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28-03-2024 |19 Ramaḍān 1445 AH

Expectation

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Expectation is a mercy for my community; without expectation no mother would nurse her child, nor would anyone plant a tree.

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : الأملُ رَحمةٌ لاُِمّتي ، ولَوْلا الأملُ ما أرْضَعَتْ والِدَةٌ وَلَدَها، ولا غَرَسَ غارِسٌ شَجَراً.

Reference: ’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 173, no. 8]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation is an amiable companion.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الأملُ رَفيقٌ مُؤْنِسٌ.

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1042]

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘A man who expects to be alive tomorrow is a man who expects to be alive forever.

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : مَن كانَ يَأمَلُ أن يَعيشَ غَداً فإنّهُ يَأمَلُ أن يَعيشَ أبَداً.

Reference: ’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 167, no. 31]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘There is no end to expectation.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الأملُ لا غايةَ لَهُ .

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1010]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectations never cease.

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الآمالُ لا تَنْتَهي .

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 639]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Guard yourselves against false expectation, for many a person who begins the day does not live to see its end, and many a one is envied at the beginning of the night while his mourners have assembled by the end of it.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اتَّقُوا باطِلَ الأملِ ، فَرُبَّ مُسْتَقْبِلِ يومٍ ليسَ بِمُسْتَدْبِرِهِ ، ومَغْبُوطٍ في أوَّلِ لَيلِهِ قامَتْ بَواكِيهِ في آخِرِهِ.

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2572]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation is like the mirage - it deceives those who view it and leaves behind those who place their hope on it.’[Ibid. no. 1896]

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الأملُ كالسَّرابِ : يَغِرُّ مَنْ رَآهُ ، ويُخْلِفُ مَن رَجاهُ.

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1896]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Wishes blind the eyes of insight.’[Ibid. no. 1375]

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الأمانِيُّ تُعْمي عُيُونَ البصائرِ .

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1375]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation is the sultan of the Satans over the hearts of the oblivious.

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الأملُ سُلطانُ الشَّياطِينِ علي قُلُوبِ الغافِلِينَ .

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1828]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The fruit of expectation is the spoilage of deeds.]

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَمَرَةُ الأملِ فَسادُ العَمَلِ .

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4641]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation causes the heart to forget, breaks promises, increases oblivion, and brings about grief.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ الأملَ يُسْهي القلبَ ، ويُكْذِبُ الوَعْدَ ، ويُكْثِرُ الغَفْلَةَ ، ويُورِثُ الحَسْرَةَ

Reference: [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 35, no. 117]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation drives reason away, breaks promises, encourages oblivion, and brings about grief. So distrust expectation, for it is deceitful and its addict is a sinner.’[Ibid. v. 77, p. 293, no. 2]

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الأملَ يُذْهِبُ العقلَ ، ويُكْذِبُ الوَعدَ ، ويَحُثُّ علَي الغَفْلَةِ ، ويُورِثُ الحَسْرَةَ . فأكْذِبوا الأملَ ؛ فإنّه غَرُورٌ، وإنَّ صاحِبَهُ مَأزُورٌ .

Reference: [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 293, no. 2]

Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘How many a favor Allah grants His servant without his having expected them, and how many a hopeful one entertains high hopes when [Allah’s] choice favours others.’

الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ نِعمةٍ للّه‏ِ علي عبدِهِ في غَيْرِ أملِهِ ، وكَمْ مِنْ مُؤَمِّلٍ أملاً الخِيارُ في غَيرِهِ .

Reference: [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 152, no. 55]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘If man were to see his death [approaching] and the speed at which it draws near to him, he would despise expectation.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لو رأَي العبدُ أجلَهُ وسُرْعَتَهُ إلَيهِ أبْغَضَ الأملَ.

Reference: [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 95, no. 79]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation makes one forget death.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الأملُ يُنْسي الأجَلَ.

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 874]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The closest thing is death, and the remotest thing is expectation.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أقْرَبُ شَيْءٍ الأجلُ، أبْعَدُ شَيْءٍ الأملُ.

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2920-2921]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘A soul does not depart from his expectation until it enters the realm of death.’[Ibid. no. 10844]

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَخْلو النَّفْسُ مِنَ الأملِ حتّي تَدْخُلَ في الأجلِ.

Reference: [Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10844]

Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Indeed you are in the days of expectation that is followed by death. So he who works in the days of his expectation before death arrives will benefit from his work and will not be hurt by death.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألاَ وإنّكُمْ في أيّامِ أملٍ مِن وَرائهِ أجلٌ ، فَمَنْ عَمِلَ في أيّامِ أملِهِ قَبْلَ حُضُورِ أجلِهِ فَقَدْ نَفَعَهُ عَمَلُهُ ولَم يَضْرُرْهُ أجلُهُ .

Reference: [Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 333, no. 21]

Description:

Imam al-Kazim (a.s.) said, ‘If times of death were revealed, expectations would be debunked.’

الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَو ظَهَرتِ الآجالُ افتَضَحَتِ الآمالُ .

Reference: [A’alam al-Din, p. 305]