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Imam Ali's Personality
This article is part two of an article taken from the book “Ad Dour an Nazim fi Manaqib al A’emateh al Lahamim”, written by Jamal ad Din Yousif Ibn Hatim Shami Mashghari. He has quoted it from Habat ibn Jovein Urani of Imam Ali’s (AS) companions.
He always directed people to right and told the truth.
He was foremost in actions that were related to Allah.
He helped (the cause of) Allah.
He also supported believers while being an asylum for them.
Greed was not able to set a seal upon his heart.
Nothing could prevent him from making his judgments.
He always invited people to the right path.
He was wise and provident.
Was never uncongenial and never became angry.
He kept away from bad people.
He protected justice and was the supporter of weak and powerless people, as well as being the rescuer of the oppressed.
He did not divulge secrets.
He never complained.
If he saw good he revealed it and if he saw bad concealed it.
He guarded the hidden and overlooked people’s faults.
He helped the weak.
He was content with the favors bestowed by Allah.
He always assumed the best of people and controlled himself in thinking negatively about others.
He acted with understanding and knowledge in friendships, for the sake of Allah.
In separating (from others) he acted with prudence and caution, for the sake of Allah.
Association with him made the soul happy and seeing him completed the proofs of monotheism.
He was pure and personified knowledge.
Association with him was a reminder for the scholar and an education for the ignorant.
He believed that every effort was more praiseworthy than his, and considered every soul purer than his.
He bowed down to no one except Allah.
He loved Allah and always endeavored towards his satisfaction.
He did not take revenge on any body for his own sake.
When he was angry, he uttered no words.(since his anger was for Allah’s sake, he did not let words interfere so as to instill doubt).
He associated with the poor.
He was a helper to the worshipers of Allah, assistant to the lonely, father to the orphans and a spouse to widows.
He was a friend to helpless people, asylum for those who sought protection in unpleasantness and the hope of Allah’s servants in every affliction.
He was cheerful, pleasant, and slow to anger.
He was firm in his thoughts and embraced danger.
He accepted no weakness within himself and if he needed more strength he would ask Allah’s assistance.
He was wary of performing his mission and was always in a state of melancholy.
He hid his certainty and avoided doubts.
He considered benefiting from the world no more than an illusion.
He had the light of guidance in his heart.
He joined the near and far things (with the help of his firm will).
He changed difficulty into ease.
His appearance was that of a very intelligent person.
If he resolved to ponder upon a matter, he would strive to reach the depths of it in such a way that he would become content by the refreshing springs of wisdom and reaching his aim would become easy.
He drank from the clear springs of Divine knowledge and sought the easy path of guidance.
There was no darkness that was not made illuminate by his knowledge and there were no ambiguities left unexplained by his sharp-wit.
He eradicated any affection for the world from his heart.
The land in which his honorable being existed, glowed by his light and surrendered to his judgments.
He was a bright light and a guide for the people who were in the desert of confusion.
He rushed toward goodness.
Knowledge was the fruit of his heart.
Oh yes! I swear that this is the morality of Amir- al- Mu’minin Imam Ali (AS).
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