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1ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العافِيَةُ أهنى النِّعَمِ. |
| 1– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Vitality is the most beneficial of bounties.’ [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 973] |
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2ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا لِباسَ أجمَلُ مِنَ العافِيَةِ. |
| 2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no garment more beautiful than vitality.’ [al-Tawhid, v. 74, no. 27] |
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3ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): بِالعافِيَةِ تُوجَدُ لَذَّةُ الحَياةِ. |
| 3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Joie-de-vivre [i.e. the pleasure of living] is to be found through vitality.’ [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4207] |
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4ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): العافِيَةُ نِعمَةٌ خَفِيَّةٌ ، إذا وُجِدَت نُسِيَت ، وإذا فُقِدَت ذُكِرَت. |
| 4– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Vitality is a subtle bounty – when present it is forgotten, and when lost it is remembered.’ [al-Faqih, v. 4, p. 406, no. 5878] |
