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   عَظُمَ الأجْرُ عِنْدَ المُصِيْبَةِ، وَاِذا أحَبَّ اللَّهُ قَوْمَاً اِبْتَلاهُمْ.

Calamities are rewarded greatly; and should God love a people, He will put them to trial.

   البَلاءُ مُوَكَّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ؛ فَلَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً غَيَّرَ رَجُلاً بِرِضَاعِ كَلْبَةٍ لَرَضَعَهَا.

Calamity is in pledge of (man's) words- should anybody berate someone for sucking a dog's breast, he will himself do the same.

   البَلاءُ مُوَكَّلٌ بِالْقَوْلِ؛ ما قالَ عَبْدٌ لِشَيْ‏ءٍ: »لا وَاللَّهِ لا أَفْعَلُهُ أَبَدَاً« اِلاّ تَرَكَ الشَّيْطَانُ كُلَّ عَمَلٍ؛ وَوُلِعَ بِذلِكَ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُؤْثِمَهُ.

Calamity is in pledge of (man's) words- when someone says, "By God I will not do such a thing," Satan abandons all his affairs and craves for making him commit sins.

   أُدْعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاِجَابَةِ؛ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَسْتَجِيْبُ دُعَاءً مِنْ قَلْبٍ غَافِلٍ لاهٍ.

Call unto your Lord and believe that He will hear you, and know that God will not grant the prayers of those with negligent hearts.

   إِمْلاءُ الْخَيْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ السُّكُوتِ؛ وَالسُّكُوتُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ اِمْلاءِ الشَّرِّ.

Calling to good weighs over silence, and silence weighs over calling to evil.

   الهَوَى مَغْفُوْرٌ لِصاحِبِهِ ما لَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهِ أوْ يَتَكَلَّمْ.

Carnal desires will be forgiven, if not put to words or action.

   حَدٌ يُعْمَلُ في الأرْضِ خَيْرٌ لِاَهْلِ الأرْضِ مِنْ أنْ يُمْطَرُوْا أرْبَعِيْنَ صَباحَاً.

Carrying out heavenly- ordained punishments in this very world is better for men than forty days of raining.

   النَّظْرَةُ سَهْمٌ مَسْمُومٌ مِنْ سِهَامِ اِبْليْسَ.

Casting an unlawful look (at a woman) is a poisoned arrow from Satan.

   لَزَوَالُ الدُّنيَا أهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ قَتْلِ رَجُلٍ مُسْلِمٍ.

Causing the world to decline is more tolerable to God than killing a Muslim.

   لا يُغْنِي حَذَرٌ عَنْ قَدَرٍ.

Caution does not block the way of fate.

   لَنْ يَنْفَعَ حَذَرٌ عَنْ قَدَرٍ، وَلكِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ يَنْفَعُ مِمَّا نَزَلَ وَمِمَّا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ.

Caution is not useful against fate; rather, praying is of use against the befallen and non- befallen (events).

   الصَّدَقَةُ تَسُدُّ سَبْعِيْنَ بَابَاً مِنَ السُّوْءِ.

Charity blocks seventy doors to evil.

   الصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِى‏ءُ الخَطِيْئَةَ كَمَا يُطْفِى‏ءُ المَاءُ النَّارَ.

Charity puts sins out just as water extinguishes fire.

   الصَّدَقَةُ عَلَى المِسْكِيْنِ صَدَقَةٌ؛ وَهِىَ عَلى ذِي الرَّحِمِ اِثْنَتَانِ: صَدَقَةٌ وَصِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ.

Charity to the needy is only alms- giving, but to the is alms- giving as well as strengthening kinship ties.

   الصَّدَقَةُ تَمْنَعُ مِيْتَةَ السُّوْءِ.

Charity wards off hard deaths.

   الحَيَاءُ وَالإيمَانُ قُرِنا جَميعاً، فَاِذا رُفِعَ أحَدُهُما رُفِعَ الآخَرُ.

Chastity and faith are interrelated. Should one of them vanish, the other will (definitely) perish.

   الحَيَاءُ وَالإيمَانُ مَقْرُونان في قَرَنٍ واحِدٍ، فَاِذا سُلِبَ أحَدُهُما تَبِعَهُ الآخَرُ.

Chastity and faith are interrelated; none lasts without the other.

   الحَيَاءُ وَالإيمَانَ مَقْرَونانِ لا يَفْتَرِقاِن اِلاّ جَمِيعَاً.

Chastity and faith are two companions. They do not leave (their holder), but collectively.

   الحَيَاءُ وَالعَىُّ شُعْبَتانِ مِنَ الإيمَانِ، وَالبَذاءُ وَالبَيانُ شُعْبَتانِ مِنَ النِّفاقِ.

Chastity and taciturnity are two components of (one's) faith, while scurrility and talkativeness are two elements of hypocrisy.

   الحَيَاءُ هُوَ الدِّيْنُ كُلُّهُ.

Chastity comprises one's whole faith.

   الحَيَاءُ لا يَأْتي إلاّ بِخَيْرٍ.

Chastity entails nothing but goodness.

   الحَياءُ زِيْنَةٌ وَالتُّقى كَرَمٌ، وَخَيْرُ المَرْكَبِ الصَّبْرُ، وَاِنْتِظارُ الفَرَجِ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عِبادَةٌ.

Chastity is (man's) beauty, piety brings magnanimity, patience is the best means to ends, and awaiting divine solution is an act of worship.

   الحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإيْمَانِ.

Chastity is a portion of faith.

   الحَيَاءُ خَيْرٌ كُلُّهُ:

Chastity is goodness in its entirety.

   العَفَافُ زِيْنَةُ النِّسَاءِ.

Chastity is women's beauty.

   الحَيَاءُ مِنَ الإيْمَانِ وَالإيمَانُ في الجَنَّةِ، وَالبَذاءُ مِنَ الجَفاءِ، وَالجَفاءُ في النَّارِ.

Chastity originates from faith, and faith leads (man) to Paradise. Scurrility roots from cruelty, and cruelty ends in Hell.

   حُسْنُ البِشْرِ يُذْهِبُ بِالسَّخِيْمَةِ.

Cheerfulness carries away one's hatred.

   الوَلَدُ مِنْ رَيْحَاِنِ الجَنَّة.

Children are flowers of Paradise.

   تَخَيَّرُوْا لِنُطَفِكُمْ؛ وَاجْتَنِبُوا هذا السَّوَادَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ لَوْنٌ مُشَوَّهٌ.

Choose appropriate containers for your sperms and keep distance with this black, for it is an undesirable color.

   أَكْثِرُوا مِنَ الأِخْوَانِ؛ فَاِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ حَيِىٌّ يَسْتَحْيي أَنْ يُعَذِّبَ عَبْدَهُ بَيْنَ اِخْوَانِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِي  امَةِ.

Choose many friends, for your Lord is so modest and Merciful that He hesitates to chastise His servant among his brothers (in faith) in the Day of Judgement.

   تَخَيَّرُوْا لِنُطَفِكُمْ؛ فَاِنَّ النِّسَاءَ يَلِدْنَ أَشْبَاهَ اِخْوَانِهِنَّ وَأَخوَاتِهِنَّ.

Choose suitable containers for your sperms, for women give birth to the like of their brothers and sisters.

   تَخَيَّرُوْا لِنُطَفِكُمْ؛ فَانْكِحُوا الأكْفَاءَ؛

Choose suitable containers for your sperms, marry women (and give your

وَانْكِحُوْا اِليهِمْ.

daughters in marriage to men) of equal status to yours.

   اِلْتَمِسُوا الْجَارَ قَبْلَ شِرَى الدَّارِ؛ وَالرَّفِيْقَ قَبْلَ الطَّرِيْقِ.

Choose your neighbor before buying a house, and find a friend before taking a trip.

   الجارُ قَبْلَ الدَّارِ وَالرَّفِيْقُ قَبْلَ الطَّرِيْقِ؛ وَالزَّادُ قَبْلَ الرَّحِيْلِ.

Choose your neighbor before buying a house, your companion before selecting a way, and your provision before setting out on a trip.

   النَّاكِحُ في قَوْمِهِ كَالْمُعْشِبِ في دَارِهِ.

Choosing a bride from one's own family is like growing grass in one's own house.

   اِغْسِلُوا ثِيَابَكُمْ وَخُذُوا مِنْ شُعُورِكُمْ؛ وَاسْتَاكُوا؛ وَتَزَيَّنُوا وَتَنَظَّفُوا؛ فَاِنَّ بَني اِسْرائِيْلَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَفْعَلُونَ ذلِك فَزَنَتْ نِسَاؤُهُمْ.

Clean your clothes, beautify your hair, brush your teeth and be all made up and tidy, for the children of Israel didn't do so and their wives turned out to be adulterous.

   طَيِّبُوْا أفْواهَكُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ.

Clean your mouths by brushing.

   تَنَزَّهُوْا مِنَ الْبَوْلِ؛ فَاِنَّ عَامَّةَ عَذابِ القَبْرِ مِنْهُ.

Clean yourself of urine, for it's the cause of most punishments in the grave.

   النَّظَافَةُ مِنَ الإيْمَانِ.

Cleanliness has root in faith.

   طَهُوْرُ الطَّعَامِ يَزِيْدُ فِي الطَّعَامِ وَالدِّيْنِ وَالرِّزْقِ.

Cleanness of food (lawfully- earned food) results in an increase of food, faith, and sustenance.

   الجَنَّةُ أقْرَبُ إلى أحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِراكِ نَعْلِهِ؛ وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذلكَ.

Closer to you than your shoelaces is Paradise, and Hell is likewise.

   غَيِّرُوْا الشَّيْبَ وَلا تَشَبَّهُوْا بِاليَهُوْدِ.

Color your white hair and stop looking like the Jews.

   خَلِّلُوْا لِحَاكُمْ وَقُصُّوا أظْفَارَكُمْ، فَاِنَّ

Comb your beard and pare your nails, for satans (microbes) move

الشَّيْطانَ يَجْرِي ما بَيْنَ اللَّحْمِ وَالظُّفْرِ.

between flesh and nails.

   أَقِلَّ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ يَهُنْ عَلَيْكَ الْمَوْتُ.

Commit less vice, an easier death to face.

   لَأَنْ يَزْنِيَ الرَّجُلُ بِعَشَرَةِ نِسْوَةٍ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أنْ يَزْنِيَ بِامْرَأَةِ جَارِهِ، وَلَأَنْ يَسْرِقَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ عَشَرَةِ أبْيَاتٍ أيْسَرُ لَهُ مِنْ أنْ يَسْرِقَ مِنْ بَيْتِ جَارِهِ.

Committing adultery with ten women is less sinful than doing so with a neighbor's wife, and stealing from ten houses is easier (i.e. has an easier punishment) than robbing a neighbor's house.

   وُزِنَ حِبْرُ العُلَمَاءِ بِدَمِ الشُّهَداءِ فَرَجِحَ.

Compared with martyrs' blood, the learned's ink is weightier (worthier).

   التَّوْبَةُ النَّصُوْحُ النَّدَمُ عَلَى الذَّنْبِ حينَ يَفْرُطُ مِنْكَ فَتَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ تَعَالى؛ ثُمَّ لا تَعُودُ اِلَيْهِ أَبَدَاً.

Complete repentance is repenting (one's) sins in the sense that when you commit a sin, you should ask for the Exalted God's forgiveness and never commit that sin again.

   تَرْكُ الدُّنْيا أَمَرُّ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ، وَأَشَدُّ مِنْ حَطْمِ السُّيُوْفِ فِي سَبِيْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

Connivance at the world is of patience and is much harder to do than to use swords in the way of God, the Powerful, the Great.

   اِتَّقُوا زَلَّةَ الْعَالِمِ وَانْتَظِرُوا فَيْئَتَهُ.

Connive at a scholar's slip and await him to the right direction to keep.

   تَجَاوَزُوْا لِذَوِي المُرُوَّةِ عَنْ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ؛ اِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ لَيَعْثِرُ وَاِنَّ يَدَهُ لَفِي يَدِ اللَّهِ.

Connive at the shortcomings of the Merciful people; for by the God who rules over my soul, whenever one of them slips, a helping hand to him God gives.

   تَجَافَوْا عَنْ ذَنْبِ السَّخِيَّ؛ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ آخِذٌ بِيَدِهِ كُلَّمَا عَثَرَ.

Connive at the sins of a generous man, for whenever he slips, God gives him a hand.

   اِذا حَاكَ في نَفْسِكَ شَيْي‏ءٌ فَدَعْهُ.

Connive at what you are worried about its performance.

   ما أنْكَرَ قَلْبُكَ فَدَعْهُ.

Connive at whatever your heart does not accept.

   كَفَى بِكَ اِثْمَاً أنْ لاتَزَالَ مُخَاصِمَاً.

Constant contention (with others) suffices to make of you a sinner.

   آمِرُوا النِّساءَ فِي بَناتِهِنَّ.

Consult women concerning their daughters.

   المُشَاوَرَةُ حِصْنٌ مِنَ النَّدَامَةِ، وَأمْنٌ مِنَ المَلامَةِ.

Consultation is a wall for regret and safety against reproach.

   عَلَيْكُمْ بِالقَنَاعَةِ فَاِنَّ القَنَاعَةَ مَالٌ لا يَنْفَدُ

Contentment is an unfailing wealth.

   القَنَاعَةُ مَالٌ لا يَنْفَذُ.

Contentment is an unfailing wealth.

   سُكُوتُ اللِّسانِ سَلامَةُ الاِنْسَانِ.

Contorting one's tongue keeps man from wrong.

   اِحْفَظْ مَا بَيْنَ لِحْيَيْكَ وَمَا بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْكَ.

Control your tongue as well as your private parts.

   اِحْفَظْ لِسَانَكَ.

Control your tongue.

   اِحْفَظْ عَوْرَتَكَ اِلاّ مِنْ زَوْجَتِكَ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ؛ قِيْلَ: اِذا كانَ الْقَوْمُ بَعْضَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ؛ قَالَ: اِنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لا يَرَيَنَّها أَحَدٌ فَلا يَرَيَنَّها؛ قِيْلَ: اِذا كانَ أَحَدُنا خَالِيَاً؛ قَالَ: اللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُسْتَحْيَى مِنْهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ.

Cover your sexual organs in the presence of all but your wives and bonds women. It was asked: "What about relatives?" The Holy Prophet replied: "They should try not to see each other's sexual organs." "What if one of us be naked at his (her) own privacy?," He was asked. The Holy Prophet said: "One must be much more chaste to God than to people."

   غَطِّ فَخِذَكَ فَاِنَّ فَخِذَ الرَّجُلِ عَوْرَةٌ.

Cover your thighs, for they're part of man's privy parts.

   لَمَّا صَوَّرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالى آدَمَ في الجَنَّة تَرَكَهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أنْ يَترُكَهُ، فَجَعَلَ اِبْلِيْسُ يُطِيْفُ بِهِ يَنْظُرُ إلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ أجْوَفَ عَرَفَ أنَّهُ خَلْقٌ لا يَتَمَالَكُ.

Creating Adam in Paradise, the Exalted God left him on his own for sometime. Then, Satan began to move around watching him, and finally finding him empty- minded, he came to understand that Adam was not a self- possessed creature.

   العِبَادُ عِبَادُ اللَّهِ، وَالبِلادُ بِلادُ اللَّهِ، فَمَنْ

Creatures are God's and lands are His too, and whoever cultivates a

أَحْيَا مِنْ مَوَاتِ الأرْضِ شَيْئَاً فَهُوَ لَهُ.

piece of barren land, has a right to own it.

   لا يَدْخُلُ الجَنَّةَ إلاّ رَحِيْمٌ.

Cunning and stingy people will not be allowed to Paradise.

   تَداوَوْا بِأَلْبَانِ البَقَرِ فَاِنِّي أَرْجُوْ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ فيهَا شِفَاءً؛ فَاِنَّها تَأْكُلُ مِنْ كُلِّ الشَّجَرِ.

Cure yourselves by cow milk; for I verily hope that you can find in it divine recovery, since cows graze on all kinds of plants.

   تَداوَوْا؛ فَاِنَّ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الدَّاءَ أَنْزَلَ الدَّوَاءَ.

Cure yourselves, for He who has let diseases befall you, has created their medicines too.

   تَداوَوْا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ؛ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالى لَمْ يَضَعْ دَاءً اِلاّ وَضَعَ لَهُ دَوَاءً؛ غَيْرَ دَاءٍ واحِدٍ؛ الهَرِمِ.

Cure yourselves, O servants of the Exalted God! for he has created a (specific) medicine for any single kind of disease, save old age.

   مَنْ أنْعَمَ عَلى عَبْدٍ نِعْمَةً فَلَمْ يَشْكُرْهَا فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ اسْتُجِيْبَ لَهُ.

Cursing the one who remains thankless to the blessing bestowed on him will be effective.

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   مَلعُونٌ مَنْ ضَارَّ مُؤْمِنَاً أوْ مَكَرَ بِهِ.

Damned is the one who bothers a believer or plots against him.

   مَنْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ تَحَاكَمَا إلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَقْضِ بَيْنَهُمَا بِالْحَقِّ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ.

Damned is the one who does not issue true judgment between two persons choosing him as a judge.

   مَلْعُوْنٌ مَنْ سَبَّ أبَاهُ، مَلْعُوْنٌ مَنْ سَبَّ أُمَّهُ

Damned is the one who insults his father and mother.

   مَلْعُونٌ مَنْ أَلْقَى كَلَّهُ عَلى النَّاسِ.

Damned is the one who shoulders all his responsibility on others.

   قَالَ داوُودُ: يَا زَارِعَ السَّيِّئَاتِ أنْتَ تَحْصُدُ شَوْكَهَا.

David said: O you who have planted evil, you'll harvest its thorns.

   قَالَ داوُودُ: اِدْخَالُكَ يَدَكَ في فَمِ التِّنِيْنِ إلى أنْ تَبْلُغَ المِرْفَقَ فَيَقْصِمُهَا خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أنْ تَسْأَلَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ ثُمَّ كَانَ.

David said: putting your arm up to the elbow in the mouth of a dragon to smash it to pieces is better than making a request to upstarts.

   ما المَوْتُ فِيْما بَعْدَهُ إلاّ كَنَطْحَةِ عَنْزٍ.

Death compared to its aftermath is like unto a goat's butting.

   تُحْفَةُ المُؤْمِنِ المَوْتُ.

Death is a gift for believers.

   المَوْتُ كَفَّارَةٌ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ وَمُسْلِمَةٍ.

Death is the expiation (of sins) for all Muslim men and women.

   مَوْتُ الغَرِيْبِ شَهَادَةٌ.

Death of a lonely person is martyrdom.

   الدَّيْنُ هَمٌّ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَذَلَّةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ.

Debt causes day's abasement and night's grief.

   الدَّيْنُ يَنْقُصُ مِنَ الدِّيْنِ وَالحَسَبِ.

Debt causes defect in one's faith and descent.

   الدَّيْنُ شَيْنُ الدِّيْنِ.

Debt defiles one's faith.

   الدَّيْنُ رَايَةُ اللَّهِ في الأرْضِ فَاِذا أَرَادَ أنْ يُذِلَّ عَبْدَاً وَضَعَهَا في عُنُقِهِ.

Debt is God's banner on earth, which He puts on the shoulder of the one He wishes to abase.

   كَفَى اِثْمَاً أنْ تَحْبِسَ عَمَّنْ تَمْلِكُ قُوْتَهُ.

Declining your subjects' daily bread suffices to make of you a sinner.

   المَمْعَكَ طَرَفٌ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ.

Delay in the payment of debt is a form of injustice.

   ثَلاثٌ لا تُؤَخِّرُوْهُنَّ: الصَّلاةُ اِذا أَتَتْ؛ وَالجِنَازَةُ اِذا حَضَرَتْ؛ وَالاَيِّمُ اِذا وَجَدَتْ كُفْؤَاً.

Delay in three things is not allowed: setting prayers in due time, carrying a dead body (for burial) as soon as possible, and marrying a widow to someone equal in status with her.

   مَنْ لَمْ يَقْبَلِ العُذْرَ مِنْ مُتَنَصِّلٍ صَادِقَاً كَانَ أوْ كَاذِبَاً لَمْ يَنَلْ شَفَاعَتِي.

Deprived from my intercession will be the one who does not accept someone's sincere or insincere apology.

   أَتاني جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ: يا مُحَمَّدُ؛ عِشْ مَا شِئْتَ؛ فَاِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ؛ وَأَحْبِبْ مَا شِئْتَ؛ فَاِنَّكَ مُفارِقُهُ؛ وَاعْمَلْ مَا شِئْتَ؛ فَاِنَّكَ مَجْزِيٌّ بِهِ. وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ شَرَفَ الْمُؤْمِنِ قِيامُهُ بِاللَّيْلِ؛ وَعِزُّهُ اسْتِغْنَاؤُهُ عَنِ النَّاسِ.

Descended to me Gabriel and said: "Muhammad! Live as long as you wish, for you will finally perish, love whatever you mind, for you will leave it behind and do whatever you want to do, for its reward will come back to you. Know that night vigilance (for worship) is man's dignity and needlessness from people shows his magnanimity.

   الحَسَبُ المَالُ.

Descent is (like unto) wealth.

   الدَّنَانِيْرُ وَالدَّرَاهِمُ خَوَاتِيْمُ اللَّهِ في أرْضِهِ، مَنْ جَاءَ بِخَاتَمِ مَوْلاهُ قُضِيَتْ حَاجَتُهُ.

Dinars and Dirhams are seals of God on the earth, and the requests of whoever delivers his Master's seals to Him will be granted.

   المَرَضُ سَوْطُ اللَّهِ في الأرْضِ؛ يُؤَدِّبُ بِهِ

Diseases are God's whips on the

عِبَادَهُ.

earth for the correction of people.

   اِشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللَّهِ عَلى مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مَلِكُ الأمْلاكِ؛ لا مَلِكَ اِلاّ اللَّهُ.

Divine anger is so severe for the one who regards himself the lord of lords, (for) there is no lord but the Lord (God).

   اِشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللَّهِ عَلى مَنْ ظَلَمَ مَنْ لا يَجِدُ نَاصِرَاً غَيْرَ اللَّهِ

Divine wrath is so severe for the one who oppresses those who have no helper save God.

   ما أحَلَّ اللَّهُ شَيْئَاً أبْغَضُ إلَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّلاقِ.

Divorce is the most despised thing God has declared lawful.

   أَبْغَضُ الْحَلالِ اِلَى اللَّهِ الطَّلاقُ.

Divorce is the most hateful (of all) lawful things to God.

   عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ، فَنِعْمَ الشَيْ‏ءُ السِّوَاكُ؛ يَشُدُّ اللَّثَّةَ، وَيَذْهَبُ بِالبَخَرِ، وَيُصْلِحُ المِعْدَةَ، وَيَزِيْدُ في دَرَجَاتِ الجَنَّةِ، وَيُرْضِي الرَّبَّ، وَيُسْخِطُ الشَّيْطَانَ.

Do brush your teeth, for a very good practice it is! It strengthens (your) gum, wipes out stink from (your) mouth, refreshes (your) stomach, elevates (your) status in Paradise, and makes God pleased and Satan furious.

   عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ فَانَّهُ مَطْيَبَةٌ لِلْفَمِ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ.

Do brush your teeth, for it's the cause of mouth purification and divine satisfaction.

   عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ؛ فَإِنَّهَا جِمَاعُ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ.

Do fear God, for it's the origin of all the good.

   عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ، وَاذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ كُلِّ حَجَرٍ وَشَجَرٍ، وَاِذا عَمِلْتَ سَيِّئَةً فَأَحْدِثْ عِنْدَهَا تَوْبَةً، السِّرُّ بِالسِّرِّ وَالعَلانِيَةُ بِالعَلانِيَةِ.

Do fear God, the Greatest and the most Powerful, and remember Him in all cases. When you commit an evil deed, do repent instantly-a covert repentance for a covert sin, and an overt repentance for an overt sin.

   اِذا أَسَأْتَ فَأَحْسِنْ.

Do good immediately after doing wrong.

   اِصْنَعِ الْمَعْرُوفَ اِلى مَنْ هُوَ أَهْلُهُ وَاِلى

Do good to those who deserve it and those who don't, for if your goodness

غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ فَاِنْ أَصَبْتَ أَهْلَهُ أَصَبْتَ أَهْلَهُ؛ وَاِنْ لَمْ تُصِبْ أَهْلَهُ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ أَهْلَهُ.

the former receive, it would be quite appropriate; otherwise, you yourself will be the receiver of it.

   خُذُوا عَلى أيْدِي سُفَهَائِكُمْ.

Do not allow your silly ones rule over you.

   لا تَسْأَلِ النَّاسَ شَيْئاً وَلا سَوْطَكَ إنْ سَقَطَ مِنْكَ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ إليْهِ فَتَأْخُذَهُ.

Do not ask people for anything. Should your scourge fall down, bend and take it up and do not ask others to do so.

   لا تَغْتابُوا المُسْلِمينَ وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا عَوْرَاتِهِمْ.

Do not backbite Muslims and do not try to discover their faults.

   لا تُصاحِبْ إلاّ مُؤْمِناً وَلا يَأْكُلْ طَعَامَكَ إلاّ تَقِىٌّ.

Do not be a company but to believers, and do not share your meal save with the pious.

   لا تَصْحَبَنَّ أحداً لا يَرى لَكَ كَمِثْلَ ما تَرى لَهُ.

Do not be a company to the one who does not regard you of equal status with him.

   لا يُعْجِبُكُمْ اِسْلامُ رَجُلٍ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا كُنْهَ عَقْلِهِ.

Do not be amazed at anybody's being a Muslim; rather (try to) know the essence of his thought.

   لا تُعْجِبُوا بِعَمَلِ عَامِلٍ حَتَّى تَنْظُرُوا بِمَ يُخْتَمُ لَهُ.

Do not be amazed at anybody's state of affairs; rather, (wait to) see its end.

   لا تُمارِ أخَاكَ وَلا تُمازِحْهُ وَلا تَعِدْهُ فَتُخْلِفَهُ.

Do not be contentious to your brothers (in faith), do not make fun of them, and do not break your promises (in respect to them.

   لا تَكُنْ مِمَّنْ يَشُدُّ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيُخَفِّفُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ.

Do not be easy- going to yourself, but hard on people.

   لا تُكْثِرْ هَمَّكَ؛ ما قُدِّرَ يَكُنْ وَما تُرْزَقْ يَأْتِك.

Do not be in gross grief, for your due sustenance and whatever is destined for you will surely come to pass.

   لا تَحاسَدُوا وَلا تَناجَشُوا وَلا تَباغَضُوا وَلا تَدَابَرُوا وَكُونُوا عِبادَ اللَّهِ اِخْواناً وَلا تَكُونُوا عَيَّابينَ وَلا مَدَّاحينَ وَلا طَعَّانِينَ.

Do not be jealous, do not raise prices (in business bargains), do not hate one another, and do not turn your backs to each other. Be brothers to God's servants, do not find fault with, admire or speak ironically to others.

   لا تَضرِبُوا اِماءَكُمْ عَلى كَسْرِ اِنائِكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّ لَها أجَلاً كآجالِ النَّاسِ.

Do not beat your bondswomen for breaking your bowls, for bowls are surely destined to die just as people do.

   لا تُظْهِرِ الشَّماتَةَ لِاَخِيكَ فَيُعافِيهِ اللَّهُ وَيَبْتَلِيكَ.

Do not blame your brother (in faith), for God (may) keep him safe but make you suffer.

   لا تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ المَعْروفِ شَيْئاً وَلا تُواعِدْ عَلى أخيكَ مَوْعِدًا فَتُخْلِفَهُ.

Do not consider any good deed as insignificant, and do not break it when you promise your brother (in faith).

   لا تَسُبُّوا الأمْواتَ فَتُؤْذُوا الأحْياءَ.

Do not curse the dead, for it annoys the living.

   لا تَسُبُّوا الأمْواتَ فَاِنَّهُمْ قَدْ أفْضَوْا إلى ما قَدَّمُوا.

Do not curse the dead, for they have reached what they have sent ahead.

   لا تَمْسَحْ يَدَكَ بِثَوْبِ مَنْ لا تَكْسُوهُ.

Do not demand a penny from whom you have not offered a penny to.

   لا تُطَلِّقُوا النِّساءَ إلاّ مِنْ رَيْبَةٍ؛ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الذَّواقينَ وَلا الذَّوَّاقَات.

Do not divorce your wives unless you are suspicious about them, for God does not like men and women who marry a lot.

   ما كَرِهْتَ أنْ يَرَاهُ النَّاسُ مِنْكَ فَلا تَفْعَلْهُ بِنَفْسِكَ اِذا خَلَوْتَ.

Do not do in privacy what you like people not to see in you (in public).

   لا تَشْرَبُوا الخَمْرَ فَاِنَّها مِفْتاحُ كُلِّ شَرٍّ.

Do not drink wine, for it's the key to all evils.

   لا تُطعِمُوا المَساكينَ مِمَّا لا تَأْكُلُونَ.

Do not feed the poor on the things you don't eat yourselves.

   لا تُرَوِّعُوا المُسْلِمَ فَإِنَّ رَوْعَةَ المُسْلِمِ ظُلْمٌ عَظيمٌ.

Do not frighten a Muslim, for it's great injustice.

   لا تَغْضَبْ؛ فَاِنَّ الغَضَبَ مَفْسَدَةٌ.

Do not get angry, for it entails evil.

   لا تُكْرِهُوا البَناتَ فَإِنَّهُنَّ المُونِسَاتُ.

Do not hate (your) daughters, for they're the cause of comfort.

   لا تباغَضُوا وَلا تَدَابَرُوا وَلا تَنافَسُوا وَكُونُوا عِبادَ اللَّهِ اِخْوَانَاً.

Do not hate each other, do not turn your back to each other, and do not envy one another. O servants of God! Be brothers (in faith).

   لا تُؤْذُوا مُسلِماً بِشَتْمِ كَافِرٍ.

Do not hurt a Muslim by insulting an infidel.

   لا تَشْغَلُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ بِذِكْرِ الدُّنْيا.

Do not indulge your hearts in this material world.

   لا تَسُبُّوا الشَّيْطانَ وَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّهِ.

Do not insult Satan, and take refuge with God from his evil.

   لا تَسُبُّوا الدَّهْرَ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ.

Do not insult Time, for Time is surely God.

   لا تَمَزَحْ فَيَذْهَبَ بَهاؤُكَ وَلا تَكْذِبْ فَيَذْهَبَ نُورُكَ.

Do not joke (a lot) for it makes your worth vanish, and do not tell lie for it makes your light finish.

   أَصْرِمِ الاَحْمَقَ.

Do not keep company with the foolish.

   لا تُكْثِرِ الضِّحْكَ؛ فَاِنَّ كَثْرَةَ الضِّحْكِ تُميتُ القَلْبَ.

Do not laugh excessively, for it makes (your) heart wither.

   لا تَضَعُوا الحِكْمَةَ عِنْدَ غَيْرِ أهْلِها فَتَظْلِمُوها وَلا تَمْنَعُوْها أهْلَها فَتَظْلِمُوهُمْ.

Do not leave wisdom to the unwise, and do not withhold it from the wise, for both these will be injustice to it.

   لا تُمِيْتُوا القُلُوبَ بِكَثْرَةِ الطَّعامِ وَالشَّرابِ؛ فَاِنَّ القَلْبَ يَمُوتُ كَالزَّرْعِ اِذا كَثُرَ

Do not make your hearts die of drinking and eating excessively, for they're like unto farms dying of over-

عَلَيْهِ المَاءُ.

irrigation.

   لا تُخيفُوا أنْفُسَكُمْ بالدِّينِ.

Do not make yourself afraid of religion.

   لا تَزَوَّجَنَّ عَجُوزاً وَلا عَاقِراً فَاِنِّي مُكاثِرٌ بِكُمُ الْاُمَمَ.

Do not marry barren or old women, for I take pride in your greater population (as compared with others').

   لا تُجارّ أخاكَ وَلا تُشارِّه وَلا تُمارِهِ.

Do not postpone your brethren's affairs, do not be hostile to them, and do not contend with them.

   اِدْرَؤُا الْحُدُودَ بِالشُّبَهاتِ؛ وَأَقِيلُوا الْكِرَامَ عَثَرَاتِهمْ اِلاّ في حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ.

Do not punish people when you are doubtful (about their faults), and be oblivious to the great men's blunders, unless (the punishment) is divinely prescribed.

   لا تَخْرِقَنَّ عَلى أحَدٍ سِتْراً.

Do not put anyone to shame.

   لا تَكَلَّفُوا لِلضَّيْفِ.

Do not put yourself into trouble for guests.

   أَجِيْبُوا الدَّاعِيَ وَلا تَرُدُّوا الْهَدِيَّةَ؛ وَلا تَضْرِبُوا الْمُسْلِميْنَ.

Do not reject invitations, accept gifts and beat not Muslims.

   مَنْ بَدأَ بِالْكَلامِ قَبْلَ السَّلامِ فَلا تُجِيْبُوهُ.

Do not respond to the one who starts speaking without greeting.

   لا تَرْضَيَنَّ أحَداً بِسُخْطِ اللَّهِ، وَلا تَحْمَدَنَّ أحَداً عَلى فَضْلِ اللَّهِ، وَلا تَذُمَّنَّ أحَداً عَلى ما لَمْ يُؤْتِكَ اللَّهُ؛ فَاِنَّ رِزْقَ اللَّهِ لا يَسُوقُهُ اِلَيْكَ حِرْصُ حَريصٍ؛ وَلا تَرُدُّهُ عَنْكَ كَراهَةُ كارِهٍ.

Do not seek anybody's satisfaction by causing God's anger, do not praise anyone for God's grace on him, and do not blame anyone for the things God has not given you, for sustenance from God will not reach you through the greedy's greed, nor will anyone's discontent ward off your (destined) sustenance.

   لا تَجْلِسُوا بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ اِلاّ بِاِذْنِهِما.

Do not sit between two persons without their permission.

   اِرْفَعُوْا الْسِنَتَكُمْ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ؛ وَاِذا

Do not slander Muslims, and when

مَاتَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقُولُوا فِيهِ خَيْرَاً.

one of them passes away, speak well of him (her).

   لا تَحْلِفْ بِاللَّهِ كَاذِبَاً وَلا صَادِقَاً مِنْ غَيْرِ ضَرُورَةٍ وَلا تَجْعَلِ اللَّهَ عُرْضَةً لِيَمِينِكَ؛ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَرْحَمُ وَلا يَرْعى مَنْ حَلَفَ بِاسْمِه كاذِبَاً.

Do not swear by God unnecessarily, being it true or false, and do not make God the means of your swearing, for He will neither be Merciful nor attentive to the one who falsely swears by Him.

   لا تَأْلُوا عَلى اللَّهِ فَاِنَّه مَنْ تألَّى عَلى اللَّهِ أَكْذَبَهُ اللَّهُ.

Do not swear by God, for if one does so, God will surely belie him.

   لا تَسْتَبْطِؤُا الرِّزْقَ؛ فَاِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَبْدٌ لِيَمُوتَ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَهُ آخِرُ رِزْقٍ هُوَ لَهُ، فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأجْمِلُوا في الطَّلَبِ؛ أخْذَ الحَلالِ وَتَرْكَ الحَرامِ.

Do not think that your sustenance comes to you late, for no creature dies before receiving the last bit of his (destined) sustenance. So, fear God and be moderate in seeking sustenance, i.e. in taking the lawful and avoiding the unlawful.

   ما كَرِهْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ فَاكْرَهْهُ لِغَيْرِكَ وَما أحْبَبْتَهُ لِنَفْسِكَ فَأحِبَّهُ لأخِيْكَ.

Do not wish for others what you wish not for yourself, and wish for your brother (in faith) what you wish for yourself.

   تَدْرُونَ ما يَقُولُ الأَسَدُ في زَئِيْرِهِ ؟ يَقُولُ: أللَّهُمَّ لا تُسَلِّطْنِي عَلى أحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ المَعْرُوفِ.

Do you know what a lion in its roar says? it says,"O God! Let me not win over benevolent people."

   أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْعِضَةُ؟ نَقْلُ الْحَديثِ مِنْ بَعْضِ النَّاسِ اِلى بَعْضٍ لِيُفْسِدُوا بَيْنَهُمْ.

Do you know what talebearing is? It is to narrate one's sayings to others and break their relationship.

   أَتَحْسَبُونَ الشِّدَّةَ فِي حَمْلِ الْحِجارَةِ؛ اِنَّمَا الشِّدَّةُ أَنْ يَمْتَلِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ غيْظَاً ثُمَّ يَغْلِبَهُ.

Do you think (man's) strength lies in carrying stones? No, it lies in bearing anger and wrath when in him they rise.

   أَخْلِصُوا أَعْمَالَكُمْ للَّهِِ فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَقْبَلُ

Do your actions for God with purity of intent, for He only accepts sincere

اِلاّ مَا خَلَصَ لَهُ.

deeds.

   الشِّرْكُ الخَفِيُّ أنْ يَعْمَلَ الرَّجُلُ لِمَكَانِ الرَّجُلِ.

Doing another man's jobs (obligatorily) is hidden polytheism on the part of the latter.

   اِذا جَامَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ زَوْجَتَهُ أَوْ جَارِيَتَهُ فَلا يَنْظُرْ اِلى فَرْجِها؛ فَاِنَّ ذلِكَ يُورِثُ الْعَمَى.

Don't look at your wives' or bond women's vulvas when having sexual intercourse with them, for it is a cause of blindness.

   أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الاِسْلامَ يَهْدِمُ مَا كانَ قَبْلَهُ وَأَنَّ الْهِجْرَةَ تَهْدِمُ مَا كانَ قَبْلَها وَأَنَّ الْحَجَّ يَهْدِمُ مَا كانَ قَبْلَهُ؟

Don't you know that Islam, Migration (to Medina) and Hajj destroy whatever have been practiced prior to them?

   رَغِمَ أنْفَهُ، ثُمَّ رَغِمَ أنْفَهُ، ثُمَّ رَغِمَ أنْفَهُ مَنْ أدْرَكَ أبَوَيْهِ عِنْدَهُ الكِبَرُ أحَدَهُمَا أوْ كِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ الجَنَّةَ.

Down with the one, down with the one and down with the one whose parents, or one of them, reach old age in his lifetime but he cannot make of himself a resident of Paradise.

   الرُّؤْيَا ثَلاثَةٌ: فَبُشْرَى مِنَ اللَّهِ وَحَدِيْثُ النَّفْسِ وَتَخْوِيْفٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ. فَاِذا رَأى أحَدُكُمْ رُؤْيَا تُعْجِبُهُ فَلْيَقُصَّهَا إنْ شاءَ وَإنْ رَأى شَيْئَاً يَكْرَهُهُ فَلا يَقُصَّهُ عَلى أحَدٍ وَلْيَقُمْ يُصَلِّي.

Dreams are of three kinds: God's good tidings, reflection of one's deeds and Satan's threat. When one of you has a good dream, he can narrate it to others if he so wills, and should the reverse happens, he has to narrate it to nobody, rising instead to prayer.

   الرُّؤْيَا ثَلاثَةٌ: مِنْهَا تَهَاوِيْلٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ لِيَحْزُنَ ابْنَ آدَمَ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَهِمُّ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ في يَقْظَتِهِ فَيَرَاهُ في مَنَامِهِ، وَمِنْهَا جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأرْبَعِيْنَ جُزْءً مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ.

Dreams are of three kinds: Satan's threat to sadden the son of Adam, man's wishes during the day dreamt at night, and one part of the forty- six parts comprising prophethood.

   تَسَاقَطُوْا الضَّغَائِنَ.

Drop your grudges.