25ـ سُنَّةُ اللِّئامِ قُبْحُ الكَلامِ.

25ـ سُنَّةُ اللِّئامِ قُبْحُ الكَلامِ. The one who listens to obscene speech is a partner of the speaker. 26ـ سامِعُ هُجْرِ القَوْلِ شَريكُ القائِلِ. Bad speech degrades one’s prestige and magnanimity. 27ـ سُوءُ المَنْطِقِ يُزْري بِالبَهاءِ والمُرُوَّةِ. Offensive speech degrades ones status and corrupts brotherhood. 28ـ سُوءُ المَنْطِقِ يُزْري بِالقَدْرِ، ويُفْسِدُ الأُخُوَّةَ. The worst speech is that which contradicts itself. 29ـ شَرُّ القَوْلِ مانَقَضَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً.

The worst of narrations is one that has the most falsehood. 30ـ شَرُّ الرِّواياتِ (الرُّؤيا) أكْثَرُها إفْكاً. I am amazed at the one who speaks about that which neither benefits him in this world nor for which reward is written for him in the Hereafter. 31ـ عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِما لايَنْفَعُهُ في دُنْياهُ، ولايُكْتَبُ لَهُ أجْرُهُ في أُخْراهُ.

Eschew speaking about that which you do not know, and making statements about that which you are not responsible for, and hold yourself back from a path when you fear its deviation. 32ـ دَعِ القَوْلَ فيما لاتَعْرِفُ، والخِطابَ فيما لَمْ تُكَلَّفْ، وأمْسِكْ عَلى طَريق إذا خِفْتَ ضِلالَتَهُ. Many an utterance is hurtful. 33ـ رُبَّ كَلام كَلاّم. Many an utterance is like a [sharp] sword. 34ـ رُبَّ كَلام كَالحُسامِ. Many an utterance has taken away a blessing. 35ـ رُبَّ كَلِمَة سَلَبَتْ نِعْمَةً.

Many a syllable has brought death. 36ـ رُبَّ حَرْف جَلَبَ حَتْفاً. Many an utterance is more severe than an assault. 37ـ رُبَّ قَوْل أشَدُّ مِنْ صَوْل. Many a strife has been instigated by a word. 38ـ رُبَّ فِتْنَة أثارَها قَوْلٌ. Many a speech is such that the [appropriate] reply for it is silence. 39ـ رُبَّ كَلام جَوابُهُ السُّكُوتُ. Many an utterance is such that silence is better than it. 40ـ رُبَّ نُطْق أحْسَنُ مِنْهُ الصَّمْتُ. Many a war has been started because of a [single] word.

41ـ رُبَّ حَرْب جُنِيَتْ مِنْ لَفْظَة. Many a word is more piercing than an arrow. 42ـ رُبَّ كَلام أنْفَذُ مِنْ سِهام. Think and then speak, [for by this] you will remain safe from error. 43ـ فَكِّرْثُمَّ تَكَلَّمْ، تَسْلَمْ مِنَ الزَّلَلِ. Speech may, at times, be harmful. 44ـ قَدْ يَضُرُّ الكَلامُ. Speaking less hides [one’s] faults and decreases [one’s] sins. 45ـ قِلَّةُ الكَلامِ يَسْتُرُ الْعُيُوبَ، ويُقَلِّلُ الذُّنُوبَ. Speaking less conceals shameful flaws and keeps one safe from missteps.