19ـ قَدْ تَعُمُّ(تُغَمُّ) الأُمورُ.

19ـ قَدْ تَعُمُّ(تُغَمُّ) الأُمورُ. One who suffers the severity of matters is destroyed. 20ـ مَنْ كابَدَ الأُمورَ هَلَكَ. One who suffers the severity of matters, perishes. 21ـ مَنْ كابَدَ الأُمُورَ عَطِبَ. One who neglects his [own] affairs is negligent in all matters. 22ـ مَنْ ضَيَّعَ أمْرَهُ ضَيَّعَ كُلَّ أمْر. The gauge of [successful] matters is [in] their good endings. 23ـ مِلاكُ الأُمورِ حُسنُ الخَواتِمِ. One who does not safeguard his affairs is destroyed.

24ـ هَلَكَ مَنْ لَمْ يُحرِزْ أمْرَهُ. Do not embark on any matter until you have knowledge of it. 25ـ لاتُقْدِمَنَّ على أمْر حتّى تُخْبِرَهُ. Make [matters] easy and not arduous; make [them] light and not strenuous. 26ـ يَسِّرُُوا وَلا تُعَسِّرُوا، وخَفِّفُوا ولا تُثَقِّلُوا. Every matter has an outcome. 27ـ لِكُلِّ أمْر مَ آلٌ. What has not [yet] happened can be deduced from what has transpired. 28ـ يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلى مالَمْ يَكُنْ بِما قَد كانَ.

Let the most beloved matters to you be the most universal in justice and the most equitable with [regards to the] rights [of others]. 29ـ لِيَكُنْ أحَبُّ الأُمورِ إلَيكَ أعَمَّها في العَدْلِ وأقسَطَها بِالحقِّ. Be wary of every matter that degrades the one who performs it when it becomes apparent, and abases him. 30ـ إحذَرْ كُلَّ أمْر إذا ظَهَرَ، أزرى بفاعِلِهِ وحَقَّرَهُ. Be wary of every matter that ruins the Hereafter and improves the worldly life.

31ـ إحذَرْ كُلَّ أمْر يُفْسِدُ الآجِلَةَ، ويُصْلِحُ الدَّانيةَ. Previous…