عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ...
عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ، وَاذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ حَجَرٍ وَشَجَرٍ، وَاِذا عَمِلْتَ سَيِّئَةً فَأَحْدِثْ عِنْدَهَا تَوْبَةً، السِّرُّ بِالسِّرِّ وَالعَلانِيَةُ بِالعَلانِيَةِ. Do fear God, the Greatest and the most Powerful, and remember Him in all cases. When you commit an evil deed, do repent instantly-a covert repentance for a covert sin, and an overt repentance for an overt sin. اِذا أَسَأْتَ فَأَحْسِنْ. Do good immediately after doing wrong.
اِصْنَعِ الْمَعْرُوفَ اِلى مَنْ هُوَ أَهْلُهُ وَاِلى غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ فَاِنْ أَصَبْتَ أَهْلَهُ أَصَبْتَ أَهْلَهُ؛ وَاِنْ لَمْ تُصِبْ أَهْلَهُ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ أَهْلَهُ. Do good to those who deserve it and those who don't, for if your goodness the former receive, it would be quite appropriate; otherwise, you yourself will be the receiver of it. خُذُوا عَلى أيْدِي سُفَهَائِكُمْ. Do not allow your silly ones rule over you.
لا تَسْأَلِ النَّاسَ شَيْئاً وَلا سَوْطَكَ إنْ سَقَطَ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ إليْهِ فَتَأْخُذَهُ. Do not ask people for anything. Should your scourge fall down, bend and take it up and do not ask others to do so. لا تَغْتابُوا المُسْلِمينَ وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ. Do not backbite Muslims and do not try to discover their faults. لا تُصاحِبْ إلاّ مُؤْمِناً وَلا يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إلاّ تَقِىٌّ. Do not be a company but to believers, and do not share your meal save with the pious.
لا تَصْحَبَنَّ أحداً لا يَرى لَكَ كَمِثْلَ ما تَرى لَهُ. Do not be a company to the one who does not regard you of equal status with him. لا يُعْجِبُكُمْ اِسْلامُ رَجُلٍ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا كُنْهَ عَقْلِهِ. Do not be amazed at anybody's being a Muslim; rather (try to) know the essence of his thought. لا تُعْجِبُوا بِعَمَلِ عَامِلٍ حَتَّى تَنْظُرُوا بِمَ يُخْتَمُ لَهُ. Do not be amazed at anybody's state of affairs; rather, (wait to) see its end.
لا تُمارِ أخَاكَ وَلا تُمازِحْهُ وَلا تَعِدْهُ فَتُخْلِفَهُ. Do not be contentious to your brothers (in faith), do not make fun of them, and do not break your promises (in respect to them. لا تَكُنْ مِمَّنْ يَشُدُّ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيُخَفِّفُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ. Do not be easy- going to yourself, but hard on people. لا تُكْثِرْ هَمَّكَ؛ ما قُدِّرَ يَكُنْ وَما تُرْزَقْ يَأْتِك. Do not be in gross grief, for your due sustenance and whatever is destined for you will surely come to pass.
لا تَحاسَدُوا وَلا تَناجَشُوا وَلا تَباغَضُوا وَلا تَدَابَرُوا وَكُونُوا عِبادَ اللَّهِ اِخْواناً وَلا تَكُونُوا عَيَّابينَ وَلا مَدَّاحينَ وَلا طَعَّانِينَ.
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