آثارُ الجَزَعِ The Effects of Anxiety

21ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّكَ إن صَبَرتَ جَرَت علَيكَ المَقادِيرُ وأنتَ مَأجُورٌ ، وإن جَزِعتَ جَرَت علَيكَ المَقادِيرُ وأنتَ مَأزُورٌ.

21– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily if you are patient, the trials of destiny will befall you and you will be rewarded for them, whilst if you are anxious, not only will the trials of destiny still befall you but they will cover you over.’[Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 316, no. 882]
 

22ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إن صَبَرتَ صَبرَ الأكارِمِ ، وإلّا سَلَوتَ سُلُوَّ البَهائمِ .

22– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘You can either have the perseverance of noblemen or be lost in the oblivion of beasts.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 414]
 

23ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم يَصبِرْ على كَدِّهِ صَبَرَ على الإفلاسِ .

23– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever does not endure his troubles ends up having to endure his own ruin.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8987]
 

24ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم يُنْجِهِ الصَّبرُ أهلَكَهُ‏ الجَزَعُ.

24– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose patience gives him no deliverance is destroyed by anxiety.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 189]