The Censure of Delusion

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Blessed be the one whom the assassins of delusion have not killed.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The intoxication of heedlessness and delusion are harder to resume consciousness from than the intoxication of wines.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one whom a mirage deludes is at his wit s end.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Between you and the moral exhortation is a veil of inadvertency.

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Many a deluded and captivated man [by his own desires] awakes in the morning oblivious and joyful, eating and drinking, unaware that perhaps Allah s wrath has already befallen him for something and as a result of which he will enter the Fire of Hell.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who places his trust in three things is indeed deluded he who believes in the impossible, relies on someone who cannot be trusted, and avidly desires that which he does not possess.