💢Imam Ali's #letter to Malik al-Ashtar
#Part_19
Aloofness not Desirable
✨Alongside the observance of all that I have said, bear one thing in mind. Never, for any length of #time , keep yourself aloof from the #people , for to do so is to keep oneself #ignorant of their affairs. It develops in the #ruler a wrong perspective and renders him unable to distinguish between what is important and what is not, between #right and #wrong , and between #truth and #falsehood .
✨The ruler is after all #human , and he cannot form a correct view of anything which is out of sight.
✨There is no distinctive sign attached to truth which may enable one to distinguish between the different varieties of truth and falsehood. The fact is that you must be one of two things. Either you are just or unjust. If you are # just, then you will not keep yourself away from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But, if you are #unjust , the people themselves will keep way from you.
✨What virtue is there in your keeping aloof? At all events aloofness is not desirable, especially when it is your #duty to attend to the needs of the people. Complaints of oppression by your officers or petitions for justice should not prove irksome to you.
Make this #clear to yourself that those immediately about and around you, will like to exploit their #position to covet what belongs to others and commit acts of #injustice . Suppress such a tendency in them.
🔜To be continued
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#Part_19
Aloofness not Desirable
✨Alongside the observance of all that I have said, bear one thing in mind. Never, for any length of #time , keep yourself aloof from the #people , for to do so is to keep oneself #ignorant of their affairs. It develops in the #ruler a wrong perspective and renders him unable to distinguish between what is important and what is not, between #right and #wrong , and between #truth and #falsehood .
✨The ruler is after all #human , and he cannot form a correct view of anything which is out of sight.
✨There is no distinctive sign attached to truth which may enable one to distinguish between the different varieties of truth and falsehood. The fact is that you must be one of two things. Either you are just or unjust. If you are # just, then you will not keep yourself away from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But, if you are #unjust , the people themselves will keep way from you.
✨What virtue is there in your keeping aloof? At all events aloofness is not desirable, especially when it is your #duty to attend to the needs of the people. Complaints of oppression by your officers or petitions for justice should not prove irksome to you.
Make this #clear to yourself that those immediately about and around you, will like to exploit their #position to covet what belongs to others and commit acts of #injustice . Suppress such a tendency in them.
🔜To be continued
@rahyafte_en
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💢Imam Ali's #letter to Malik al-Ashtar
#Part_19
Aloofness not Desirable
✨Alongside the observance of all that I have said, bear one thing in mind. Never, for any length of #time , keep yourself aloof from the #people , for to do so is to keep oneself #ignorant of their affairs. It develops in the #ruler a wrong perspective and renders him unable to distinguish between what is important and what is not, between #right and #wrong , and between #truth and #falsehood .
✨The ruler is after all #human , and he cannot form a correct view of anything which is out of sight.
✨There is no distinctive sign attached to truth which may enable one to distinguish between the different varieties of truth and falsehood. The fact is that you must be one of two things. Either you are just or unjust. If you are # just, then you will not keep yourself away from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But, if you are #unjust , the people themselves will keep way from you.
✨What virtue is there in your keeping aloof? At all events aloofness is not desirable, especially when it is your #duty to attend to the needs of the people. Complaints of oppression by your officers or petitions for justice should not prove irksome to you.
Make this #clear to yourself that those immediately about and around you, will like to exploit their #position to covet what belongs to others and commit acts of #injustice . Suppress such a tendency in them.
🔜To be continued
💠 @rahyafte_en
#Part_19
Aloofness not Desirable
✨Alongside the observance of all that I have said, bear one thing in mind. Never, for any length of #time , keep yourself aloof from the #people , for to do so is to keep oneself #ignorant of their affairs. It develops in the #ruler a wrong perspective and renders him unable to distinguish between what is important and what is not, between #right and #wrong , and between #truth and #falsehood .
✨The ruler is after all #human , and he cannot form a correct view of anything which is out of sight.
✨There is no distinctive sign attached to truth which may enable one to distinguish between the different varieties of truth and falsehood. The fact is that you must be one of two things. Either you are just or unjust. If you are # just, then you will not keep yourself away from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But, if you are #unjust , the people themselves will keep way from you.
✨What virtue is there in your keeping aloof? At all events aloofness is not desirable, especially when it is your #duty to attend to the needs of the people. Complaints of oppression by your officers or petitions for justice should not prove irksome to you.
Make this #clear to yourself that those immediately about and around you, will like to exploit their #position to covet what belongs to others and commit acts of #injustice . Suppress such a tendency in them.
🔜To be continued
💠 @rahyafte_en
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