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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Forgiveness And Pardon Forgiveness and pardon-العفو والإقالة Hastening to forgive is from the morals of the honourable. 1ـ اَلمُبادَرَةُ إلى العَفْوِ مِنْ أخْلاقِ الكِرامِ. Forgiveness is the greater of the two virtues. 2ـ اَلعَفْوُ أعْظَمُ الفَضِيلَتَيْنِ. Forgive and you will be supported. 3ـ أُعْفُ تُنْصَرْ. Pardon and you will be pardoned. 4ـ أقِلْ تُقَلْ.

Do good to the one who does evil to you and forgive the one who wrongs you. 5ـ أحْسِنْ إلى مَنْ أساءَ إلَيْكَ، واعْفُ عَمَّنْ جَنى عَلَيْكَ. Forgive the mistake of your friend, [and] your enemy will consider you to be virtuous. 6ـ ِاغْتَفِرْ زَلَّةَ صَديقِكَ، يُزَكِّكَ عَدُوُّكَ. Forgive that which angers you for the sake of that which pleases you. 7ـ اِغْتَفِرْ ما أغْضَبَكَ لِما أرْضاكَ. Pardon wrongdoings, stave off punishment and overlook that which has not become evident for you.

8 ـ أقِلِ العَثْرَةَ، وادْرَأِ الحَدَّ، وتَجاوَزْ عَمّا لَمْ يُصَرَّحْ لَكَ بِهِ. Accept the excuses of people and you will enjoy their brotherhood; meet them with cheerfulness and you will cause their malice [and grudges against you] to die away. 9ـ اِقْبَلْ أعْذارَ النّاسِ، تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِإخائِهِمْ، والقَهُمْ بِالبِشْرِ، تُمِتْ أضْغانَهُمْ. Pardon the errors of the magnanimous, for none of them slips but that the Hand of Allah lifts him [back] up.

10ـ أقيلُوا ذَوِى المُروُءاتِ عَثَراتِهِمْ، فَما يَعْثِرُ مِنْهُمْ عاثِرٌ إلاّ ويَدُ اللّهِ تَرْفَعُهُ. Forgiveness is the best of favours. 11ـ اَلعَفْوُ أحْسَنُ الإحْسانِ. Forgiveness is the charity of triumph. 12ـ اَلعَفْوُ زَكاةُ الظَّفَرِ. Forgiveness is the evidence of intelligence. 13ـ اَلمَعْذَرَةُ بُرْهانُ العَقْلِ. Forgiveness is the symbol of nobility. 14ـ اَلعَفْوُ عُنْوانُ النُّبْلِ. Forgiveness is the crown of high morals. 15ـ اَلعَفْوُ تاجُ المَكارِمِ.

Many a sin is such that the [appropriate] degree of punishment for it is informing the sinner of it. 16ـ رُبَّ ذَنْب مِقْدارُُ العُقُوبَةِ عَلَيْهِ إعْلامُ المُذْنِبِ بِهِ. Do not persist in that [action] which is followed by sin. 17ـ لاتُصِرَّ عَلى ما يُعَقِّبُ الإثْمَ. Forgiveness despite [having the] power [to exact revenge] is a shield from the punishment of Allah, the Glorified. 18ـ اَلْعَفْوُ مَعَ القُدْرَةِ جُنَّةٌ مِنْ عَذابِ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ. When you have been wronged, forgive.

19ـ إذا جُنِيَ عَلَيْكَ فَاغْتَفِرْ. Through forgiveness [of others] divine mercy is invoked.