The Momin will not please the Lord -azwj like (they would with) the leniency...
The Momin will not please the Lord -azwj like (they would with) the leniency, nor annoy the Satan -la like with the silence, nor will the idiot be punished like with the silence against him.’’ [48] Showing Forbearance (Tolerance): – وَ قَالَ ع إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ حَلِيماً فَتَحَلَّمْ فَإِنَّهُ قَلَّ مَنْ تَشَبَّهَ بِقَوْمٍ إِلَّا أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ And he -asws said: ‘If you cannot become forbearing, then pretend to be so, for scarcely does a man resemble a (group of) people except he almost becomes one of them.’ [49] – وَ قَالَ ع الْحِلْمُ عَشِيرَةٌ And he -asws said: ‘The forbearance is a clan.’ [50] – وَ قَالَ ع الْحِلْمُ غِطَاءٌ سَاتِرٌ وَ الْعَقْلُ حُسَامٌ بَاتِرٌ فَاسْتُرْ خَلَلَ خُلُقِكَ بِحِلْمِكَ وَ قَاتِلْ هَوَاكَ بِعَقْلِكَ And he -asws said: ‘The forbearance is a covering curtain, and the intellect is a sharp sword, therefore conceal the weakness in your manners with your forbearance and fight your whims with your intellect.’ [51] – وَ قَالَ ع الْحِلْمُ وَ الْأَنَاةُ تَوْأَمَانِ تُنْتِجُهَما عُلُوُّ الْهِمَّةِ And he -asws said: ‘The forbearance and the tolerance are twins.
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