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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech The Ignorant And The Foolish The Ignorant and the Foolish اَلجاهِلُ والجهول An ignorant person is never found to be anything but falling short or excessive. 1ـ اَلجاهِلُ لَنْ يُلْقى أبَداً إلا مُفَرِّطاً، أو مُفْرِطاً. Neither does an ignorant restrain himself [from wrongdoing] nor does he benefit from good advice. 2ـ اَلجاهِلُ لايَرْتَدِعُ، وبِالمَواعِظِ لا يَنْتَفِعُ.

An ignorant person is one who obeys his vain desires in disobedience to his Lord. 3ـ اَلجاهِلُ مَنْ أطاعَ هَواهُ في مَعصيَةِ رَبِّهِ. The ignorant person feels aversion towards that which the wise person feels at ease with. 4ـ اَلجاهِلُ يَسْتَوْحِشُ مِمّا يَأنَسُ بِه الحَكيْمُ. The ignorant person does not understand the learned because he [himself] was never learned before. 5ـ اَلجاهِلُ لايَعْرِفُ العالِمَ لأنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلُ عالِماً.

An ignorant person does not recognize his failure and does not accept the [good] advice given to him. 6ـ اَلجاهِلُ لا يَعْرِفُ تَقْصيرَهُ، وَلايَقْبَلُ مِنَ النَّصيحِ لهُ. An ignorant person relies on his hopes and is negligent in his actions. 7ـ اَلجاهِلُ يَعْتَمِدُ عَلى أمَلِهِ، ويُقَصِّرُ في عَمَلِهِ. The ignorant person is like a rock through which water does not gush forth, and a tree, the branches of which do not become green, and a ground upon which foliage is not found.

8ـ اَلجاهِلُ صَخْرَةٌ لا يَنْفَجِرُ ماؤُها، وَشَجَرَةٌ لايَخْضَرُّعُودُها، وأرضٌ لايَظهَرُ عُشْبُها. An ignorant person is [like the] dead among the living. 9ـ اَلْجاهِلُ مَيِّتٌ بَيْنَ الأحْياءِ. The most wretched of all people is the ignorant one. 10ـ أشْقَى النّاسِ اَلجاهِلُ. An unremorseful sinner is the most ignorant person. 11ـ أجْهَلُ النّاسِ مُسِيئٌ مُسْتَأنِفٌ.

The most ignorant person is one who is deceived by the praise of a flatterer who makes the ugly look appealing to him and makes him hate the [sincere] adviser. 12ـ أجْهَلُ النّاسِ المُغْتَرُّ بِقَوْلِ مادِح مُتَمَلِّق، يُحَسِّنُ لَهُ القَبيحَ، ويُبَغِّضُ إلَيْهِ النَّصيْحَ. The most hated creature in the sight of Allah is the ignorant person, because He deprived him of what He bestowed on His creation, and that is intellect.

13ـ أبْغَضُ الخَلائِقِ إلَى اللّهِ تعالى، اَلجاهِلُ لأنَّهُ حَرَمَهُ ما مَنَّ بِهِ عَلى خَلْقِهِ، وهُوَ العَقْلُ. Verily the ignorant is one whose ignorance leads astray and whose vain desires entice [towards evil]; so his speech is unhealthy and his action is blameworthy.