13ـ غُُرُورُ الأمَلِ يُفْسِدُ العَمَلَ.
13ـ غُُرُورُ الأمَلِ يُفْسِدُ العَمَلَ. An ignorant person is fooled by the deception of his hope, so he loses the best of his actions. 14ـ غَرَّ جَهُولاً كاذِبُ أمَلِهِ فَفاتَهُ حُسْنُ عَمَلِهِ. The deception of hope wastes time and brings death closer. 15ـ غُرُورُ الأمَلِ يُنْفِدُ المَهَلَ ويُدْني الأجَلَ. In the deception of hopes, lifetimes lapse. 16ـ في غُرُورِ الآمالِ إنْقِضاءُ الآجالِ. Aspirations may deceive. 17ـ قَدْ تَغُرُّ الاُمنِيَّةُ. Hopes may beguile. 18ـ قَدْ تَكْذِبُ الآمالُ.
Rarely do hopes turn out to be true. 19ـ قَلَّما تَصْدُقُ الآمالُ. Reduce your hopes, fear the suddenness of death and hasten towards performing good deeds. 20ـ قَصِّـرُوا الأمَلَ، وخافُوا بَغْتَةَ الأجَلِ، وبادِرُوا صالِحَ العَمَلِ. Decrease your hopes and your actions will become sincere. 21ـ قَلِّلِ الآمالَ، تَخْلُصْ لَكَ الأعمالُ. Reduce your hopes, for your death is indeed near! 22ـ قَصِّـرْ أمَلَكَ فَما أقْرَبَ أجَلَكَ.
Reduce [your] hopes, for verily life is short; and perform good actions, for verily little of it is plenty. 23ـ قَصِّـرِ الأمَلَ فَإنَّ العُمْرَ قَصيرٌ، وافْعَلِ الخَيرَ فَإنَّ يَسيَرهُ كَثيرٌ. Reduce [your] hopes, hasten towards [good] deeds and fear the suddenness of death, as the return of lifetime cannot be hoped for like the return of livelihood.
Whatever is missed from livelihood today may be hoped for tomorrow with increase, but whatever is lost from one’s lifetime yesterday, its return cannot be hoped for today. 24ـ قَصِّـرُوا الأمَلَ، وَبادِرُوا العَمَلَ، وَخافُوا بَغْتَةَ الأجلِ، فَإنَّهُ لَنْ يُرجى مِنْ رَجْعَةِ العُمْرِ ما يُرجى مِنْ رَجْعَةِ الرِّزقِ، ما فاتَ اليَوْمُ مِنَ الرِّزقِ يُرجى غَداً زيادَتُهُ، وما فاتَ أمْسِ مِنَ العُمرِ لَمْ تُرْجَ اليَومَ رَجْعَتُهُ.
Every person is seeking his aspirations while [concurrently] being sought by his death. 25ـ كُلُّ امْرِء طالِبُ اُمْنِيَّتِهِ ومَطْلُوبُ مَنِيَّتِهِ. How many a person is deluded by hopes, [and] ends up wasting his actions! 26ـ كَمْ مِنْ مَخْدُوع بِالأمَلِ مُضَيِّع لِلْعَمَلِ. Hope is sufficient as a deception. 27ـ كَفى بِالأمَلِ إغْتِراراً. Increased aspirations stem from corruption of the intellect. 28ـ كَثْرَةُ الأماني مِنْ فِسادِ العَقْلِ. For every hope there is a delusion.
29ـ لِكُلِّ أمَل غُرورٌ. Hopes never end. 30ـ اَلآمالُ لاتَنتَهي. Hope causes death to be forgotten. 31ـ اَلأملُ يُنْسِى الأجَلَ. Aspirations are incentives for men. 32ـ اَلأمانيُّ هِمَّةُ الرِّجالِ. Hope is the veil of death. 33ـ اَلأمَلُ حِجابُ الأجَلِ. There is no end to hope.
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