Whoever agrees with his vain desire opposes his rectitude [and reason].
Whoever agrees with his vain desire opposes his rectitude [and reason]. 40ـ مَنْ وافَقَ هَواهُ خالَفَ رُشْدَهُ. One whose vain desire is strong, his resolve becomes weak. 41ـ مَنْ قَوِيَ هَواهُ ضَعُفَ عَزْمُهُ. Whoever embarks on his vain desire slips. 42ـ مَنْ رَكِبَ هَواهُ زَلَّ. Whoever follows his vain desire destroys himself. 43ـ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ هَواهُ أرْدى نَفْسَهُ. Whoever opposes his vain desire has followed [the path of] knowledge. 44ـ مَنْ خالَفَ هَواهُ أطاعَ الْعِلْمَ.
One who proceeds with vain desire falls into destruction. 45ـ مَنْ جَرى مَعَ الهَوى عَثَرَ بِالرَّدى. With vain desire there is no [reason and] intellect. 46ـ لاعَقْلَ مَعَ هَوىً. Whoever embarks on vain desire is afflicted by blindness. 47ـ مَنْ رَكِبَ الهَوى أدْرَكَ العَمى. There is no faith with vain desire. 48ـ لادينَ مَعَ هَوىً. Whoever yields to his vain desire has sold his Hereafter for his worldly life. 49ـ مَنْ أطاعَ هَواهُ باعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْياهُ.
One whose vain desire overpowers his intellect is overcome by disgrace. 50ـ مَنْ غَلَبَ هَواهُ عَلى عَقْلِهِ ظَهَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ الفَضائِحُ. Whoever wishes to attain lofty stations should overcome his vain desire. 51ـ مَنْ أحَبَّ نَيْلَ الدَّرَجاتِ العُلى فَلْيَغْلِبِ الهَوى. One who is controlled by vain desire does not accept the advice of any sincere adviser. 52ـ مَنْ مَلَكَهُ الهَوى لَمْ يَقْبَلْ مِنْ نَصُوح نُصُحاً.
One whose actions are free from vain desire, his effect [and result] is good in every matter. 53ـ مَنْ عَرِيَ عَنِ الهَوى عَمَلُهُ، حَسُنَ أثَرُهُ في كُلِّ أمْر. Whoever follows his vain desire, it blinds him, deafens him, humiliates him and misguides him. 54ـ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ هَواهُ أعْماهُ، وأصَمَّهُ، وأذَلَّهُ، وأضَلَّهُ. Whoever is led by his vain desire, Satan prevails upon him. 55ـ مَنِ اسْتَقادَهُ هَواهُ اِسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطانُ.
Whoever looks with the eye of his vain desire falls into temptation and wrongdoing, and deviates and turns away from the clear open path. 56ـ مَنْ نَظَرَ بِعَيْنِ هَواهُ اِفْتَتَنَ وجارَ، وعَنْ نَهْجِ السَّبيلِ زاغَ وَحارَ. Nothing opposes reason like vain desire. 57ـ ما ضادَّ العَقْلَ كَالهَوى. Nothing destroys religion like vain desire. 58ـ ما أهْلَكَ الدّينَ كَالهَوى. Vain desire is a riding mount that throws down its rider. 59ـ مَرْكَبُ الهَوى مَرْكَبٌ مُرْد.
Opposing vain desire is a cure for the intellect. 60ـ مُخالَفَةُ الهَوى شِفاءُ العَقْلِ. The one who is overpowered by vain desire is always wretched and forever enslaved.
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