حَسْبُكَ مِنَ
الكِذْبِ أنْ تُحَدِّثَ بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعْتَ.
(1343)Narrating whatever you have heard suffices to
show your mendacity.
لَيْسَ الغِنَى
عَنْ كَثْرَةِ العَرَضِ، وَلكِنَّ الغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ.
(1344)Needlessness does not in abundance lie;
on needless souls does it rely.
الغِنَى
اليَأْسُ عَمَّا في أيْدِي النَّاسِ، وَمَنْ مَشَى مِنْكُمْ إلى طَمَعٍ
فَلْيَمْشِ رُوَيْدَ.
(1345)Needlessness lies in being hopeless of
what people possess, and whoever walks in the way of greed, should
slow his/her speed.
حَدُّ الجِوارِ
أرْبَعُوْنَ دارَاً.
(1346)Neighborhood extends to forty houses.
جَارُ الدَّارِ
أَحَقُّ بِدارِ الجَارِ.
(1347)Neighbors have priority (to others) in
buying their neighbors’ houses.
لا تَدَعَنَّ
حَقَّاً لِغَدٍ فَاِنَّ لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ ما فيهِ.
(1348)Never leave your job for tomorrow, for
each day has it’s own share.
لا
تَتَمَنَّوُا المَوْتَ.
(1349)Never long for death.
ما حَسَّنَ
اللَّهُ خَلْقَ عَبْدٍ وَخُلْقَهُ إلاّ اسْتَحْيَا أنْ يُطْعِمَ لَحْمَهُ
النَّارَ.
(1350)Never will God put to Fire the flesh of
a servant to whom He has given good countenance and character.
اِلْبَسْ
جَدِيدَاً وَعِشْ حَمِيدَاً.
(1351)New dresses wear, and good fame (try to)
bear.
الشَّعْرُ
الحَسَنُ أحَدُ الجَمَالَيْنِ يَكْسُوهُ اللَّهُ المَرْءُ المُسْلِمَ.
(1352)
Nice hair is
one of the two beauties God bestows on a Muslim.
الخَطُّ
الحَسَنُ يَزِيْدُ الحَقَّ وَضحَاً.
(1353)Nice handwriting adds to the clarity of
truth.
ما عُبِدَ
اللَّهُ بِشَيءٍ أفْضَلُ مِنْ فِقْهٍ في الدِّيْنِ.
(1354)No act of worship is superior to
acquiring deep knowledge in religion.
ما يَحِلُّ
لِمُؤْمِنٍ أنْ يَشْتَدَّ إلى أخِيْهِ بِنَظْرَةٍ تُؤْذِيْهِ.
(1355)No believer is allowed to look harshly
at his brother(in faith), bothering him thereof.
لَيْسَ أحَدٌ
أحَبَّ إليْهِ المَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَلا أحَدٌ أكْثَرَ مَعَاذِيْرَ مِنَ
اللَّهِ.
(1356)No body loves being praised more than
God, and nobody accepts excuses more than Him.
ما تَصَدَّقَ
النَّاسُ بِصَدَقَةٍ أفْضَلَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ يُنْشَرُ.
(1357)No charity is superior to people’s
diffusion of knowledge.
ما صَدَقَةٌ
أفْضَلَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالى.
(1358)No charity weighs over remembering the
Exalted God.
ما جُمِعَ
شَيءٌ إلى شَيءٍ أفْضَلَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إلى حِلْمٍ.
(1359)No combination is better than that of
knowledge and patience.
ما مِنْ
شَىْءٍ في المِيْزَانِ أثْقَلُ مِنْ حُسْنِ الخُلْقِ.
(1360)No deed will be heavier in man’s
scale(of deeds) than good-temperedness.
ما تَجَرَّعَ
عَبْدٌ جُرْعَةً أفْضَلَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ جُرْعَةِ غَيْظٍ كَظَمَهَا
ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ.
(1361)No drink is superior to God than a sip
of anger a servant of God drinks to please Him.
خَمْسٌ لَيْسَ
لَهُنَّ كَفَّارَةٌ: الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ، وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ،
وَبَهْتُ المُؤْمِنِ، وَالفِرارُ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ، وَيَمِيْنٌ صَابِرَةٌ
يَقْتَطِعُ بِهَا مَالاً بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ.
(1362)No expiation can make up for the following five
sins, and faithless is the one who lacks any single one of them:
surrendering to the will of God, being pleased with His decrees,
leaving one’s affairs to Him, relying on Him, and keeping patient when one
first faces a disaster.
لا خَيرَ لَكَ
في صُحْبَةِ مَنْ لا يَرى لَكَ ما يَرَى لِنَفْسِهِ.
(1363)No good can you find in the company of
the one who does not count himself equal to you.
ثَلاثَةٌ لا
يَنْفَعُ مَعَهُنَّ عَمَلٌ: الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ؛ وَعُقُوقُ الوالِدَيْنِ؛
وَالفِرارُ مِنَ الزَّحْفِ.
(1364)No good deed is of any benefit if
coupled with the following sins: taking a partner with God,
displeasing one’s parents and escaping from battlefield.
لا خَيْرَ في
صُحْبَةِ مَنْ لا يَرَى لَكَ مِنَ الحَقِّ مِثْلَ ما تَرَى لَهُ.
(1365)No good is there in the company of the
one who does not observe the rights you do for him.
لا خَيْرَ
فيمَنْ لا يُضيفُ.
(1366)No good is there in the one who does not
invite guests.
لا خَيْرَ في
مَالٍ لا يُزْرَأُ مِنْهُ، وَجَسَدٍ لا يُنالُ مِنْهُ.
(1367)No good is there in the wealth without
loss and in the flesh without pain.
لا هَمَّ إلاّ
هَمُّ الدَّيْنِ؛ وَلا وَجَعَ إلاّ وَجَعُ العَيْنِ.
(1368)No grief is like unto that of debt, and
no pain is like unto that of eyes.
لا تَكُونَ
زاهِداً حَتَّى تَكُونَ مُتَواضِعَاً.
(1369)No humility and no piety.
ما كَانَتْ
فَرْحَةٌ اِلاّ تَبَعَتْها تَرْحَةٌ.
(1370)No joy can escape being followed by
grief.
لا يَخْلُوَنَّ
رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأةٍ فَاِنَّ ثالِثَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ.
(1371)No man will sit with a woman in privacy,
unless Satan is the third party to them.
لا بَأْسَ
بِالْغِنَى لِمَنِ اتَّقى، وَالصِّحَةُ لِمَنِ اتَّقى خَيْرٌ مِنَ الغِنَى،
وَطِيْبُ النَّفْسِ مِنَ النَّعِيْمِ.
(1372)No matter if the pious is wealthy, but
piety is better for them than riches, and peace of mind is among (God’s)
blessings.
لا هِجْرَةَ
بَعْدَ الفَتِْحِ.
(1373)No migration will be there after the
conquest (of Mecca).
كُلُّ
المُسْلِمِ عَلَى المُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ: دَمُهُ وَعِرْضُهُ وَمَالُهُ.
(1374)No Muslim is allowed to encroach upon
another Muslim’s possessions including his blood, fame and wealth.
كُلُّ
المُسْلِمِ عَلَى المُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ: مَالُهُ وَعِرْضُهُ وَدَمُهُ، حَسْبُ
امْرِىءٍ مِنَ الشَّرِّ أنْ يُحَقِّرَ أخَاهُ المُسْلِمَ.
(1375)No Muslim is allowed to encroach upon
other Muslim’s blood, fame and wealth. Belittling a Muslim brother suffices
to show one’s evil.
ما مِنْ
شَيْءٍ أُطِيعَ اللَّهُ فِيْهِ بِأَعْجَلَ ثَوَابَاً مِنْ صِلَةِ الرَّحِم؛
وَما مِنْ عَمَلٍ يُعْصَى اللَّهُ فِيْهِ بِأَعْجَلَ عُقُوبَةً مِنْ بَغْيٍ.
(1376)No obedience to God fruits in quicker
reward than observing bonds of kinship, and no disobedience to Him
results in quicker punishment than oppression.
لا يَبْلُغُ
العَبْدُ أنْ يَكُونَ مِنَ المُتَّقينَ حَتَّى يَدَعَ ما لا بَأْسَ بِهِ
حَذَراً لِمَا بِهِ البَأْسُ.
(1377)No one achieves the state of virtue unless
(s)he connives at the permissible, out of fear for the impermissible.
لا يَبْلُغُ
العَبْدُ حَقيقَةَ الإيْمَانِ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ أنَّ ما أصَابَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ
لِيُخْطِئَهُ؛ وَما أخْطأَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيْبَهُ.
(1378)No one achieves true faith unless (s)he
comes to know that both what (s)he gains and what (s)he doesn’t are
predestined for him.
لا يَبْلُغُ
العَبْدُ حَقيقَةَ الإيْمَانَ حَتَّى يَخْزُنَ مِنْ لِسانِهِ.
(1379)No one achieves true faith unless (s)he
controls his/her tongue.
لا تُنْزَعُ
الرَّحْمَةُ إلاّ مِنْ شَقِيٍّ.
(1380)No one but the wicked are deprived of
(God’s) mercy.
ما اكْتَسَبَ
مُكْتَسِبٌ مِثْلَ فَضْلِ عِلْمٍ يَهْدي صَاحِبَهُ إلى هُدَىً، أوْ يَرُدَّهُ
عَنْ رَدىً؛ وَلا اسْتَقَامَ دِينُهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَقيمَ عَقْلُهُ.
(1381)No one can gain anything better than the
knowledge leading its holder to guidance or saving him/her from danger, and
no one’s faith gets perfected unless his/her wisdom is improved.
لا
يَتَكَلَّفَنَّ أحَدٌ لِضَيْفِهِ ما لا يَقْدِرُ.
(1382)No one is allowed to put himself/herself into
trouble in serving his guests.
ما زُوِيَتِ
الدُّنْيَا عَنْ أحَدٍ إلاّ كَانَتْ خَيْرَاً لَهُ.
(1383)No one is deprived of the world(secular
benefits) without being rewarded in good.
لَيْسَ أحَدٌ
مِنْكُمْ بِأَكْسَبَ مِنْ أحَدٍ، قَدْ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ المُصِيْبَةَ وَالأجَلَ
وَقَسَّمَ المَعِيْشَةَ وَالعَمَلَ.
(1384)No one is more capable of making a living than
others, for God has predestined calamity, death, business and sustenance.
ما مِنْ أحَدٍ
أفْضَلَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ اِمَامٍ؛ إنْ قَالَ صَدَقَ؛ وَإنْ حَكَمَ عَدَلَ.
(1385)No one is more superior to God than a
leader who tells the truth when speaking and administers justice when
judging.
لَيْسَ لأحَدٍ
عَلى أحَدٍ فَضْلٌ إلاّ بِالدِّيْنِ أوْ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ.
(1386)No one is superior to others save for
faith and good deeds.
لا
يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أحَدُكُمُ المَوْتَ لِضُرٍّ نَزَلَ بِهِ
(1387)No one is to wish for death when
suffering(something).
لا يَتَمَّنى
أحَدُكُمُ المَوْتَ؛ اِمَّا مُحْسِنَاً فَلَعَلَّهُ يَزْدَادُ؛ وَاِمَّا
مُسِيْئَاً فَلَعَلَّهُ يُسْتَعْتَبُ.
(1388)No one is to wish for death, for if you
are on the right path, your good might increase, and if you are astray, you
might go the way of salvation.
لَيْسَ أحَدٌ
مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَعُولُ ثَلاثَ بَنَاتٍ أوْ ثَلاثَ أخَوَاتٍ فَيُحْسِنُ
اِلَيْهِنَّ إلاّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرَاً مِنَ النَّارِ.
(1389)No one of my people is there to
look kindly after three daughters or three sisters of his, unless God will
keep him intact from Hell.
لا
يَسْتَكْمِلُ أحَدُكُمْ حَقيقَةَ الإيْمَانِ حَتَّى يَخْزُنَ لِسَانَهُ
(1390)No one of you will be perfect in
true faith unless (s)he controls his tongue.
لا يَبْغي
عَلَى النَّاسِ اِلاّ وَلَدُ بَغِيٍّ؛ وَلا مَنْ فيهِ عِرْقٌ مِنْهُ.
(1391)No one oppresses people, save the son of
adultery or the one with a hue of it.
لا يَرُدُّ
الرَّجُلُ هَدِيَّةَ أخِيْهِ فَاِنْ وَجَدَ فَلْيُكافِئْهُ.
(1392)No one should reject his/her brother’s
gift; rather, (s)he should compensate for it, if possible.
ما مِنْ عَبْدٍ
أُبْتُلِىَ بِبَلِيِّةٍ في الدُّنْيَا إلاّ بِذَنْبٍ؛ وَاللَّهُ أكْرَمُ
وَأعْظَمُ عَفْوَاً مِنْ أنْ يَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ ذلِكَ الذَّنْبِ يَوْمَ
القِيَامَةِ.
(1393)No one will be afflicted with calamity in
this world, save in lieu of a sin (s)he has committed, and God is too
generous to call him/her to account for that very sin in the Day of
Judgment.
ما أكَلَ أحَدٌ
طَعَامَاً قَطُّ خَيْرَاً مِنْ أنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ؛ وَإنَّ
نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ دَاوُودَ كانَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ.
(1394)No one will eat anything better than
what he/she has herself/himself earned.Verily, David (the Messenger of God)
ate what he himself earned.
لَنْ يَهْلِكَ
امْرُؤٌ بَعْدَ مَشْوَرَةٍ.
(1395)No one will perish out of counseling with
others.
ما ضَلَّ
قَوْمٌ بَعْدَ هُدَىً كَانُوْا عَلَيْهِ إلاّ أُوْتُوْا الجَدَلَ.
(1396)No people will fall to deviation after
having been guided unless they get into constant dispute among themselves.
ما مِنْ رَجُلٍ
مِنَ المُسْلِمِيْنَ أعْظَمَ أجْرَاً مِنْ وَزِيْرٍ صَالِحٍ مَعَ اِمَامٍ
يُطيعُهُ وَيَأْمُرُهُ بِذَاتِ اللَّهِ.
(1397)No reward for a Muslim is greater than
that of a qualified minister who obeys a king and makes him obey God.
لا يُؤْمِنُ
عَبْدٌ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنَ الخَيْرِ ما يُحِبُّ لأَخِيْهِ
المُسْلِمِ.
(1398)No servant (of God) is a (true)
believer unless (s)he wishes for his/her Muslim brother what (s)he does for
himself/herself.
لا كَبيرَةَ
مَعَ اسْتِغْفارٍ؛ وَلا صَغِيرَةَ مَعَ اِصْرَارٍ.
(1399)No sin is (counted) capital with
deprecation, and no sin is venial with insistence (to commit it repeatedly).
لا يَتَجالَسُ
قَوْمٌ إلاّ بِالأَمَانَة.
(1400)No
trustworthiness, and no companionship.
ما نَحَلَ
وَالِدٌ وَلَدَهُ أفْضَلَ مِنْ أدَبٍ حَسَنٍ.
(1401)No wealth of a father for his child is
better than courtesy.
ما نَقَصَ
مَالٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ، وَلا عَفَى رَجُلٌ عَنْ مَظْلَمَةٍ اِلاّ زَادَهُ اللَّهُ
بِهَا عِزَّ.
(1402)No wealth will decrease through charity,
and no one will sustain a loss through abandoning sins; rather will God make
his dignity increase.
ما شَقَى
عَبْدٌ قَطُّ بِمَشْورَةٍ؛ وَما سَعَدَ بِاسْتِغْناءٍ بِرَأْيِ.
(1403)Nobody becomes unlucky for consultation and
lucky for obstinacy.
لَيْسَ مِنِّي
إلاّ عَالِمٌ أوْ مُتَعَلِّمٌ.
(1404)Nobody belongs to me save the knowledgeable and
the seekers of knowledge.
ما أُوْذِيَ
أحَدٌ ما أُوْذِيْتُ في اللَّهِ.
(1405)Nobody has ever suffered as me in the way of
God.
لا يَحْتَكِرُ
إلاّ خَاطِىءٌ.
(1406)Nobody hoards(goods), save a wrongdoer.
ثَلاثٌ لَيْسَ
لأحَدِ النَّاسِ فيهِ
رُخْصَةٌ:
بِرُّ الوالِدَيْنِ؛ مُسْلِمَاً كانَ أَوْ كافِرَاً؛ وَالوَفاءُ بِالعَهْدِ؛
لِمُسْلِمٍ أَوْ كافِرٍ؛ وَالاَمانَةُ اِلى مُسْلِمٍ.
(1407)Nobody is allowed to abandon the
following three: kindness to parents, being them Muslims or non-Muslims,
keeping one’s promise for Muslims and non-Muslims, and returning Muslims’
deposits.
لا طَاعَةَ
لأحَدٍ في مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ؛ إِنَّما الطَّاعَةُ في المَعْرُوفِ.
(1408)Nobody is allowed to obey (others) in
disobedience of God.Obedience is only (permissible) in good deeds.
لا شَيْءَ
أغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ.
(1409)Nobody is more zealous than God.
لا يُؤْمِنُ
أحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَخِيْهِ ما يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ.
(1410)None of you is a (true) believer unless
(s)he wishes for his/her brother what (s)he does for himself/herself.
ما رَأيْتُ
مِثْلَ النَّارِ نَامَ هَارِبُهَا، وَلا مِثْلَ الجَنَّةِ نَامَ طَالِبُهَ
(1411)Nothing as Hell do I know with its
haters not being negligent, and nothing as Paradise do I know with its
lovers not being asleep!
ما تَقَرَّبَ
العَبْدُ إلَى اللَّهِ بِشَىءِ أفْضَلَ مِنْ سُجُوْدٍ خَفِىٍّ.
(1412)Nothing can bring a servant of God more
proximity to Him than hidden(private) prostration.
لا يَرُدُّ
القَضَاءَ إلاّ الدُّعاءُ، وَلا يَزِيْدُ في العُمْرِ إلاّ البِرُّ.
(1413)Nothing can ward off one’s
predestined fate save praying, and nothing can prolong one’s life save
benevolence.
لَمْ يَبْقَ
مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ إلاّ المُبَشِّرَاتُ: الرُّؤْيَا الصَّادِقَةُ.
(1414)Nothing has been left of prophethood,
save the givers of good tidings, i.e.true dreams.
ما مِنْ عَمَلٍ
أفْضَلَ مِنْ اِشْبَاعِ كَبَدِ جَائٍِع.
(1415)Nothing is better than feeding a
hungry stomach.
ما مِنْ
شَيْءٍ أحَبُّ إلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالى مِنْ شَابٍّ تَائِبٍ؛ وَما مِنْ شَيْءٍ
أبْغَضُ إلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالى مِنْ شَيْخٍ مُقيمٍ عَلى مَعاصِيْهِ.
(1416)Nothing is more beloved to the
Exalted God than the penitent youth, and nothing is more hated by Him than
the aged indulged in their sins.
لا شَيءَ
أحَقُّ بِالسِّجِنِ مِنَ اللِّسانِ.
(1417)Nothing is more entitled to be imprisoned than
(man’s) tongue.
ما مِنْ
جُرْعَةٍ أحَبَّ إلى اللَّهِ مِنْ جُرْعَةِ غَيْظٍ كَظَمَها رَجُلٌ؛ أوْ
جُرْعَةِ صَبْرٍ عَلى مُصيبَةٍ، وَما مِنْ قَطْرَةٍ أحَبَّ إلى اللَّهِ مِنْ
قَطْرَةِ دَمْعٍ أُهْرِيقَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ، وَقَطْرَةِ دَمٍ
أُهْرِيقَتْ في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ.
(1418)Nothing is more favorable to God than a
sip of anger or a sip of patience one drinks, and no drop is more favorable
to God than a drop of tear dripped out of fear of God or a drop of
blood shed for the cause of Him.
ما مِنْ
جُرْعَةٍ أحَبُّ إلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالى مِنْ جُرْعَةِ غَيْظٍ يَكْظِمُهَا
عَبْدٌ؛ ما كَظَمَهَا عَبْدٌ إلاّ مَلأَ اللَّهُ تَعَالى جَوْفَهُ اِيْمَانَ.
(1419)Nothing is more favorable to the
Exalted God than a sip of anger one drinks, and He will load with faith the
heart of whoever does so.
لَيْسَ شَيءٌ
أَكْرَمَ عَلى اللَّهِ تَعَالى مِنَ المُؤْمِنِ.
(1420)Nothing is worthier than a believer to
the Exalted God.
لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ
أكْرَمَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ.
(1421)Nothing is worthier to God than
praying Him.
ما مَحَقَ
الإسْلامَ مَحْقَ الشُّحِّ شَيْءٌ.
(1422)Nothing ruins Islam as much as
miserliness.
لَيْسَ شَيءٌ
خَيْرَاً مِنْ ألْفِ مِثْلِهِ إلاّ الإنْسَانُ.
(1423)Nothing save man is better than a
thousand like himself.
لا سَهْلَ إلاّ
ما جَعَلْتَ سَهْلاً.
(1424)Nothing will be easy unless one takes it easy.
لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ
أثْقَلَ في المِيْزَانِ مِنَ الخُلْقِ الحَسَنِ.
(1425)Nothing will be heavier than good temper in one’s Balance of deeds.