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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Ignorance Ignorance الجَهْل Ignorance and miserliness are bad and harmful. 1ـ اَلجَهْلُ،وَ البُخْلُ، مَساءَةٌ، ومَضَرَّةٌ. Ignorance in a human being is more harmful than gangrene [is] to the body. 2ـ اَلجَهْلُ فِي الإنْسانِ أضَرُّ مِنَ الآكِلَةِ فِي البَدَنِ. Ignorance is a balky mount; whoever rides it stumbles and whoever accompanies it is led astray.

3ـ اَلجَهْلُ مَطِيَّةٌ شَمُوسٌ، مَنْ رَكِبَها زَلَّ، ومَنْ صَحِبَها ضَلَّ. Ignorance of merits is one of the grossest demerits. 4ـ اَلجَهْلُ بِالفَضائِلِ مِنْ أقْبَحِ الرَّذائِلِ. The greatest calamity is ignorance. 5ـ أعْظَمُ المَصائِبِ الجَهْلُ. The worst ailment is ignorance. 6ـ أسْوَءُ السُّقْمِ(القِسْمِ) الجَهْلُ. The greatest ignorance is the ignorance of a person about himself. 7ـ أعْظَمُ الجَهْلِ جَهْلُ الإنْسانِ أمْرَ نَفْسهِ.

The greatest ignorance is making enmity with the powerful, befriending the immoral and trusting the traitor. 8 ـ أعْظَـمُ الجَهْلِ مُعاداةُ القادِرِ، ومُصـادَقَةُ الفاجِرِ، والثِّقَةُ بِالغادِرِ. Ignorance is a curse. 9ـ اَلجَهْلُ وَبالٌ. Ignorance is [a form of] death. 10ـ اَلجَهْلُ مَوتٌ. People are enemies of that which they are ignorant of. 11ـ اَلنَّاسُ أعْداءُ ما جَهِلُوا. Ignorance is the most harmful foe. 12 ـ اَلجَهْلُ أنْكى عَدُوّ. Ignorance makes one stumble.

20ـ اَلجَهْلُ فَسادُ كُلِّ أمْر. Ignorance makes one stumble and brings regret. 21ـ اَلجَهْلُ يُزِلُّ القَدَمَ، ويُورِثُ النَّدَمَ. Ignorance causes the living to die and perpetuates misery. 22ـ اَلجَهْلُ مُميتُ الأحْياءِ، وَمُخَلِّدُ الشَّقاءِ. Verily you will not attain any goal by ignorance, nor will you achieve any goodness by means of it, nor will you realize any of your wishes in the Hereafter through it.

23ـ إنَّكُمْ لَنْ تُحَصِّلُوا بِالجَهْلِ أرَباً، ولَنْ تَبْلُغُوا بِهِ مِنَ الخَيْرِ سَبَبَاً، وَلَنْ تُدْرِكُوا بِهِ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ مَطْلَباً. It is through ignorance that every evil is instigated.