33ـ كُنْ عَفُوّاً في قُدْرَتِكَ...

33ـ كُنْ عَفُوّاً في قُدْرَتِكَ، جَواداً في عُسْرَتِكَ، مُؤْثِراً مَعَ فاقَتِكَ، يَكْمُلْ لَكَ الفَضْلُ \>تَـكْمُلُ لَكَ الفَضائِلُ). One who forgives wrongdoings has taken hold of the accumulation of merits. 34ـ مَنْ عَفى عَنِ الجَرائِمِ فَقَدْ أخَذَ بِجَوامِعِ الفَضْلِ. One who does not favour [others] with forgiveness, wrongs [them] through vengeance. 35ـ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْسِنِ العَفْوَ أساءَ بِالاِنْتِقامِ. Whoever does not accept repentance, his sin is great.

36ـ مَنْ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ التَّوْبَةَ عَظُمَتْ خَطيئَتُهُ. Overlooking [another’s] offence is part of religion. 37ـ مِنَ الدّينِ التَّجاوُزُ عَنِ الجُرْمِ. How good is forgiveness while having ability [to exact revenge]! 38ـ ما أحْسَنَ العَفْوَ مَعَ الاِقْتِدارِ. He who scolds [someone] for a sin has not forgiven it. 39ـ ما عَفا عَنِ الذَّنْبِ مَنْ قَرَّعَ بِهِ. Hastening in forgiving the sins [of others] is from the lofty morals of the honourable ones.

40ـ مُعاجَلَةُ الذُّنُوبِ بِالغُفْرانِ مِنْ أخْلاقِ الكِرامِ. Never feel regret for forgiving and never be gladdened by punishing. 41ـ لاتَنْدَمَنَّ عَلى عَفْو، ولاتَبْهَجَنَّ بِعُقُوبَة. Do not hasten the punishment for a sin and leave room between the two (i.e. the sin and punishment) for forgiveness, through this you will gain recompense and reward. 42ـ لاتُعاجِلْ الذَّنبَ بِالعُقُوبَةِ، واتْرُكْ بَيْنَهُما لِلْعَفْوِ مَوْضِعاً، تُحْرِزْ بِهِ الأجْرَ والمَثُوبَةَ.

There is no clemency like pardon. 43ـ لاحِلْمَ كالصَّفْحِ. There is nothing better than the forgiveness of a powerful person. 44ـ لاشَـيْءَ أحْسَنُ مِنْ عَفْوِ قادِر. A wrongdoer can never be faced with anything better than being shown forgiveness. 45ـ لايُقابَلُ مُسىِءٌ قَطُّ بِأفْضَلَ مِنَ العَفْوِ عَنْهُ. It pleases me for a person to forgive the one who oppresses him, to establish ties with the one who cuts him off, to give the one who deprives him and to respond to evil with goodness.

46ـ يُعْجِبُني مِنَ الرَّجُلِ أنْ يَعْفُوَ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَهُ، ويَصِلَ مَنْ قَطَعَهُ، ويُعْطِيَ مَنْ حَرَمَهُ، ويُقابِلَ الإساءَةَ بِالإحْسانِ. Give people your forgiveness and pardon just as you would like Allah, the Glorified, to grant [it] to you, and never regret showing forgiveness [to others]. 47ـ أعْطِ النّاسَ مِنْ عَفْوِكَ وصَفْحِكَ، مِثْلَ ما تُحِبُّ أنْ يُعْطِيَكَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ، وعلى عَفْو فَلاتَنْدَمْ.

Honour the one who loves you and pardon your enemy, [for by this] virtue will become complete for you. 48ـ اَكْرِمْ مَنْ وَدَّكَ، واصْفَحْ عَنْ عَدُوِّكَ، يَتِمَّ لَكَ الفَضْلُ.