Adopt gentleness...

Adopt gentleness, for whoever is gentle in his actions, his matters will be [successfully] completed. 26ـ عَلَيكَ بِالرِّفقِ، فَمَنْ رَفَقَ في أفعالِهِ تَمَّ أمْرُهُ. How many difficulties are made easy with gentleness. 27ـ كَمْ مِنْ صَعْب تَسْهَلُ بِالرِّفْقِ. Let the most favoured of people in your sight be the one who is the most lenient in his actions. 28ـ لِيَكُنْ أحْظَى النَّاسِ عِندَكَ أعْمَلَهُمْ بِالرِّفقِ.

Be gentle with the one who is harsh with you, for he will soon become gentle with you. 29ـ لِنْ لِمَنْ غالَظَكَ فَإنَّهُ يُوشِكُ أنْ يَلينَ لَكَ. One who acts with leniency, prospers. 30ـ مَنْ عامَلَ بِالرِّفقِ غَنِمَ. One who treats others with gentleness, gains success. 31ـ مَنْ عامَلَ بِالرِّفقِ وُفِّقَ. One who employs leniency, prospers. 32ـ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلَ الرِّفْقَ غَنِمَ. Whoever employs gentleness, the hard becomes soft for him. 33ـ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلَ الرِّفْقَ لانَ لَهُ الشَّديدُ.

One who proceeds with leniency in his matters, acquires his objectives from them. 34ـ مَنْ تَرَفَّقَ فِي الأُمورِ، أدْرَكَ أَرَبَهُ مِنْها. One who employs leniency causes sustenance to flow [in abundance]. 35ـ مَنِ اسْتَعمَلَ الرِّفْقَ اِسْتَدَرَّ الرِّزقَ. Gentleness does not exist in anything but that it beautifies it. 36ـ ما كانَ الرِّفْقُ في شَيء إلاّ زانَهُ. What a good companion leniency is! 37ـ نِعمَ الرَّفيقُ الرِّفْقُ. The best quality is employing leniency.

38ـ نِعمَ الخَليقَةُ اِسْتِعْمالُ الرِّفْقِ. The best policy is leniency. 39ـ نِعمَ السِّياسَةُ الرِّفْقُ. There is no regret for the one who is very lenient. 40ـ لا نَدَمَ لِكَثيرِ الرِّفْقِ. Violence and gentleness do not go together. 41ـ لا يَجْتَمِعُ العُنْفُ والرِّفْقُ. There is no quality more honourable than leniency. 42ـ لاسَجِيَّةَ أشْرَفُ مِنَ الرِّفْقِ. [^1]: Meaning that it never separates from a believer. Previous…