«79»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِالْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِمَا جَاءُوا بِهِ ثُمَّ تَلَا عليه السلام إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِإِبْراهِيمَ لَلَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ وَ هذَا النَّبِيُّ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
«79»- And he said, peace be upon him: Indeed the nearest of people to the prophets are the most knowing of them concerning what they brought. Then he, peace be upon him, recited: "Indeed the nearest of people to Abraham are those who followed him, and this Prophet, and those who believe"
بيان: في بعض النسخ أعملهم و هو أظهر.
Elucidation: in some of the copies, "the most active of them"; and that is the more evident.
«80»- نهج، نهج البلاغة سُئِلَ عليه السلام عَنِ الْخَيْرِ مَا هُوَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ الْخَيْرَ أَنْ يَكْثُرَ مَالُكَ وَ وَلَدُكَ وَ لَكِنَّ الْخَيْرَ أَنْ يَكْثُرَ عِلْمُكَ وَ يَعْظُمَ حِلْمُكَ الْخَبَرَ.
«80»- nhj, the Nahj al-Balagha: He, peace be upon him, was asked about the good — what is it? And he said: The good is not that your wealth and your children be many; rather the good is that your knowledge be much and your forbearance be great — the report.
«81»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام لَا شَرَفَ كَالْعِلْمِ وَ لَا عِلْمَ كَالتَّفَكُّرِ.
«81»- And he said, peace be upon him: There is no nobility like knowledge, and no knowledge like reflection.
«82»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام كُلُّ وِعَاءٍ يَضِيقُ بِمَا جُعِلَ فِيهِ إِلَّا وِعَاءَ الْعِلْمِ فَإِنَّهُ يَتَّسِعُ.
«82»- And he said, peace be upon him: Every vessel is straitened by what is placed in it, save the vessel of knowledge — for that expands.
«83»- وَ قَالَ: مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ طَالِبُ الْعِلْمِ وَ طَالِبُ دُنْيَا.
«83»- And he said: Two are insatiable and are never filled: the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of the world.
«84»- كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام النَّاسُ أَبْنَاءُ مَا يُحْسِنُونَ.
«84»- The Kanz of al-Karajuki: The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: People are the sons of what they do well.
«85»- وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْجَاهِلُ صَغِيرٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَيْخاً وَ الْعَالِمُ كَبِيرٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ حَدَثاً ١.
«85»- And he said, peace be upon him: The ignorant man is small, though he be an elder; and the knowing man is great, though he be young (1).
«86»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام مَنْ عُرِفَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ لَحَظَتْهُ الْعُيُونُ بِالْوَقَارِ.
«86»- And he said, peace be upon him: Whoever is known for wisdom, eyes regard him with reverence.
«87»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام الْمَوَدَّةُ أَشْبَكُ الْأَنْسَابِ وَ الْعِلْمُ أَشْرَفُ الْأَحْسَابِ.
«87»- And he said, peace be upon him: Affection is the most interwoven of kinships, and knowledge the noblest of pedigrees.
«88»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام لَا كَنْزَ أَنْفَعُ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَ لَا قَرِينَ سَوْءٍ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْجَهْلِ.
«88»- And he said, peace be upon him: There is no treasure more profitable than knowledge, and no evil companion worse than ignorance.
«89»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام عَلَيْكُمْ بِطَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ فَإِنَّ طَلَبَهُ فَرِيضَةٌ وَ هُوَ صِلَةٌ بَيْنَ الْإِخْوَانِ وَ دَالٌّ عَلَى الْمُرُوءَةِ وَ تُحْفَةٌ فِي الْمَجَالِسِ وَ صَاحِبٌ فِي السَّفَرِ وَ أُنْسٌ فِي الْغُرْبَةِ.
«89»- And he said, peace be upon him: Take to the seeking of knowledge; for the seeking of it is an obligation, and it is a bond between brethren, and an indication of manliness, and a gift in assemblies, and a companion on the journey, and an intimate in a strange land.
«90»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام الشَّرِيفُ مَنْ شَرَّفَهُ عِلْمُهُ.
«90»- And he said, peace be upon him: The noble is he whom his knowledge has ennobled.
«91»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام مَنْ عَرَفَ الْحِكْمَةَ لَمْ يَصْبِرْ مِنَ الِازْدِيَادِ مِنْهَا.
«91»- And he said, peace be upon him: Whoever has come to know wisdom does not bear to refrain from increasing in it.
«92»- وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ عليه السلام الْمُلُوكُ حُكَّامٌ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ الْعُلَمَاءُ حُكَّامٌ عَلَى الْمُلُوكِ.
«92»- And al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: Kings are rulers over people, and the scholars are rulers over kings.
«93»- وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ يَسْمَعُهَا الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ أَوْ يَعْمَلُ بِهَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سَنَةٍ.
«93»- And the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: A word of wisdom which a man hears and then utters, or acts by, is better than the worship of a year.
«94»- مُنْيَةُ الْمُرِيدِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله مَنْ طَلَبَ عِلْماً فَأَدْرَكَهُ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ كِفْلَيْنِ ٢
«94»- Munyat al-Murid: The Prophet — may God bless him and his family — said: Whoever seeks knowledge and attains it, God writes for him two shares (2)