Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Cognizance

Volume 1 26 narrations
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Divine Knowledge 19 Soul (Nafs) 4 Fear of God (Khashya) 3 Asceticism 3 Wisdom 2 Guidance and Misguidance 2 Light and Darkness (Nur) 1 Sincerity 1 Worship 1

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hadith 6266
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cognizance is perplexity and being devoid of it is dim-sightedness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمَعْرِفَةُ دَهَشٌ وَ الخُلُوُّ مِنْها غَطَشٌ
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hadith 6267
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most excellent cognizance is the human beings cognizance of himself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ المَعْرِفَةِ مَعْرِفَةُ الإنْسانِ نَفْسَهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 6268
Imam Ali (AS) said, Of all the people, the most cognizant of himself is the most fearful of his Lord.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أكْثَرُ النّاسِ مَعْرِفَةً لِنَفْسِهِ أخْوَفُهُمْ لِرَبِّهِ
Tags Soul (Nafs)Fear of God (Khashya)
hadith 6269
Imam Ali (AS) said, The person most cognizant of his age is the one who is not astonished by its events.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْرَفُ النّاسِ بِالزَّمانِ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَعَجَّبْ مِنْ أحْداثِهِ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 6270
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cognizance is the light of the heart.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمَعْرِفَةُ نُورُ القَلْبِ
Tags Light and Darkness (Nur)Divine Knowledge
hadith 6271
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cognizance is the successful attainment of [purification and] the sacred.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمَعْرِفَةُ اَلفَوْزُ بِالقُدْسِ
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hadith 6272
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cognizance is the evidence of excellence (or nobility).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمَعْرِفَةُ بُرْهانُ الفَضْلِ (النُّبْلِ)
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hadith 6273
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fruit of cognizance is becoming averse to the evanescent abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَمَرَةُ المَعْرِفَةِ العُزُوفُ عَنْ دارِ الفَناءِ
Tags AsceticismDivine Knowledge
hadith 6274
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many a cognizance leads to misguidance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ مَعْرِفَة أدَّتْ إلى تَضليل
Tags Guidance and Misguidance
hadith 6275
Imam Ali (AS) said, Allah is known by the revocation of resolutions, the undoing of binds and the relieving of hardship and affliction from the one whose intention is sincere.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عُرِفَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ بِفَسْخِ العَزائِمِ وَ حَلِّ العُقُودِ وَ كَشْفِ الضُّرِّ وَالبَلِيَّةِ عَمَّنْ أخْلَصَ لَهُ النِّيَّةَ
Tags Divine KnowledgeSincerity
hadith 6276
Imam Ali (AS) said, The pinnacle of cognizance is fear [of Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غايَةُ المَعْرِفَةِ اَلخَشْيَةُ
Tags Fear of God (Khashya)Divine Knowledge
hadith 6277
Imam Ali (AS) said, The pinnacle of cognizance is for a person to know himself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غايَةُ المَعْرِفَةِ أنْ يَعْرِفَ المَرْءُ نَفْسَهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 6278
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is a sufficient cognizance for a person to know himself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَفى بِالمَرْءِ مَعْرِفَةً أنْ يَعْرِفَ نَفْسَهُ
Tags Soul (Nafs)
hadith 6279
Imam Ali (AS) said, The conception of cognizance is through learning knowledge.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِقاحُ المَعْرِفَةِ دِراسَةُ العِلْمِ
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hadith 6280
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose cognizance is sound, his soul and his endeavour turns away from the evanescent world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ صَحَّتْ مَعْرِفَتُهُ اِنْصَرَفَتْ عَنِ العالَمِ الفاني نَفْسُهُ وَهِمَّتُهُ
Tags AsceticismDivine Knowledge
hadith 6281
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cognizance of a scholar is the devoutness through which Allah is worshipped, through it the human being gains obedience in his lifetime and a beautiful remembrance after his death.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَعْرِفَةُ العالِمِ دينٌ يُدانُ بِهِ يَكْسِبُ الإنْسانُ الطّاعَةَ في حَياتِهِ وَجَميلَ الأُحْدُوثَةِ بَعْدَ وَفاتِهِ
Tags Divine KnowledgeWorship
hadith 6282
Imam Ali (AS) said, The smallest amount of cognizance leads to disinclination towards worldly pleasures (or corruption of ones actions).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ المَعْرِفَةِ يُوجِبُ الزُّهْدَ (فَسادَ العَمَلِ) في الدُّنيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 6283
Imam Ali (AS) said, Meeting the people of cognizance is a means of strengthening the hearts and benefitting of wisdom.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِقاءُ أهْلِ المَعْرِفَةِ عِمارَةُ القُلُوبِ وَ مُسْتَفادُ الحِكْمَةِ
Tags WisdomDivine Knowledge
hadith 6284
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is cognizant, refrains [from the forbidden].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ كَفَّ
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hadith 6285
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who knows Allah, the Glorified, to desire that which is with Him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ أنْ يَرْغَبَ فيما لَدَيْهِ
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hadith 6286
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is cognizant of Allah, the Glorified, will never become wretched.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ لَمْ يَشْقَ أبَداً
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hadith 6287
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who relies on personal opinion and analogy in trying to know Allah goes astray and matters become confusing for him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اعْتَمَدَ عَلَى الرَّأْيِ وَ القِياسِ في مَعْرِفَةِ اللّهِ ضَلَّ وَ تَشَعَّبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الأُمُورُ
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceDivine Knowledge
hadith 6288
Imam Ali (AS) said, Cognizance of Allah, the Glorified, is the highest cognizance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَعْرِفَةُ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ أعْلَى المَعارِفِ
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hadith 6289
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who is cognizant of Allah, the Glorified, not to make his heart devoid of hope in Him and fear of Him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ أنْ لايَخْلُوَ قَلْبُهُ مِنْ رَجائِهِ وَخَوْفِهِ
Tags Fear of God (Khashya)Divine Knowledge
hadith 6290
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who knows Allah believes in his oneness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ اللّهَ تَوَحَّدَ
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hadith 6291
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever knows Allah, his cognizance is complete.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ اللّهَ كَمُلَتْ مَعْرِفَتُهُ
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