فإنَّ ذلكَ هُو الغِنى .

8– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Show your despair of people [and their possessions], for verily that is true wealth.’[Amali al-Mufid, p. 183, no. 6]
 

9ـ الإمامُ الهاديُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الغِنى قِلَّةُ تَمَنِّيكَ والرِّضا بما يَكفِيكَ . الفَقرُ شَرَهُ النّفسِ وشِدَّةُ القُنُوطِ .

9– Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘[Truly] Being rich is to wish for little and to be content with whatever suffices you, and [true] poverty is the voracity of the soul [for more] and severe despondence.’[al-Durra al-Bahira, p. 41]