«52»- سن، المحاسن بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِنَّ لَكُمْ مَعَالِمَ فَاتَّبِعُوهَا وَ نِهَايَةً فَانْتَهُوا إِلَيْهَا.

Al-Mahasin: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: You have landmarks, so follow them; and you have a goal, so reach it.

بيان: المعالم ما يعلم به الحق و المراد بها هنا الأئمة عليهم السلام و المراد بالنهاية إما حدود الشرع و أحكامه أو الغايات المقررة للخلق في ترقياتهم بحسب استعداداتهم في مراتب الكمال.

Elucidation: "Al-ma'alim" are that by which the truth is known, and what is meant by them here are the infallible Imams, peace be upon them. What is meant by "the goal" is either the bounds of the sacred law and its rulings, or the ends appointed for creatures according to their capacities in the degrees of perfection, by way of their advancement.

«53»- دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ لَا تَتَعَلَّمِ الْعِلْمَ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعْ بِهِ فَإِنَّ مَنْ لَمْ يَنْفَعْهُ عِلْمُهُ لَا يَنْفَعُكَ.

Da'awat al-Rawandi: Among the counsels of Dhu al-Qarnayn: Do not learn knowledge from one whom his knowledge has not profited; for one whose knowledge has not profited him will not profit you either.

«54»- وَ مِنْهُ، قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ فِي غَرِيبِ الْحَدِيثِ فِي حَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله حِينَ أَتَاهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ إِنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَحَادِيثَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ تُعْجِبُنَا فَتَرَى أَنْ نَكْتُبَ بَعْضَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله أَ فَتَهَوَّكُونَ أَنْتُمْ كَمَا تَهَوَّكَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَ النَّصَارَی لَقَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِهَا بَيْضَاءَ نَقِيَّةً وَ لَوْ كَانَ مُوسَى حَيّاً مَا وَسِعَهُ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعِي قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ أَ مُتَحَيِّرُونَ أَنْتُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ دِينَكُمْ حَتَّى تَأْخُذُوهُ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَی كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ.

Abu 'Ubayd related in his book Gharib al-Hadith, concerning a hadith of the Prophet: When 'Umar came to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, he said: We hear hadiths from the Jews that astonish us; will you permit us to write down some of those hadiths? The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: Do you wish to perish as the Jews and Christians perished? I have brought you a clear and pure religion; were Moses alive, he would have no choice but to follow me. Abu 'Ubayd says: The meaning of the hadith is this: Are you bewildered in the religion of Islam and do not know your religion, that you take it from the Jews and Christians? It seems the Prophet was displeased by 'Umar's words.

«55»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ عليه السلام إِنَّ كَلَامَ الْحُكَمَاءِ إِذَا كَانَ صَوَاباً كَانَ دَوَاءً وَ إِذَا كَانَ خَطَاءً كَانَ دَاءً.

Nahj al-Balagha: 'Ali, peace be upon him, said: The speech of the wise, when it is sound, is a remedy; and when it is wrong, it is a disease.

«56»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام خُذِ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنَّى كَانَتْ فَإِنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ تَكُونُ فِي صَدْرِ الْمُنَافِقِ فَتَتَخَلَّجُ ١ فِي صَدْرِهِ حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ فَتَسْكُنَ إِلَى صَوَاحِبِهَا فِي صَدْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ.

And he said: Take wisdom wherever you find it, for wisdom stirs in the hypocrite's breast until it comes out of his mouth, and settles with its own companion in the believer's breast.

«57»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام فِي مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ الْحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَخُذِ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ لَوْ مِنْ أَهْلِ النِّفَاقِ.

And he said: Wisdom is the believer's lost property; take wisdom even if it be from a hypocrite.

«58»- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُفِيدِ الْجَرْجَرَائِيِّ عَنِ الْمُعَمَّرِ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله كَلِمَةُ الْحِكْمَةِ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَحَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا.

Amali of al-Shaykh al-Tusi: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and his family, said: A word of wisdom is the believer's lost property; wherever he finds it, the believer is more deserving of it.

«59»- شا، الإرشاد رَوَى ثِقَاتُ أَهْلِ النَّقْلِ عِنْدَ الْعَامَّةِ وَ الْخَاصَّةِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام فِي كَلَامٍ افْتِتَاحُهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَذِمَّتِي بِمَا أَقُولُ رَهِينَةٌ وَ

Al-Irshad: Trustworthy narrators of hadith among both Sunnis and Shi'a have related from the Commander of the Faithful: in a discourse that opens with praise of God and blessings upon His noble Prophet, may God bless him and his family, he then said: My surety stands pledged for the words I speak, and