يَخَافُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ بِأَدْنَى مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ يَرْجُو...

يَخَافُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ بِأَدْنَى مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ يَرْجُو نَفْسَهُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ إِنِ اسْتَغْنَى بَطِرَ وَ فُتِنَ وَ إِنِ افْتَقَرَ قَنِطَ وَ وَهَنَ يُقَصِّرُ إِذَا عَمِلَ وَ يُبَالِغُ إِذَا سَأَلَ He fears upon others with the lowest of his sins and he hope for himself with more than his work. If he is enriched, he becomes snobbish and self-fascinated, and if he is impoverished, he despairs and weakens. He is deficient when he works and is far-reaching when he asks.

إِنْ عَرَضَتْ لَهُ شَهْوَةٌ أَسْلَفَ الْمَعْصِيَةَ وَ سَوَّفَ التَّوْبَةَ وَ إِنْ عَرَتْهُ مِحْنَةٌ انْفَرَجَ عَنْ شَرَائِطِ الْمِلَّةِ يَصِفُ الْعِبْرَةَ وَ لَا يَعْتَبِرُ وَ يُبَالِغُ فِي الْمَوَاعِظِ وَ لَا يَتَّعِظُ If a lustful desire presents to him, he is quick in disobedience and delays the repentance, and if he goes through an ordeal he splits away from the Laws of religion.

He describes the lessons and does not take a lesson, and he delivers the preaching, and he does not take a preaching. فَهُوَ بِالْقَوْلِ مُدِلٌّ وَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مُقِلٌّ يُنَافِسُ فِيمَا يَفْنَى وَ يُسَامِحُ فِيمَا يَبْقَى يَرَى الْغُنْمَ مَغْرَماً وَ الْغُرْمَ مَغْنَماً يَخْشَى الْمَوْتَ وَ لَا يُبَادِرُ الْفَوْتَ He is haughty with the words and with few from the deeds. He competes regarding what is perishable, and he overlooks regarding what is to remain.

يَسْتَعْظِمُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَةِ غَيْرِهِ مَا يَسْتَقِلُّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ يَسْتَكْثِرُ مِنْ طَاعَتِهِ مَا يَحْقِرُهُ مِنْ طَاعَةِ غَيْرِهِ فَهُوَ عَلَى النَّاسِ طَاعِنٌ وَ لِنَفْسِهِ مُدَاهِنٌ He considers the disobedience from others as mighty what he considers insignificant most of it from himself, and he considers plenty from his acts of obedience what he belittles the acts of obedience from others. Thus, he an accuser upon the people and a flatterer upon himself.

اللَّغْوُ مَعَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ مَعَ الْفُقَرَاءِ يَحْكُمُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ لَا يَحْكُمُ عَلَيْهَا لِغَيْرِهِ يُرْشِدُ غَيْرَهُ وَ يُغْوِي نَفْسَهُ فَهُوَ يُطَاعُ وَ يَعْصِي وَ يَسْتَوْفِي وَ لَا يُوفِي وَ يَخْشَى الْخَلْقَ فِي غَيْرِ رَبِّهِ وَ لَا يَخْشَى رَبَّهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ. The playfulness with the rich is more beloved to him than the Zikr with the poor. He judges against others for himself and does not judge against himself for others.