18ـ أوْرَعُ النّاسِ أنْزَهُهُمْ عَنِ المَطالِبِ.

18ـ أوْرَعُ النّاسِ أنْزَهُهُمْ عَنِ المَطالِبِ. Verily the most beautiful characteristics are piety and chastity. 19ـ إنَّ أزْيَنَ الأخْلاقِ اَلْوَرَعُ، والعَفافُ. Piety is eschewal [of the forbidden]. 20ـ اَلْوَرَعُ اِجْتِنابٌ. Piety is a shield. 21ـ اَلْوَرَعُجُنَّةٌ. Piety is the most excellent attire. 22ـ اَلْوَرَعُ أفْضَلُ لِباس. Piety is the best companion. 23ـ اَلْوَرَعُ خَيْرُ قَرين. Piety is nothing but the purification of oneself from sins.

24ـ إنَّما الوَرَعُ اَلتَّطَهُّرُ عَنِ المَعاصي. Piety is nothing but scrutinizing one’s earnings [to ensure lawfulness] and abstaining from worldly pursuits. 25ـ إنَّما الوَرَعُ اَلتَّحَرّي فِي المَكاسِبِ، والكَفُّ عَنِ المَطالِبِ. Lack of contentment is the bane of piety. 26ـ آفَةُ الوَرَعِ قِلَّةُ القَناعَةِ. Through piety there is purification from lowly traits. 27ـ بِالوَرَعِ يَكُونُ التَّنَزُّهُ مِنَ الدَّنايا. Through true piety, religion is protected.

28ـ بِصِدْقِ الوَرَعِ يُحْصَنُ الدّينُ. It is through piety that a believer is purified. 29ـ بِالوَرَعِ يَتَزَكَّى المُؤْمِنُ. The fruit of piety is the uprightness of one’s soul and faith. 30ـ ثَمَرَةُ الوَرَعِ صَلاحُ النَّفْسِ والدّينِ. The fruit of being pious is purity [from sins]. 31ـ ثَمَرَةُ التَّوَرُّعِ اَلنَّزاهَةُ. The indication of a man’s piety is his purity [from sins]. 32ـ دَليلُ وَرَعِ الرَّجُلِ نَزاهَتُهُ.

The proof of good piety is the soul’s refrainment from the disgrace of avarice. 33ـ دَلالَةُ حُسْنِ الوَرَعِ عُزُوفُ النَّفْسِ عَنْ مَذَلَّةِ الطَّمَعِ. May Allah have mercy upon the person who refrains from the forbidden, bears the liabilities [of others] and vies in hastening towards the abundant prizes [of the Hereafter]. 34ـ رَحِمَ اللّهُ امْرَءاً تَوَرَّعَ عَنِ المَحارِمِ، وتَحَمَّلَ المَغارِمَ، وَنافَسَ في مُبادَرَةِ جَزيلِ المَغانِمِ. The cornerstone of piety is lowering one’s gaze.

35ـ رَأسُ الوَرَعِ غَضُّ الطَّرْفِ. The cause of integrity of faith is piety. 36ـ سَبَبُ صَلاحِ الدّينِ اَلْوَرَعُ. The cause of righteousness of the soul is piety. 37ـ سَبَبُ صَلاحِ النَّفْسِ اَلْوَرَعُ. Two things cannot be matched in weight by any [other] action: virtuous piety and kindness towards the believers. 38ـ شَيْئانِ لايُوازِنُهُما عَمَلٌ: حُسْنُ الوَرَعِ، والإحْسانُ إلَى المُؤمِنينَ. Espouse piety, for it is indeed the best protection. 39ـ عَلَيْكَ بِالوَرَعِ فَإنَّهُ خَيْرُ صِيانَة.