14ـ إنَّ الجاهِلَ مَنْ جَهْلُهُ في إغْواء...

14ـ إنَّ الجاهِلَ مَنْ جَهْلُهُ في إغْواء، ومَنْ هَواهُ في إغْراء، فَقَوْلُهُ سَقيمٌ، وفِعْلُهُ ذَميمٌ. The ignorant one is perplexed. 15ـ اَلجاهِلُ حَيْرانٌ. The ignorant person inclines towards the one who is like him. 16ـ اَلجاهِلُ يَميلُ (يَألِفُهُ مِثْلُهُ) إلى شِكْلِهِ. Man is an enemy of that which he is ignorant of. 17ـ المَرْءُ عَدُوُّ ما جَهِلَ. The ignorant one does not restrain himself [from evil]. 18ـ اَلجاهِلُ لا يَرتَدِعُ. An ignorant person is a slave to his passions.

19ـ اَلجاهِلُ عَبْدُ شَهْوَتِهِ. The ignorant person does not desist [from sinning]. 20ـ اَلجاهِلُ لا يَرْعَوي. An ignorant person seeks to raise himself but ends up abasing himself. 21ـ اَلجاهِلُ يَرْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ فَيَتَّضِعُ. The ignorant person is one who is ignorant of his own capability. 22ـ اَلجاهِلُ مَنْ جَهِلَ قَدْرَهُ. An ignorant person is dead, even when he is alive. 23ـ اَلجاهِلُ مَيِّتٌ وإنْ كانَ حَيّاً.

The correctness of an ignorant person is like the mistake of a learned person (i.e. it happens rarely). 24ـ اَلجاهِلُ كَزَلَّةِ العالِمِ صَوابُهُ. The ignorant person is deceived by [false] claims. 25ـ اَلجاهِلُ مَنْ خَدَعَتْهُ المَطالِبُ. The ignorant person is one who is ignorant about his [own] affair. 26ـ اَلجاهِلُ مَنْ جَهِلَ أمْرَهُ. The ignorant person is one who is deceived by his vain desires and his arrogance. 27ـ اَلجاهِلُ مَنِ انْخَدَعَ لِهَواهُ (بِهواهُ) وغُروُرِهِ.

An ignorant person is one who takes his sincere advisor to be a deceiver. 28ـ اَلْجاهِلُ مَنِ اسْتَغَشَّ النَّصيحَ. When the ignorant one becomes stingy (or denies), he obtains [wealth] and when he obtains [wealth] (or professes belief in one God), he apostatizes. 29ـ اَلْجاهِلُ إذا جَمَدَ(جحد) وَجَدَ، وإذا وَجَدَ (وَحَّدَ) ألْحَدَ. Indeed the ignorant person is one who is enslaved by [worldly] pursuits. 30ـ إنَّما الجاهِلُ مَنِ اسْتَعْبَدَتْهُ المَطالِبُ.

When an ignorant person grows older, his ignorance rises. 31ـ إذا شابَ الجاهِلُ شَبَّ جَهْلُهُ. The wealth of an ignorant person is in his worldly possessions and his hopes. 32ـ ثَرْوَةُ الجاهِلِ في مالِهِ وَأمَلِهِ. The reign of an ignorant person is like a stranger who [soon] moves to another place. 33ـ دَوْلَةُ الجاهِلِ كَالغَريبِ المُتَحَرِّكِ إلَى النُّقْلَةِ. Many an ignorant person is saved by his ignorance. 34ـ رُبَّ جاهِل نَجاتُهُ جَهْلُهُ.

The slip-ups of an ignorant person are excusable. 35ـ زَلَّةُ الجاهِلِ مَعْذُورَةٌ. An ignorant king exposes his [own] flaws. 36ـ سُلْطانُ الجاهِلِ يُبْدي مَعائِبَهُ.