إِنِ اسْتَصْعَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ فِيمَا تَكْرَهُ لَمْ...
إِنِ اسْتَصْعَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ فِيمَا تَكْرَهُ لَمْ يُعْطِهَا سُؤْلَهَا فِيمَا تُحِبُّ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِهِ فِيمَا لَا يَزُولُ وَ زَهَادَتُهُ فِيمَا لَا يَبْقَى يَمْزُجُ الْحِلْمَ بِالْعِلْمِ وَ الْقَوْلَ بِالْعَمَلِ If his soul is difficult upon him regarding what it dislikes, he will not grant its request in what it loves. The delight of his eyes is in what does not decline, and his asceticism regarding what will not last.
He mixes the forbearance with the knowledge, and the word with the action. تَرَاهُ قَرِيباً أَمَلُهُ قَلِيلًا زَلَلُهُ خَاشِعاً قَلْبُهُ قَانِعَةً نَفْسُهُ مَنْزُوراً أَكْلُهُ سَهْلًا أَمْرُهُ حَرِيزاً دِينُهُ مَيِّتَةً شَهْوَتُهُ مَكْظُوماً غَيْظُهُ الْخَيْرُ مِنْهُ مَأْمُولٌ وَ الشَّرُّ مِنْهُ مَأْمُونٌ You will see him with short-term hopes, little slips, humbling his heart, his soul content, small are his meals, simple are his affairs, protective of his religion.
His desires are dead, swallowing his anger, the good from him is hoped for, and the evil from him is felt safe from. إِنْ كَانَ فِي الْغَافِلِينَ كُتِبَ فِي الذَّاكِرِينَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي الذَّاكِرِينَ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ- يَعْفُو عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَهُ وَ يُعْطِي مَنْ حَرَمَهُ وَ يَصِلُ مَنْ قَطَعَهُ He is written to be among the mindful, and if he was among the mindful, he would not be written as being from the heedless ones.
He pardons the ones who are unjust to him, and gives to the one who deprives him, and he connects with the one who cuts him off. بَعِيداً فُحْشُهُ لَيِّناً قَوْلُهُ غَائِباً مُنْكَرُهُ حَاضِراً مَعْرُوفُهُ- مُقْبِلًا خَيْرُهُ مُدْبِراً شَرُّهُ فِي الزَّلَازِلِ وَقُورٌ وَ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ صَبُورٌ وَ فِي الرَّخَاءِ شَكُورٌ Remote is his immorality, soft are his words, absent is his evil, present is his act of kindness. His good is facing him and his evil has turned away.
During the disturbances he is dignified, and during the adversities he is patient, and during the prosperity he is thankful.
لَا يَحِيفُ عَلَى مَنْ يُبْغِضُ وَ لَا يَأْثَمُ فِيمَنْ يُحِبُّ يَعْتَرِفُ بِالْحَقِّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُشْهَدَ عَلَيْهِ لَا يُضِيعُ مَا اسْتُحْفِظَ وَ لَا يَنْسَى مَا ذُكِّرَ وَ لَا يُنَابِزُ بِالْأَلْقَابِ وَ لَا يُضَارُّ بِالْجَارِ وَ لَا يَشْمَتُ بِالْمَصَائِبِ وَ لَا يَدْخُلُ فِي الْبَاطِلِ وَ لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ He is not unfair to the one he hates, nor does he sin regarding the one he loves. He acknowledges the truth before he testifies to it.
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