تَنَظَّفُوْا بِكُلِّ ما اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ...
تَنَظَّفُوْا بِكُلِّ ما اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالى بَنَى الاِسْلامَ عَلَى النَّظَافَةِ؛ وَلَنْ يَدْخُلَ الجَنَّةَ اِلاّ كُلُّ نَظِيْفٍ. Be clean to the extent possible, for the Exalted God has founded Islam on cleanliness, and nobody enters Paradise save the clean.
اِسْتَحْيُوا مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ؛ مَنِ اسْتَحْيَى مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ فَلْيَحْفَظِ الرَّأْسَ وَمَا وَعَى وَلْيَحْفَظِ الْبَطْنَ وَمَا حَوَى؛ وَلْيَذْكُرِ الْمَوْتَ وَالْبَلاءَ، وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الآخِرَةَ تَرَكَ زينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيا؛ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذلِكَ فَقَدِ اسْتَحْيا مِنَ اللَّهِ حَقَّ الْحَياءِ.
Be duly modest towards God, for he who does so, should control his head and mind as well as his belly and privy parts (against the unlawful), and remember (his) death and trial. Whoever seeks the eternal life should abandon the luxurious beauties of worldly life and thereby, he will be the one duly modest towards God. تَسَحَّرُوْا فَاِنَّ في السُّحُوْرِ بَرَكَةً. Be early rising, for in it there is blessing. يَسِّرُوْا وَلا تُعَسِّرُوْا. Be easy- going and do not be hard (on people).
أُتْرُكْ فُضُولَ الْكَلامِ؛ وَحَسْبُكَ مِنَ الْكَلامِ مَا تَبْلُغُ بِهِ حَاجَتَكَ. Be economical in speaking, for the word which settles your need suffices you (indeed). أَعْطِ وَلا تُوكِىءْ فَيُوكَأُ عَلَيْكَ. Be generous (to people) and put them not in straits, for you will be put in straits (in the Hereafter).
اِيْتِ الْمَعْرُوفَ؛ وَاجْتَنِبْ الْمُنْكَرَ؛ وَانْظُرْ مَا يُعْجِبُ أَذُنَكَ أَنْ يَقولَ لَكَ الْقَوْمُ اِذا قُمْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ فَأْتِهِ وَانْظُرِ الَّذي تَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَكَ الْقَوْمُ اِذا قُمْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ فَاجْتَنِبْهُ. Be good and refrain from evil. Behave in such a way that in your absence, people talk of you as you wished, and abstain from what you do not like people to attribute to you.
عَلَيْكَ بِحُسْنِ الخُلْقِ وَطُوْلِ الصَّمْتِ؛ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا تَجَمَّلَ الخَلائِقُ بِمِثْلِهِمَا. Be good- tempered and keep silent as long as possible, for by the One in whose hands lays my life, there is no beauty as these among people. عَلَيْكَ بِحُسنِ الخُلْقِ، فاِنَّ أحسنَ النَّاسِ خُلْقَاً أحْسَنُهُم دِيْنَاً. Be good- tempered, for the most good- tempered are the best in religion. مَنْ أتَى اِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوْفَاً فَكَافِئُوْهُ، فَاِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوْا فَادْعُوْا لَهُ.
Be good to the one who is good to you; and if you cannot do so, pray for him. أَدِّ الاَمَانَةَ اِلى مَنِ ائْتَمَنَكَ وَلا تَخُنْ مَنْ خَانَكَ.
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