Verily if you become contented you will gain independence...

Verily if you become contented you will gain independence [and affluence] and the burden of worldly provisions will become lighter for you. 24ـ إنَّكُمْ إنْ قَنِعْتُمْ حُزْتُمْ الغَناءَ وخَفَّتْ عَلَيْكُمْ مُؤَنُ الدُّنيا. When you are deprived, then be content [with what you have]. 25ـ إذا حُرِمْتَ فَاقْنَعْ. When you seek wealth, then seek it through contentment. 26ـ إذا طَلَبْتَ الغِنى فَاطْلُبْهُ بِالقَناعَةِ. Through contentment there is honour. 27ـ بِالقَناعَةِ يَكُونُ العِزُّ.

The fruit of contentment is prosperity. 28ـ ثَمَرَةُ القَناعَةِ الغَناءُ. The fruit of contentment is being moderate in earning [one’s livelihood] and refraining from asking [others]. 29ـ ثَمَرَةُ القَناعَةِ الإجْمالُ فِي المُكْتَسَبِ والعُزُوفُ عَنِ الطَّلَبِ. The fruit of contentment is honour. 30ـ ثَمَرَةُ القَناعَةِ العِزُّ. The goodness of contentment stems from continence. 31ـ حُسْنُ القَناعَةِ مِنَ العَفافِ.

It is enough of contentment for you to suffice with what Allah, the Glorified, has apportioned for you. 32ـ حَسْبُكَ مِنَ القَناعَةِ غِناكَ بِما قَسَمَ لَكَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ. Preserving that which is in your possession is better for you than seeking that which is in someone else’s possession. 33ـ حِفْظُ مافي يَدِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ طَلَبِ ما في يَدِ غَيْرِكَ. Blessed is the one who covers himself with contentment and keeps away from extravagance.

34ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ تَجَلْبَبَ بِالقُنُوعِ، وتَجَنَّبَ الإسْرافَ. Blessed is the one who fears the punishment [of the Hereafter], works for the Reckoning, espouses continence, is content with what suffices [him] and is pleased with [the decree of] Allah, the Glorified. 35ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ خافَ العِقابَ، وعَمِلَ لِلْحِسابِ،وَ صاحَبَ العَفافَ، وقَنِعَ بِالكَفافِ،وَ رَضِيَ عَنِ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ. You must have contentment, for indeed there is nothing that wards off poverty more than it.

36ـ عَلَيْكَ بِالقُنُوعِ فَلاشَيْءَ أدْفَعُ لِلْفاقَةِ مِنْهُ. Contentment is proportionate to the degree of continence. 37ـ عَلى قَدْرِ العِفَّةِ تَكُونُ القَناعَةُ. In contentment there is prosperity. 38ـ فِي القَناعَةِ الغَناءُ. The one who is content has gained honour. 39ـ قَدْ عَزَّ مَن قَنِعَ. Contentment has been paired with prosperity. 40ـ قُرِنَ القُنُوعُ بِالغَناءِ. Every contented one is continent. 41ـ كُلُّ قانِـع عَفيفٌ. Contentment is enough of a possession.

42ـ كَفى بِالقَناعَةِ مُِلْكاً. Be contented and you will become rich. 43ـ كُنْ قَنِعاً تَكُنْ غَنِيّاً. Contentment will never be attained until greed is lost.