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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 Intelligent The Intelligent-العاقل The intelligent person is one who fetters his tongue. 1ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ عَقَلَ لِسانَهُ. The intelligent person is one who covers up sins with forgiveness. 2ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ تَغَمَّدَ الذُّنُوبَ بِالغُفْرانِ. The intelligent person is one who forsakes his lust and sells his world for his Hereafter.

3ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ هَجَرَ شَهْوَتَهُ، وَباعَ دُنْياهُ بِ آخِرَتِهِ. The intelligent person does not speak except when he needs to or in order to present his case. 4ـ اَلعاقِلُ لايَتَكَلَّمُ إلاّ بِحاجَتِهِ أو حُجَّتِهِ. The intelligent person is one who abstains from sins and keeps himself free from faults. 5ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ تَوَرَّعَ عَنِ الذُّنُوبِ، وتَنَزَّهَ مِنَ العُيُوبِ. The intelligent person is one who fetters his tongue except from the remembrance [and extolment] of Allah.

6ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ عَقَلَ لِسانَهُ إلاّ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّهِ. The intelligent person is one who opposes his vain desire in obedience to his Lord. 7ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ عَصى هَواهُ في طاعَةِ رَبِّهِ. The intelligent person is one who performs acts of kindness and puts his effort in its correct place. 8ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ أحْسَنَ صَنائِعَهُ، وَوَضَعَ سَعْيَهُ في مَواضِعِهِ.

When the intelligent one is quiet, he reflects and when he speaks, he remembers [and extols Allah] and when he observes, he takes lesson. 9ـ اَلعاقِلُ إذا سَكَتَ فَكَرَ، وإذا نَطَقَ ذَكَرَ، وإذا نَظَرَ اِعْتَبـَرَ. The intelligent person is one who suspects his [own] opinion and does not trust everything that his self makes decorous for him. 10ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنِ اتَّهَمَ رَأيَهُ، ولَمْ يَثِقْ بِكُلِّ ما تُسَوِّلُ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ.

The intelligent person is one who abstains from [the pleasures of] the lowly, perishing world and desires the sublime, everlasting, lofty Paradise. 11ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ زَهِدَ في دُنْيا فانِيَة دَنِيَّة، ورَغِبَ في جَنَّة سَنِيَّة خالِدَة عالِيَة. The intelligent person is one who puts things in their right places, and the ignorant one does the opposite of this. 12ـ اَلعاقِلُ مَنْ وَضَعَ الأشْياءَ مَواضِعَها، والجاهِلُ ضِدُّ ذلِكَ.

The intelligent person acts when he knows and when he acts, he does so sincerely, and when he becomes sincere, he secludes himself [from others]. 13ـ اَلعاقِلُ إذا عَلِمَ عَمِلَ، وإذا عَمِلَ أخْلَصَ، وإذا أخْلَصَ اِعْتَزَلَ. The intelligent person is one who guards his tongue from backbiting.