Scholars are God's trustees on earth.

Scholars are God's trustees on earth. البَذاءُ شُؤْمُ؛ وَسُوْءُ المَلَكَةِ لُؤْمٌ. Scurrility incites enmity, and malice brings meanness. أُطْلُبُوا الْعِلْمَ وَلَوْ بِالصِّينِ؛ فَاِنَّ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ، اِنَّ الْمَلآئِكَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَها لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضَاً بِمَا يَطْلُبُ.

Search for knowledge even (if it is to be acquired) in China, for seeking knowledge is a precept for all Muslims, and angels spread their wings for the seekers of knowledge (to sit on) and derive pleasure from what they search for. أُطْلُبُوا العِلْمَ مِنَ الْمَهْدِ اِلَى اللَّحْدِ. Search for lore from the birth shore to the grave door. حَصِّنُوْا أمْوالَكُمْ بِالزَّكاةِ، وَداوُوا مَرْضاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ، وَأعِدُّوْا لِلْبَلاءِ الدُّعَاءَ.

Secure your properties by giving alms, cure your patients through charity, and resort to praying to guard yourself against calamity. الأمْنُ وَالعَافِيَةُ نِعْمَتَانِ مَغْبُوْنٌ فيهَا كَثِيْرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ. Security and health are two (divine) blessings most people lose. بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ فِتَنٌ كَقِطَعِ اللَّيْلِ. Sedition will arise before the Hour, as gloomy as parts of dark nights.

سَتَكُونُ فَتِنٌ يُصْبِحُ الرَّجُلُ فيها مُؤْمِنَاً، وَيُمْسِي كافِرَاً، إلاّ مَنْ أحْيَاهُ اللَّهُ بِالعِلْمِ. Seditions will soon arise. When believers in the morning will turn out to be disbelievers at night, save those whom God has enlivened their hearts with knowledge. أُنْظُرْ فيْ أَيِّ نِصَابٍ تَضَعُ وَلَدَكَ؛ فَاِنَّ اَلعِرْقَ دَسَّاسٌ See where you place your child (cultivate your sperm),for nature leaves its effect. اِلْتَمِسْ وَلَوْ خَاتَمَاً مِنْ حَدِيْدٍ.

Seek (something), even if it is an iron ring. اِلْتَمِسُوا الرِّزْقَ بِالنِّكَاحِ. Seek (your) sustenance through marriage. اِذا ابْتَغَيْتُمُ الْمَعْرُوفَ فَاطْلُبُوهُ عِنْدَ حِسَانِ الْوُجُوهِ. Seek good deeds with holders of good faces. عَلَيْكَ بِالعِلْمِ؛ فَاِنَّ العِلْمَ خَلِيْلُ المُؤْمِنِ، وَالحِلْمَ وَزِيْرُهُ، وَالعَقْلَ دَلِيْلُهُ، وَالعَمَلَ قَيِّمُهُ، وَالرِّفْقَ أبُوهُ، وَاللِّيْنَ أخُوهُ، وَالصَّبْرَ أمِيْرُ جُنُودِهِ.

Seek knowledge, for it is a believer's friend, his minister being forbearance, his guidance being intellect, his guardian being (good) deeds, his father being moderateness, his brother being gentleness, and the commander of his army being patience. أُطْلُبُوا الرِّزْقَ في خَبَايَا الْاَرْضِ. Seek your sustenance in the hideouts of the earth.