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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Doubt And Misgiving Doubt and Misgiving-الشك والاِرتياب Doubt corrupts certitude and nullifies faith. 1ـ اَلشَكُ يُفْسِدُ اليَقينَ ويُبْطِلُ الدِّينَ. Be wary of doubt, for verily it corrupts religion and nullifies certitude. 2ـ إيّاكَ والشَّكَّ، فَإنَّهُ يُفْسِدُ الدِّينَ، ويُبْطِلُ اليَقينَ.

The most destructive thing is doubt and uncertainty, and the most constructive thing is piety and keeping aloof from sin. 3ـ أهْلَكُ شَيْء اَلشَّكُّ والاِرْتيابُ، وأمْلَكُ شَيْء الوَرَعُ وَالاِجْتِنابُ. Doubt is misgiving. 4ـ اَلشَّكُّ اِرْتيابٌ. Doubt [in the existence of God] is disbelief. 5ـ اَلشَّكُّ كُفْرٌ. Doubt corrupts religion. 6ـ اَلشَّكُّ يُفْسِدُ الدِّينَ. Doubt nullifies faith. 7ـ اَلشَّكُّ يُحْبِطُ الإيمانَ. Doubt is the fruit of ignorance. 8ـ اَلشَّكُّ ثَمَرَةُ الجَهْلِ.

Doubt leads to polytheism. 9ـ اَلاِرْتيابُ يُوجِبُ الشِّرْكَ. Doubt puts out the light of the heart. 10ـ اَلشَّكُّ يُطْفِيُ نُورَ القَلْبِ. Indeed doubt was only named ‘ shubha’ because it resembles the truth. As for the close friends of Allah, their illumination in it is [their] certitude and the direction of the right path is [itself] their guide; while the enemies of Allah are called towards it (doubt) by their misguidance and their guide is blindness.

11ـ إنَّما سُمِّيَتْ الشُّبْهَةُ شُبْهَةً لأنَّها تُشْبِهُ الْحَقَّ، فَأمّا أوْلِياءُاللّهِ فَضِيائُهُمْ فيها اليَقينُ، ودَليلُهُمْ سَمْتُ الهُدى، وأمّا أعْداءُ اللّهِ فَدَعاؤُهُمْ(فَدَعاهُمْ) إلَيْهَا الضَّلالُ،وَ دَليلُهُمْ العَمى. The bane of certitude is doubt. 12ـ آفَةُ اليَقينِ اَلشَّكُّ. By continued doubt [in God], polytheism comes about. 13ـ بِدَوامِ الشَّكِّ يَحْدُثُ الشِّرْكُ. The fruit of doubt is perplexity. 14ـ ثَمَرَةُ الشَّكِّ الحَيْرَةُ.

It is possible that conjecture may [turn out to] be correct. 15ـ رُبَّما أدْرَكَ الظَّنُّ بِالصَّوابِ. The cause of perplexity is doubt. 16ـ سَبَبُ الحَيْرَةِ الشَّكُّ. I am amazed at the one who doubts in the power of Allah while he sees His creation! 17ـ عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ يَشُكُّ في قُدْرَةِ اللّهِ وهُوَ يَرى خَلْقَهُ. Acting suspicious[^1] is a shame and having an eager desire to backbite is [a cause of entering] hellfire. 18ـ فِعْلُ الرِّيْبَةِ عارٌ، والوُلُوعُ بِالغيْبَةِ نارٌ.