● اِتَّقُوا صَاحِبَ الْجُذَامِ كَمَا يُتَّقَى السَّبُعُ...
● اِتَّقُوا صَاحِبَ الْجُذَامِ كَمَا يُتَّقَى السَّبُعُ؛ اِذا هَبَطَ وَادِيَاً فَاهْبِطُوا غَيْرَهُ. Keep away from a leprous as you do from a wild animal. Should he settle somewhere, you do settle somewhere else. ● اِتَّقُوا الظُّلْمَ؛ فَاِنَّ الظُلْمَ ظُلُماتٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ. Keep away from oppression, for it will bring (you) darkness in the Day of Judgement.
● اِتَّقُوا الدُّنْيا؛ وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ؛ فَاِنَّ اِبْلِيْسَ طَلّاعٌ رَصَّادٌ؛ وَمَا هُوَ بِشَيْىءٍ مِنْ فُخُوخِهِ بِأَوْثَقَ لِصَيْدِهِ فِي الْاَتْقِيَاءِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ. Keep away from the (material) world and women, for Satan lies is ambush in all mastery, and none of his traps is more reliable than women to hunt holders of piety. ● اِحْذَرُوا زَلَّةَ الْعَالِمِ؛ فَاِنَّ زَلَّتَهُ تُكَبْكِبُهُ في النَّارِ. Keep away from the slips of an scholar, for it will cause him fall into the Fire.
● اِتَّقُوا الدُّنْيا؛ فَوَالَّذيْ نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ اِنَّها لاَسْحَرُ مِنْ هَارُوتَ وَمَارُوتَ. Keep away from the world (materiality), for I swear by Him who has authority over my soul that it is more sorcerous than Gog and Magog. ● بُلُّوْا أَرْحَامَكُمْ وَلَوْ بِالسَّلام. Keep close connections with your relatives even through greeting. ● جالِسِ الاَبْرارَ فَاِنَّكَ اِذا فَعَلْتَ خَيْرَاً حَمَدُوُكَ؛ وَاِنْ أَخْطَأَتَ لَمْ يُعَنِّفُوُكَ.
Keep company with good people, for if you do good, they will praise you, and if you do evil, they will not be hard on you. ● خَالِطُوْا النَّاسَ بِأَخْلاقِهِمْ، وَخَالِفُوهُمْ في أعْمَالِهِمْ. Keep company with people for (the sake of) their good manners, and keep distance with them for (evil) deeds. ● اِذا رَأَيْتُمْ أَهْلَ الْجُوعِ وَالتَّفَكُّرِ فَادْنُوا مِنْهُمْ؛ فَاِنَّ الْحِكْمَةَ تَجْرِي عَلى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ.
Keep company with the hungry and learned men, for wisdom flows out through their tongues. ● صُوْمُوْا تَصِحُّوْا. Keep fast and be healthy. ● نَحِّ الأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيْقِ المُسْلِمِيْنَ. Keep harms away from Muslim's path. ● اِذا غَضِبْتَ فَاسْكُتْ. Keep silent when you get angry. ● عَلَيْكُمْ بِاصْطِنَاعِ المَعْرُوْفِ فَاِنَّهُ يَمْنَعُ مَصَارِعَ السُّوْءِ، وَعَليْكُمْ بِصَدَقَةِ السِّرِّ؛ فَاِنَّهَا تُطْفِي غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
Keep up with good deeds, for it saves you from bad falls, and give covert alms, for it puts out the wrath of God, the Greatest and the most Powerful. ● اِمْلِكْ يَدَكَ. Keep your hands under control. ● اِحْفَظْ وِدَّ أبِيْكَ لا تَقْطَعْهُ فَيُطْفِىءُ اللَّهُ نُوْرَكَ.
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