બુદ્ધિશાળી વ્યક્તિ અન્ય વ્યક્તિની ઓછી ભલાઈને પણ ઘણી માને છે, અને પોતાની ઘણી ભલાઈને પણ ઓછી માને છે.
A wise person considers even a small good deed from others to be great, and considers much good from himself to be little.
A wise person considers even a small good deed from others to be great, and considers much good from himself to be little.
Being ungrateful for kindness causes deprivation.
Refraining from seeking what is in people's hands is one of the two forms of generosity.
Doubt misses the mark, while certainty hits and does not miss.
Whoever asks for more than their worth deserves to be deprived.
If a connection of light is deemed necessary between the observer and the observed, it necessitates a resemblance (between the Creator and creation); whereas God is free and pure from any such resemblance. Therefore it is proven that seeing Him with physical eyes is impossible, because causes must be connected with effects.
Much knowledge leads toward misguidance.
I do not like an ignorant elder, an oppressive rich person, or an arrogant poor person.
Whoever gave you advice has done you a favor.
The fruit of knowledge is humility.
A person who despises the flaws of others while tolerating them in themselves is foolish.
Indeed, God loves a twenty-year-old youth who resembles an eighty-year-old elder, and dislikes a sixty-year-old elder who resembles a twenty-year-old youth.
Contemplating anything other than wisdom is foolishness.
Intellect is swallowing sorrow and speaking pleasantly with enemies.
A believer takes interest in that which lasts, and renounces that which perishes... they stay away from laziness and are always energetic.
If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much, and neither food nor drink would bring you pleasure.
Not everyone with a heart is wise, nor is everyone who can hear a true listener, nor does everyone who looks truly see.
The intellect of scholars lies at the tip of their pens.
Know that whatever reached you was never going to miss you, and whatever missed you was never going to reach you.
Contemplating knowledge frequently opens the intellect.
The wise are like strangers because the ignorant among them are so numerous.
When the eyes look upon lust, the heart becomes blind to the consequences.
Patience is from God, and haste is from Satan.
I have indeed known that there is no injustice in Your judgment, nor haste in Your retribution. Haste is made only by one who fears missing an opportunity, and injustice is needed only by the weak; whereas You, O God, are far exalted above all such things.
He who keeps knowledge alive never dies.
Protect your faith with your worldly life and you will gain both, but do not protect your worldly life with your faith lest you lose both.
Beware of sitting with the ignorant just as you feel secure in accompanying the wise.
Frequent mistakes indicate an abundance of ignorance.
Whoever does not overlook many matters and turn a blind eye will have a troubled life.
Whoever is ignorant of a branch of knowledge becomes its enemy.
There is no adversity like lack of intellect, and no lack of intellect like lack of conviction, and no lack of conviction like lack of fear of God, and no lack of fear like the absence of sorrow over that lack; thus, there is no adversity like taking your sins lightly and being content with your current state.
Relying on mere wishful thinking is foolishness.
When asked, "By what did you recognize your God?" he replied, "By the nullification of resolves and the breaking of intentions. Whenever I made a resolve, it was nullified, and whenever I made an intention, it was broken."
Moderation increases what is little.
The scholar most upright on the true path is the one who pauses in the face of doubt.
Every scholar is reverent and fearful.
When a wise person grows old, his intellect grows youthful.
He who relies solely upon his own intellect will stumble.
A wise enemy is better than an ignorant helper.
One tires of everything except rare gems of wisdom.
He who refrains from excessive speech, people bear witness to his intellect.
Faith is spoken words, performed actions, and the comprehension of intellect.
The pinnacle of wisdom is treating people with kindness.
Whoever uses reason learns a lesson from his yesterday and preserves it for his own good.
Indeed, when a scholar does not act upon his knowledge, his advice slips from hearts just as rain slips off a smooth rock.
Do not argue with a gentle person nor with a fool, for the gentle person will despise you and the fool will harm you.
The shrewd person is one whose friend is truth and whose enemy is falsehood.
Lust and wisdom do not go together.
The most foolish person is the one who considers himself the wisest.
The most beneficial advice is that which prevents (from evil).
Wisdom and gluttony cannot coexist.
Seeking counsel is a relief for you and a burden for the other person (whose advice you seek).
Indeed, God provided grain for mankind and set weevils upon it; had He not done so, rulers would have hoarded it just as they hoard gold and silver.
Desire is the companion of blindness.
Hear something of great worth: none of you should speak about what does not concern them, and even concerning matters of relevance, one should refrain from speaking until finding the proper occasion. For many speakers bring harm upon themselves by speaking at the wrong time.
A little knowledge is better than excessive ritual worship.
Whoever disciplines his tongue adorns his intellect.
Indeed, generosity has a measure, and if it exceeds it, it becomes extravagance.
A wise person never considers himself above seeking counsel.
Indeed, the wise have abandoned the excesses of this world, so what about sins? For renouncing worldly excess is a virtue, while abandoning sins is an obligation.
Whoever is restrained by intellect is driven by ignorance.
The wisest among people is the one who pardons others the most.
There is no wealth more beneficial than intellect.
Every wise person is sorrowful.
The beauty of a scholar lies in acting upon his knowledge.
A wise man advising his child said: O my dear son! Indeed, admonition is as difficult for a fool as climbing an uphill path is for an old man.
If you merely give a hint to a wise person, you have already given them a stern reproach. (Meaning a wise person needs no explicit rebuke; a slight hint is enough.)
Only a complete person considers themselves incomplete.
Perform a little good deed in this world so that you may enjoy abundant comfort in the hereafter.
Whoever busies themselves with what does not concern them misses out on what concerns them.
Whoever disobeys worldly desires, the world obeys them.
Many a joke turns into a serious matter.
Truly, the wise person is one whom lawful things do not distract so much that they forget gratitude, nor do forbidden things overcome their patience to abstain.
Whoever seeks guidance from the astray becomes blind to the path of true guidance.
Due to worldly attachment, ears have grown deaf to hearing wisdom and hearts have become blind to the light of insight.
Knowledge is a principle by which a person is judged. Through it, a person earns obedience during life and a noble reputation after death.
If you practice patience, do so like noble people, otherwise you will merely be consoled like beasts.
The ignorant person feels alienated by that with which the wise person feels at home.
Do not abandon the one who gives you counsel.
When gentleness is regarded as harshness, then harshness becomes gentleness.
The fruit of good counsel is love.
Know that there are two vices among you: laughing without wonder (or reason), and being lazy (during the day) without having stayed awake (late at night).
There is no good in life except for two kinds of people: a scholar who is followed, and an attentive listener.
Your intellect is sufficient to show you the difference between right and wrong.
The wise person is the one who enlivens their virtues and eliminates their vices by subduing desires and passions.
Whoever is known for their wisdom is looked upon with respect.
Many faults are better than the apologies offered for them.
Lust is an enemy that is blindly followed.
The wise person is one who defies their own desires in obedience to their Lord.
This world is an unstable illusion, a fleeting mirage, and a leaning pillar.
There are three things that, if present in a person, make their faith complete: intellect, tolerance, and knowledge.
Make this world your prison so that the hereafter may become your paradise.
When speech diminishes, correctness increases.
Everything becomes precious when it is scarce, except knowledge, which is precious when it is abundant.
If wisdom were placed upon the mountains, they would surely tremble.
The wise is one who overcomes their desires and does not trade their hereafter for this world.
Indeed, a heart devoid of knowledge is like a ruined house that is uninhabited.
Truly I say to you: the wise person takes a lesson from the ignorant, while the ignorant is driven by his desires. I advise you to seal your mouths with silence so that nothing improper may come out of them.
When a wise person remains silent, they reflect; when they speak, they remember God; and when they look, they draw a lesson.
A wise man was asked, 'Among all the things God has created, which is the best?' He replied, 'Speech.' Then he was asked, 'Among all the things God has created, which is the worst?' He replied, 'Speech.' He further said, 'It is through speech that faces brighten, and through speech that faces darken.'
Know that God detests fickle (wavering) people among His creation; therefore, do not stray away from the truth and its companions, for whoever clings entirely to falsehood and its companions perishes in the hereafter and this world also ruins him.
An intelligent person learns through good manners, whereas beasts learn only through beating.
Frivolity is the sustenance of foolishness.
When a person reaches forty years of age, it is said to him: 'Beware, for you no longer have an excuse; a forty-year-old is no more entitled to excuses than a twenty-year-old.'
The most praiseworthy eloquence is silence when speech is inappropriate.
A wise man said, "A believer should not humiliate oneself." He was asked, "How does one humiliate oneself?" He replied, "By getting into a situation where one has to apologize afterwards."
When God intends good for a people, He increases the scholars among them and decreases the ignorant, so that when a scholar speaks he finds supporters, and when an ignorant person speaks he is subdued. (Likewise) when He intends harm for a people, He increases the ignorant among them and decreases the scholars, so that when an ignorant person speaks he finds supporters, and when a scholar speaks he is subdued.
In the eyes of the wise, this world is merely a shadow.
The most knowledgeable among you is the most reverent.
Indeed, every goodness is attained through intellect, and one who has no intellect has no religion.
No misfortune is greater than underestimating your wrongdoing and remaining content with the state you are in.
Severing ties with the ignorant is equivalent to connecting with the wise.
Trust is gained through insight.
Often a small thing grows more than a large amount.
Your best wealth is that which aids you in fulfilling your need.
Blessed is the one who refutes their desires and ruins their worldly life for the sake of building their hereafter!
There is no beauty more adorning than intellect.
One who complains of their distress to anyone other than the Most Merciful is not wise.
Intellect is a covering for flaws.
One who is not wise may still utter words of wisdom.
Renounce that which the ignorant desire.
Never did a wise man say regarding something that had already happened, 'If only it had been otherwise!'
Seeking counsel from a prudent and compassionate person is a triumph.
The best of matters is the middle course.
Intellect is the vehicle of knowledge.
Do not admonish an ignorant person, for they will hate you; admonish a wise person, and they will love you.
Whoever exposes the secrets of another, the secrets of their own home will be exposed; whoever draws the sword of oppression will be destroyed by it; whoever digs a pit for their brother will fall into it; whoever mingles with fools will be disgraced; whoever keeps company with scholars will be honored; and whoever enters bad places will be accused.
Good character is the fruit of intellect.
An ignorant person does not recognize a scholar because he himself was not previously a scholar.
Keep company with the wise so that you may benefit, and turn away from worldly attachment so that you remain safe.
There are four signs of a pretentious person: 1. Arguing over matters that do not concern them, 2. Disputing with those superior to them, 3. Striving to attain what is unattainable, 4. Focusing their concern on what cannot save them.
The highest wisdom is for a person to know themselves and to remain within their bounds.
Do not deprive yourself of any thought that increases your wisdom, nor of any lesson that protects you from wrongdoings.
The death in this world is easier than the death in the hereafter.
The truly wise scholar is one who never makes people despair of God's mercy, never makes them lose hope in God's grace, and never makes them heedless of God's plan.
When asked about knowledge, he said: Four things: 1. Worship God to the extent of your need for Him. 2. Disobey Him only to the extent of your endurance against the fire. 3. Work for your world in proportion to the lifespan you have in it. 4. Work for your hereafter in proportion to the duration you will spend in it.
Reward is bestowed only in proportion to one's intellect.
Do not throw pearls to swine, for they cannot make any good use of them; likewise, do not impart wisdom to someone who does not desire it, for wisdom is superior to pearls, and one who does not seek it is worse than swine.
Acquire whatever knowledge you wish, yet God will not benefit you through knowledge until you act upon it; for the scholars strive to preserve knowledge, whereas the foolish only strive to recite it.
Nothing is better than intellect paired with knowledge, knowledge paired with forbearance, and forbearance paired with power.
Kindle your intellect with good manners just as you kindle fire with firewood.
Relying on the world even after witnessing its instability is foolishness.
One who worships without knowledge is like a donkey tied to a millstone, which keeps turning around but does not move forward from its place.
Whoever acts upon what they know, God will teach them that which they do not know.
Intellect is abstaining from sin, reflecting upon the consequences, and maintaining firm resolve.
The intellect is a sharp sword.
There is no greater harm than lust.
The example of the world is like sea water—whenever a thirsty person drinks from it, it only increases their thirst until it kills them.
A wise person does not lie even for their own convenience.
Those who narrate knowledge are many, but those who practice it are few.
Wisdom is the garden of the intelligent and the recreation of the noble.
Wisdom is not attained through frivolousness.
Whoever responds to a fool with foolishness has accepted what was offered to them, and thus followed the fool's example.
The prudent one is he who holds the reins of his desires.
A wise person should converse with an ignorant person in the same manner that a physician speaks with a patient.
Truth is heavy and bitter, and falsehood is light and sweet; and often yielding to desire for a single moment begets long sorrow.
Befriend one who beautifies you, not one who is merely beautified by you.
If you knew about the world what I know, your souls would find relief from it.
Indeed, when you turn your back on the world, it will welcome you.
One who has no knowledge has no guidance either.
Divide this world into just two words: one word for seeking the lawful, and one word for the hereafter; any third word besides these two is harmful and of no benefit, so do not desire it.
A goal cannot be attained through foolishness.
The first reward a forbearing person receives for their forbearance is that all people become their supporters against their adversary.
If you eagerly chase after the world, the world will turn away from you.
If you turn away from the world, the world will come to you on its own.
Generosity has a measure; if it exceeds that, it becomes extravagance. Caution has a measure; if it exceeds that, it becomes cowardice. Frugality has a measure; if it exceeds that, it becomes miserliness. Courage has a measure; if it exceeds that, it becomes recklessness.
Infer what has not yet occurred from what has already happened, for all matters bear similarity to one another.
Never keep company with someone who lacks intellect.
The cultivation of hearts lies in the company of the wise.
Consider one whose life brings you no benefit as among the dead.
I prefer an old man's advice to a young man's effort.
A man wrote to a wise man: "Share some knowledge with me." The wise man replied: "Knowledge is abundant, but if you can, do not mistreat the one you love." The man asked: "Do you think anyone would mistreat someone they love?" He answered: "Yes, you love your own self more than anyone else, yet whenever you disobey God, you mistreat it."