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 1752 - أظهَرُ النّاسِ نِفاقاً 
 
 1752. THE MOST OBVIOUS HYPOCRITES 
 
6217. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أظهَرُ النّاسِ نِفاقاً مَن أمَرَ بالطّاعَةِ ولَم يَعمَلْ بها، ونَهى‏ عنِ المَعصيَةِ ولَم يَنتَهِ عنها1 
 
6217. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most obvious of hypocrites is he who enjoins acts of obedience but does not perform them himself, and prohibits wrongdoing but does not refrain from them himself.'2 
 
6218. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أشَدُّ النّاسِ نِفاقاً مَن أمَرَ بالطّاعَةِ ولَم يَعمَلْ بها ، ونَهى‏ عَنِ المَعصيَةِ ولم يَنتَهِ عنها3 
 
6218. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The most severe of hypocrites is he who enjoins acts of obedience, but does not perform them himself, and prohibits wrongdoing but does not refrain from them himself.'4 
 
 
 Notes
 
1. غرر الحكم : 3214
 
2. Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3214
 
3. غرر الحكم : 3309
 
4. Ibid. no. 3309