هَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ مَنْ أَمَّرَ عَلَيْهَا لِسَانَهُ...
هَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ مَنْ أَمَّرَ عَلَيْهَا لِسَانَهُ وَ مَنْ كَثُرَ كَلَامُهُ كَثُرَ خَطَاؤُهُ وَ مَنْ كَثُرَ خَطَاؤُهُ قَلَّ حَيَاؤُهُ وَ مَنْ قَلَّ حَيَاؤُهُ قَلَّ وَرَعُهُ وَ مَنْ قَلَّ وَرَعُهُ مَاتَ قَلْبُهُ وَ مَنْ مَاتَ قَلْبُهُ دَخَلَ النَّارَ. His soul is debased upon him, one whose tongue governs upon him.
He has slandered upon himself, the one who ordered his tongue upon it, and the one whose talk is a more his mistakes would be more, and one whose mistakes are more, his shame would be little, and one whose shame is little, his devoutness would be little, and the one whose devoutness is less his heart dies, and the one whose heart is dead would enter the Fire’’.
[42] Comfort and affection of the Tongue: جع، جامع الأخبار قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَاحَةُ الْإِنْسَانِ فِي حَبْسِ اللِّسَانِ وَ قَالَ حَبْسُ اللِّسَانِ سَلَامَةُ الْإِنْسَانِ. (The book) ‘Jamie Al Akhbar’ – ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Comfort of the human being is in withholding the tongue’. And he ‑saww said: ‘Withholding of the tongue is safety for the human being’’. [43] وَ قَالَ ع بَلَاءُ الْإِنْسَانِ مِنَ اللِّسَانِ. And he -asws said: ‘Affliction of the human being is from the tongue’’.
[44] وَ قَالَ ع سَلَامَةُ الْإِنْسَانِ فِي حِفْظِ اللِّسَانِ. And he -asws said: ‘Safety of the human being is in preserving the tongue’’. [45] وَ قَالَ ع ذَلَاقَةُ اللِّسَانِ رَأْسُ الْمَالِ وَ قَالَ ع الْبَلَاءُ مُوَكَّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ وَ قَالَ ع فِتْنَةُ اللِّسَانِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ ضَرْبِ السَّيْفِ. And he -asws said: ‘Fluency of the tongue is the capital wealth’. And he -asws said: ‘The affliction is allocated with the speaking’.
And he -asws said: ‘Fitna of the tongue is severer than a strike of the sword’’. [46] وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع ضَرْبُ اللِّسَانِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ ضَرْبِ السِّنَانِ. And Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Strike of the tongue is severer than strike of the blades’’. [47] وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع نَجَاةُ الْمَرْءِ فِي حِفْظِ لِسَانِهِ. And Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘Salvation of the person is in preserving his tongue’’.
[48] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ لِعَلِيٍ يَا عَلِيُّ مَنْ خَافَ النَّاسُ لِسَانَهُ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ. The Prophet -saww said in a bequest to Ali -asws : ‘O Ali -asws ! One whom the people fear his tongue, so he is from people of the Fire’’. [49] وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ تُقِيَ مِنْ مَئُونَةِ لَقْلَقِهِ وَ قَبْقَبِهِ وَ ذَبْذَبِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ.
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