Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / The Intelligent / Hadith 6733 hadith 6733 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, The most intelligent of people is one whose seriousness overpowers his frivolity and who overcomes his vain desire with his intellect. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْقَلُ النّاسِ مَنْ غَلَبَ جِدُّهُ هَزْلَهُ وَ اسْتَظْهَرَ عَلى هَواهُ بِعَقْلِهِ Similar narrations Ghurar al-Ḥikam #8847 Imam Ali (AS) said, The ideal [person] is one whose seriousness prevails over his jesting [and frivolity]. All narrations in The Intelligent Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 6733 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, The most intelligent of people is one whose seriousness overpowers his frivolity and who overcomes his vain desire with his intellect. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْقَلُ النّاسِ مَنْ غَلَبَ جِدُّهُ هَزْلَهُ وَ اسْتَظْهَرَ عَلى هَواهُ بِعَقْلِهِ