Hadith

فَضلُ عُلُوِّ الهِمَّةِ

High Ambition

 رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّیَ اللهُ عَلَیهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ اللّه‏َ تعالى یُحِبُّ مَعالِیَ الاُمورِ وأشرافَها، ویَکرَهُ سَفسافَها 
1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah Almighty loves the highest and the most dignified of things and hates inferior things.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 43021]


 الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): قَدرُ الرّجُلِ على قَدرِ هِمَّتِهِ 
2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The worth of a man is according to the extent of his ambition.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 47] 


 الإمامُ علیٌّ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن شَرُفَت هِمَّتُهُ عَظُمَت قِیمَتُهُ
3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He whose ambition is lofty his value is heightened.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8320]

الإمامُ زینُ العابدینَ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ فی الدُّعاءِ ـ: أسألُکَ مِن الشَّهادَةِ أقسَطَها، ومِن العِبادَةِ أنشَطَها ... ومِن الهِمَمِ أعلاها.

4– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS), in a supplication, said, ‘I ask You for the most fair witnessing, and the most active of worship … and the highest ambition.’[al-SaHIfa al-SajjAdiyya, p. 439, no. 199] 


الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَیهِ الّسَلامُ): لاشَرَفَ کبُعدِ الهِمَّةِ 
5– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘There is no dignity like great ambition.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 165, no. 1]