The most intelligent of people is the most modest of them.

The most intelligent of people is the most modest of them. 30ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ أحْياهُمْ. The most intelligent person is the virtuous, fearful one. 31ـ أعْقَلُ الإنْسانِ مُحْسِنٌ خائِفٌ. The most intelligent of people is the one who forgives [and accepts the excuses of] others the most. 32ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ أعْذَرُهُمْ لِلنّاسِ. The most intelligent of people is the farthest of them from all vile things. 33ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ أبْعَدُهُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ دَنِيَّة.

The most intelligent of people is the most submissive of them to Allah, the Glorified. 34ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ أطْوَعُهُمْ لِلّهِ سُبْحانَهُ. The most intelligent of people is the closest of them to Allah. 35ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ أقْرَبُهُمْ مِنَ اللّهِ. The most intelligent of people is one who sees his own fault and is blind to the fault of others. 36ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ مَنْ كانَ بِعَيْبِهِ بَصيراً وعَنْ عَيْبِ غَيْـرِهِ ضَريراً.

The most intelligent of people is the one who does not go beyond silence in punishing the ignorant. 37ـ أعْقَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ لايَتَجاوَزُ الصَّمْتَ في عُقُوبَةِ الجُهّالِ. The most intelligent of people is the best of them in estimating his livelihood and the most serious of them in endeavouring to improve his Hereafter. 38ـ أفْضَلُ النّاسِ عَقْلاً، أحْسَنُهُمْ تَقْديراً لِمَعاشِهِ، وأشَدُّهُمُ اهْتِماماً بِإصْلاحِ مَعادِهِ.

The most intelligent of people is one whose seriousness overpowers his frivolity and who overcomes his vain desire with his intellect. 39ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ مَنْ غَلَبَ جِدُّهُ هَزْلَهُ، واسْتَظْهَرَ عَلى هَواهُ بِعَقْلِهِ. The most intelligent of people is one who is humbled in front of the truth so he submits himself to it, and is honoured by the truth so he does not undermine its establishment and acting upon it with goodness.

40ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ مَنْ ذَلَّ لِلْحَقِّ فَاعْطاهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ، وعَزَّ بِالحَقِّ فَلَمْ يُهِنْ إقامَتَهُ، وحُسْنَ العَمِلِ بِهِ. The most intelligent of people is the one who is most considering of the consequences [of actions]. 41ـ أعْقَلُ النّاسِ أنْظَرُهُمْ فِي العَواقِبِ. Verily the intelligent one is not beguiled by covetousness. 42ـ إنَّ العاقِلَ لايَنْخَدِعُ لِلطَّمَعِ (بِالطَّمع).