● لَيْسَ بِكَذَّابٍ مَنْ أصْلَحَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ...
● لَيْسَ بِكَذَّابٍ مَنْ أصْلَحَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ، فَقَالَ خَيْرَاً أوْ نَمَى خَيْرَاً. He is not a liar who makes peace between two persons through good words or attribution of something good to any one of them.
● لَيْسَ المِسْكِيْنُ الَّذِي يَطُوْفُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَيَرِدَهُ اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ، وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ، وَلكِنَّ المِسْكِيْنَ الَّذِي لا يَجِدُ غِنَىً يُغْنِيْهِ وَلا He is not poor, who begs among people to get one or two morsels of food or one or two dates, but the one who does not have anything to make him needless, who is not attended with alms, and who does not make a ● سَارِعُوْا في طَلَبِ العِلْمِ، فَالْحَديثُ مِنْ صَادِقٍ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيا وَمَا عَلَيْها مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ.
Haste in seeking knowledge, for uttering true words is better than the world and its gold and silver. ● اِرْحَمُوْا تُرْحَمُْوا، وَاغْفِرُوا يُغْفَرْ لَكُمْ. Have mercy (on people) and forgive them to receive divine Mercy and Forgiveness. ● اِرْحَمُوْا عَزِيْزَاً ذَلَّ؛ وَغَنِيَّاً افْتَقَرَ؛ وَعَالِمَاً ضَاعَ بَيْنَ جُهَّالٍ. Have mercy on the degraded formerly held in honor, the rich afflicted with poverty and the learned left unknown among the ignorant.
● اِرْحَمْ مَنْ في الاَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكَ مَنْ في السَّمَاءِ. Have mercy on those who are on the earth to receive the Mercy of the One who is in the heavens. ● تَعَشَّوْا وَلَوْ بِكَفٍّ مِنْ حَشَفٍ؛ فَاِنَّ تَرْكَ العِشِاءِ مَهْرَمَةٌ. Have supper, though a handful of bad date might be there, for surely doing the reverse brings old age and weakness. ● دَخَلْتُ الجَنَّةَ فَاِذا أكْثَرُ أهْلِهَا البُلْهُ. Having entered paradise, most of its dwellers I found of the unwise!
● حَسْبِي رَجَائِي مِنْ خَالِقِي؛ وَحَسْبِي دِيْنِي مِنْ دُنْيَايَ. Having hope in God, and having faith (in this world) are sufficient for me. ● لَيْسَ المُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي لا يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَةُ. He is not a believer whose neighbors do not feel safe against his evil. ● لَيْسَ بِكَذَّابٍ مَنْ أصْلَحَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ، فَقَالَ خَيْرَاً أوْ نَمَى خَيْرَاً. He is not a liar who makes peace between two persons through good words or attribution of something good to any one of them.
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