23ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الجاهِلُ لا يَرتَدِعُ، وبِالمَواعِظِ لا يَنتَفِعُ. |
23– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The ignorant man cannot refrain [from sins], nor does he benefit from exhortations.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1729] |
24ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن لَم يُعِنْهُ اللّهُ على نَفسِهِ لَم يَنتَفِعْ بِمَوعِظَةِ واعِظٍ. |
24– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whom Allah does not help against his base self cannot benefit from the exhortation of an adviser.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9010] |
25ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): بَينَكُم وبَينَ المَوعِظَةِ حِجابٌ مِن الغِرَّةِ. |
25– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Between you and [benefitting from] an exhortation is a wall of inadvertency.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 282] |