أنواعُ الظُّلمِ Types of Wrongdoing

14ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ألا وإنَّ الظُّلمَ ثلاثةٌ: فَظُلمٌ لا يُغفَرُ، وظُلمٌ لا يُترَكُ، وظُلمٌ مَغفورٌ لا يُطلَبُ، فأمّا الظُّلمُ الذي لا يُغفَرُ فالشِّركُ بِاللّه‏ِ ... وأمّا الظُّلمُ الذي يُغفَرُ فَظُلمُ العَبدِ نفسَهُ عندَ بعضِ الهَناتِ، وأمّا الظُّلمُ الذي لا يُترَكُ فظُلمُ العِبادِ بَعضِهِم بَعضاً.

14– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Know that wrongdoing is of three types: the wrongdoing that is unforgivable, the wrongdoing that cannot be left unaccounted, and the wrongdoing that is forgivable and unquestioned. The wrong that is unforgivable is association of anything with Allah …the wrong that is forgivable is when the servant is unjust to himself and wrongs himself with regard to his faults, and the wrong that cannot be left unaccounted is the wrong that people do unto each other.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 176]