ما لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا...

ما لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا، ما أنَا وَالدُّنْيَا إلاّ كَرَاكِبٍ اسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا. What do I have to do with the world? To it, am I like unto a traveler who rests a while under the shade of a tree but leaves it (finally). ما يَنْتَظِرُ أحَدُكُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيا اِلاّ غِنىً مُطْغِياً، أوْ فَقْرَاً مُنْسِيَاً، أوْ مَرَضَاً مُفْسِدَاً، أوْ هِرَمَاً مُفَنِّداً، أوْ مَوْتَاً مُجْهِزَاً.

What do you expect from the world, save the wealth leading to rebellion, the poverty bringing about oblivion, the disease ending in corruption, the old age resulting in humiliation, and the death ruining (you) immediately? كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ سَاءَ المُؤْمِنَ فَهُوَ مُصِيْبَةٌ Whatever a believer despises is calamity. كُلُّ مَا هُوَ آتٍ قَرِيْبٌ. Whatever is decreed to come (occur) is close to us. كُلُّ مَعْرُوْفٍ صَنَعْتَهُ إلى غَنِىٍّ أوْ فَقِيْرٍ فَهِي صَدَقَةٌ.

Whatever of good you do to the rich or the poor is (a form of) charity. ما كَرِهْتَ أنْ تُوَاجِهَ بِهِ أخَاكَ فَهُوَ غِيْبَةٌ. Whatever you dislike to utter in your brother's presence, is backbiting him (in essence). اِذا اشْتَكَى الْمُؤْمِنُ أَخْلَصَهُ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ كَمَا يُخْلِصُ الْكِيْرُ خُبْثَ الْحَدِيدِ. When a believer is afflicted with a suffering, he gets purified of sins just as iron gets refined of impurities in forge.

اِنَّ المَيِّتَ اِذا دُفِنَ سَمِعَ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ اِذا وَلُّوا عَنْهُ مُنْصَرِفِيْنَ. When a dead person is buried, he can hear the walking sound of those leaving his (her) grave. مَنْ فُتِحَ لَهُ بَابٌ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلْيَنْتَهِزْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ لا يَدْرِي مَتَى يُغْلَقُ عَنْهُ. When a door of goodness is opened to someone, he should make the most of it, for he will not know when it gets closed.

اِذا أَتَاكُمْ مَنْ تَرْضَونَ خُلْقَهُ وَدِينَهُ فَزَّوِّجُوهُ اِنْ لا تَفْعَلُوا تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الاَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ عَرِيْضٌ. When a faithful, good- tempered man asked your daughter in marriage, marry her to him; otherwise, trouble and corruption will spread (everywhere) on the earth. ما سَاءَ عَمَلُ قَوْمٍ قَطُّ اِلاّ زَخْرَفُوْا مَسَاجِدَهُمْ. When a group of people falls into evil, they (extravagantly) decorate their mosques.

اِذا دَخَلَ الضَّيْفُ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ دَخَلَ بِرِزْقِهِ؛ وَاِذا خَرَجَ خَرَجَ بِمَغْفِرَةِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ. When a guest comes upon a people, he is accompanied by his own sustenance, and when he leaves them, he is a company to (God's) forgiveness for them.