33ـ إيّاكَ أنْ تُسِيءَ الظَّنَّ...
33ـ إيّاكَ أنْ تُسِيءَ الظَّنَّ، فَإنَّ سُوءَ الظَّنِّ يُفْسِدُ العِبادَةَ، ويُعَظِّمُ الوِزْرَ. Conjecture is suspicion. 34ـ اَلظَّنُّ اِرْتيابٌ. Correct conjecture is from the qualities of the people of understanding. 35ـ اَلظَّنُّ الصَّوابُ مِنْ شِيَمِ أُولِي الألبابِ. Conjecture errs, but certainty is [always] right and does err. 36ـ اَلظَّنُ يخُطِئُ، واليَقينُ يُصيبُ ولا يُخْطِئُ. The bane of religion is thinking ill [of others]. 37ـ آفَةُ الدّينِ سُوءُ الظَّنِّ.
In an age when righteousness prevails over a people, if a person entertains an evil suspicion about another person from whom no evil has become evident, then he has been unjust and has transgressed. 38ـ إذَا اسْتَوْلَي الصَّلاحُ عَلَى الزَّمانِ وأهْلِهِ ثُمَّ أساءَ الظَّنَّ رَجُلٌ بِرَجُل لَمْ يَظْهَرْمِنْهُ خِزْيَةٌ، فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ واعْتَدى. In an age when corruption prevails over a people, if a man thinks positive of another man then he has put himself in peril.
39ـ إذَا اسْتَوْلى الفَسادُ عَلَى الزَّمانِ وأهْلِهِ ثُمَ أحْسَنَ الظَّنَّ رَجُلٌ بِرَجُل فَقَدْ غَرَّرَ. Thinking positive is a comfort for the heart and security for religion. 40ـ حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ راحَةُ القَلْبِ وسَلامَةُ الدّينِ. There is no faith with negative thinking. 41ـ لاإيمانَ مَعَ سُوءِ ظَنّ. Correct conjecture is one for the two [possible] views. 42ـ اَلظَّنُّ الصَّوابُ أحَدُ الرَأْيَيْنِ.
Cowardice, greediness and stinginess are evil characteristics that are brought together by thinking ill of Allah, the Glorified. 43ـ اَلْجُبْنُ والحِرْصُ والبُخْلُ غَرائِزُ سُوء يَجْمَعُها سُوءُ الظَّنِّ بِاللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ. Previous…
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