يكصد و پنجاه درس زندگى - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ١٠٣ - Lesson one hundred three Distinction between a believer

Lesson one hundred three :Distinction between a believer

and a hypocrite

Islam's Prophet( S. A. )says:

إذا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَ صَمُوتا فَادْنُوْا مِنْهُ فَإنَّهُ يُلْقِى الحِكْمَةَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ قَلِيلُ الْكَلامِ كَثِيرُ الْعَمَلِ وَ الْمُنافِقُ كَثِيرُ الْكَلامِ قَلِيلُ الْعَمَلِ‌

Translation

When you find a believer silent, approach to him because you will hear wise sayings. Believers are taciturn and active but hypocrites are talkative and inexperienced..

Brief description

Man's power is not unlimited and everlasting.

Therefore, when his energies are used in one direction, there will be deficiency in somewhere else.

So it is not surprising if talkative people are inexperienced and not active.

Islam's Prophet( S. A. )who advocates positive effect in everywhere and for everything, considers attempt for action as the sign of believers instead of speech, while he considers the opposite attribute for the hypocrites.