الغُرورُ

DELUSION

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The intoxication of heedlessness and delusion are harder to resume consciousness from than the intoxication of wines.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5651]

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one whom a mirage deludes is at his wit’ s end.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9224]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Between you and the moral exhortation is a veil of inadvertency.’
[Nahj al-Balagha, no. 282]

5– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Many a deluded and captivated man
[by his own desires] awakes in the morning oblivious and joyful, eating and drinking, unaware that perhaps Allah’ s wrath has already befallen him for something and as a result of which he will enter the Fire of Hell.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 282]

6– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who places his trust in three things is indeed deluded he who believes in the impossible, relies on someone who cannot be trusted, and avidly desires that which he does not possess.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 319]

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘O Ibn Mas`aud, do not be under any delusion about Allah, and do not be under any delusion with respect to your righteousness, your knowledge, your deeds, your goodness or your worship.’
[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 350, no. 2660]

8– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily part of keeping oneself immune from sins is that you do not delude yourself about Allah.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 150]

9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily being under a delusion about Allah is when the servant persists in committing acts of disobedience and expects Allah to forgive him.’
[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 72]

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Many a person is given respite by Allah simply as a result of His good favour towards him, and many a person is deluded as a result of Allah’ s concealment of his sins, and many a person is captivated by the good things said about him!’
[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 116]

11– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Be wary of this world’ s delusion, for verily it always reclaims the charms and attractions with which it deceives people, and it troubles the one who adopts it as a place of tranquillity and a permanent dwelling.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2562]

12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The soul’s trust in this world is one of the greatest delusions.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5650]

13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Your own sense of honour has deluded you, such that your resulting slackness has become a source of disgrace for you. So fear the indecent acts that you commit, for perhaps through that you will be guided.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 83, no. 86]

14– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who is ignorant deludes himself, and his present is consequently worse than his past.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8744]