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32- الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): واتَّعِظوا بِمَن كانَ قَبلَكُم قَبلَ أن يَتَّعِظَ بِكُم مَن بَعدَكُم . |
| 32– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Take lesson from [the lives of] those who passed before you, before those who come after you take lesson from you [i.e. your life].’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 32] |
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33- الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم يَتَّعِظْ بالنّاسِ وَعَظَ اللّهُ النّاسَ بهِ . |
| 33– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who does not draw lessons from people, Allah uses his example to exhort others.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8931] |
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34- الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): السَّعيدُ يَتَّعِظُ بمَوعِظَةِ التَّقوى وإن كانَ يُرادُ بالمَوعِظَةِ غَيرُهُ . |
| 34– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The prosperous person takes exhortation from the advice of piety, even if another was intended by the exhortation.’[al-Kafi, v. 8, p. 151, no. 132] |
