Lesson one hundred forty two :Criterion for assessment of intellect and ignorance

Imam Ali( A. S. )says:

اللِّسانُ مِعْيارُ اطاشَةِ الْجَهْلِ وَ ارْجِحَةِ الْعَقْلِ‌

Translation

Tongue is the criterion for assessment of insolence or ignorance and scale of intellect and wisdom..

Brief description

The most important window of man's soul and key of his personality, and best means for assessment of degree of intellect of each man is his tongue. The tongue which unveils the curtains through a simple and seemingly unimportant rotation and reveals the angles of man's soul.

On this account, most of Islamic instructions are focused on correction of tongue and warnings and notices are repeatedly made in the speeches of our great leaders and obviously complete correction of tongue is not possible without correction of soul and mind, but we can overcome a lot of painful consequences of inappropriate movements of tongue through silence and self- control.