Sayings · Eradicating evil by purifying one's own heart

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

١٧٨. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): احْصُدِ الشَّرَّ مِنْ صَدْرِ غَيْرِكَ بِقَلْعِهِ مِنْ صَدْرِكَ.

Original English translation

178. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Cut away evil from the chest of others by snatching (it) away from your own chest. [1]

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