Intellect
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There is no wealth more productive than the intellect and no poverty lower than stupidity.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 29, no. 34; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 466 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
He whose intellect is weak has bad oratory.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7985; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 475 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Evidence of lack of intellect is keeping company with ignorant people.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9299; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Overly high aspirations are a result of a corrupt intellect.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7093; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The fruit of the intellect is steadfastness.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4589; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The fruit of the intellect is adherence to the truth.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4602; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The fruit of the intellect is adherence to the truth.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4602; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The fruit of the intellect is contempt for this worldly life and repression of one' s whims.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4654; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The intellect is a tree the fruit of which is generosity and modesty.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1254; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The caprice is the intellect' s adversary.
Masalib al-Sa' ul, p. 56; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 476 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Many a slavish mind is subservient to an overpowering caprice!
Nahj al-Balagha, no. 211; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 477 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Allah has imposed the abandonment of drinking alcohol in order to safeguard the intellect.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 252; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 477 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Know that entertaining high hopes distracts the intellect and causes one to forget their remembrance [of Allah].
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 86; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 477 link
The caprice is awake while the intellect is asleep.'[al-Durrah al-Bahirah, p
al-Durrah al-Bahirah, p. 31; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 477 link
The intellect is the authoritative proof of the believer.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 25, no. 24; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 466 link
There is no wealth more profiting than the intellect.
al-Ikhtisas, no. 244; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 466 link
Imam al-Kazim (AS), in his advice to Hisham b. al-Hakam, said: "O Hisham, nothing has been bestowed upon the servants better than the intellect. The sleep of a man of intellect is better than the night vigil of an ignorant man. Every singleignorant man. Every single prophet that Allah has sent down has been a man of intellect, whose intellect supercedes the labour of all diligent workers. The servant is not considered as having fulfilled an obligatory act from among the acts made incumbent by Allah until he understands it."
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 397; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 467 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
The friend of every man is his intellect and his enemy is his ignorance.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 11, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 467 link
Verily the stupid person suffers as a result of his stupidity worse than the licentiousness of an immoral person. The servants will rise up in rank in the Hereafter and will receive great rewards from their Lord in proportion to their intellects.
Majma`a al-Bayan, v. 1, p. 487; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 467 link
Verily all good is grasped through the intellect, and the man devoid of intellect has no religion.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 54; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 467 link
Both the abodes [of the world and the Hereafter] are grasped by the intellect, and whoever is deprived of the intellect is deprived of them both.
Kashf al-Ghamma, v. 3, p. 197; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 link
When Allah created the intellect He said to it, 'Come forward' so it came forward, then commanded it, 'Go back' and it went back. Then He said to it, 'By my Honour and Exaltedness, I have not created anything better than you. It is you that I command, and you that I prohibit from things, and you that I punish and you that I reward
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 26, no. 26; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 link
Among what was revealed to Moses (AS) was, 'I take My servants to account according to the level of intellect that I have given them.
al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 308, no. 608; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 link
I found written in the Book [i.e. the Book ascribed to Imam Ali (AS)] that the worth and value of every man is his knowledge. Verily Allah, Blessed and most High, will take people to account according to the intellects that He has given them in this world' s life.
Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 1, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 link
He who wants wealth without the need for riches, and comfort of the heart free from jealousy, and security in his faith should implore Allah, Mighty and Exalted, in his plea for Him to perfect his intellect.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 18, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 468 link
Verily Allah has two authoritative proofs over people a manifest proof and an inward proof. The manifest proof is represented by the prophets and messengers and Imams (AS), and the inward proof is represented by the intellects.
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 16, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 469 link
Imam al-Kazim (AS) in his advice to Hisham b. al-Hakam, said, "Allah has only sent His prophets and messengers to His servants in order that they may come to an understanding of Allah, so the ones who best heed their call are those who have the best inner knowledge, and the ones who know Allah' s command the best are those that have the best intellects, and those that have the most perfect intellects will be the ones with the highest status in this world and in the Hereafter".
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 16, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 469 link
Verily the intellect is a lasso used to restrain ignorance, and the carnal soul is like the vilest of beasts which if left unrestrained will go wild.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 469 link
The intellect is a light that Allah has created for mankind and which He has ordained to illuminate the heart, in order that with it, he may know the difference between the visually manifest things and the unseen things.
Aaw`ali al-La'ali, v. 1, p. 248, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 469 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
[To be a man of] intellect is that you say only that which you know and act upon what you say.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2141; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 470 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
[To be a man of] intellect is to preserve your experiences, and the best of all that you have experienced is that which has taught you a lesson.
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 470 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There are two divisions of intellect the natural intellect and the intellect of experience, and both of them produce benefit
Masalib al-Sa' ul, p. 49; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 470 link
Im?m Hasan ibn 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.) when asked about the intellect, said, 'To suppress one' s annoyance until the opportunity arises.'
Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 240, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 470 link
Im?m Hasan ibn 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.) when his father asked him regarding the intellect, said, 'It is for the heart to safeguard what you have deposited therein.
Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 401, no. 62; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 470 link
The attribute of a man of intellect is that he is clement towards one who behaves rashly with him, overlooks the fault of one who wrongs him, is humble even towards one who is lower than him in rank, tries to get ahead of those above him in his quest for good. Whenever he wishes to speak, he contemplates if what he wants to say is good, he says it and benefits as a result, and if it is bad, then he keeps quiet and remains safe as a result. When a temptation arises before him, he holds fast to Allah and guards his hand and his tongue if he sees virtue in it, he seizes it, neither losing his modesty thereat nor displaying any greed. These are ten qualities by which a man of intellect may be known.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 471 link
The most intelligent of people is he who is best at dealing with people.
Amali al-Saduq, p. 28, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 471 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The chest of a man of intellect is the strongbox of his secret.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 471 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
was asked to describe a man of intellect, to which he replied, 'He is the one who puts things in their place.' The he was asked, 'So describe to us the ignorant man', to which he replied, 'I have already done so.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 245; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 471 link
The man of intellect is never stung twice from the same hive.
al-Ikhtisas, p. 245; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 471 link
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.) was asked what the intellect was, to which he replied, 'It is that with which The Beneficent God is worshipped and with which Paradise is attained.' So the man asked, 'So what about that which even Muawiya possessed' He replied, 'That is a vicious thing, that is devilry, and resembles intellect, though it is not intellect.'
al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 11, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 471 link
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