Leniency And Gentleness
1 . Leniency is the key to rightness and the trait of the people of understanding.
1 ـ اَلرِّفْقُ مِفْتاحُ الصَّوابِ، وشيمَةُ ذَوي الألباب
2 . Leniency makes difficulties bearable and eases the harshness of situations.
2 ـ اَلرِّفْقُ يُيَسِّرُ الصِّعابَ، ويُسَهِّلُ شَديدَ الأسبابِ
3 . Leniency is the infusion of goodness and the symbol of success.
3 ـ اَلرِّفْقُ لِقاحُ الصَّلاحِ، وعُنْوانُ النَّجاحِ
4 . Be lenient and you shall gain success.
4 ـ اُرْفُقْ تُوَفَّقْ
5 . The best thing is gentleness.
5 ـ أفْضَلُ شَيْء الرِّفْقُ
6 . The greatest [form of] piety is gentleness.
6 ـ أكبَرُ البِرِّ الرِّفْقُ
7 . Leniency is the key to success.
7 ـ الرِّفْقُ مِفْتاحُ النَّجاحِ
8 . Leniency is the key to rightness.
8 ـ الرِّفْقُ مِفتاحُ الصَّوابِ
9 . Gentleness blunts the edge of opposition.
9 ـ الرِّفْقُ يَفُلُّ حَدَّ المُخالَفَةِ
10 . Leniency is the symbol of nobility.
10 ـ الرِّفْقُ عُنْوانُ النُّبْلِ
11 . Leniency is the symbol of aptness.
11 ـ الرِّفْقُ عُنْوانُ سَداد
12 . With leniency there is auspiciousness.
12 ـ اليُمْنُ مَعَ الرِّفْقِ
13 . Leniency leads to peace.
13 ـ الرِّفْقُ يُؤَدّي إلَى السِّلْمِ
14 . Gentleness is the brother of a believer.1
14 ـ الرِّفْقُ أخُو المُؤْمِنِ
15 . Being lenient with one’s subjects [and dependents] stems from an honourable disposition.
15 ـ الرِّفْقُ بِالأتْباعِ مِنْ كَرَمِ الطِّباعِ
16 . When you punish, be lenient.
16 ـ إذا عاقَبْتَ فَارْفُقْ
17 . When leniency is unsuitable, then harshness is lenience.
17 ـ إذا كانَ الرِّفْقُ خُرْقاً كانَ الخُرْقُ رِفْقاً
18 . Through leniency, magnanimity is completed.
18 ـ بِالرِّفْقِ تَتِمُّ المُرُوءَةُ
19 . Through gentleness, goals are achieved.
19 ـ بِالرِّفْقِ تُدْرَكُ المَقاصِدُ
20 . Through gentleness, difficulties become easy [to bear].
20 ـ بِالرِّفْقِ تَهُونُ الصِّعابُ
21 . Through gentleness, companionship lasts longer.
21 ـ بِالرِّفْقِ تَدُومُ الصُّحْبَةُ
22 . The pinnacle of knowledge is leniency [and compassion].
22 ـ رَأسُ العِلْمِ الرِّفْقُ
23 . The cornerstone of politics is employing leniency.
23 ـ رَأسُ السِّياسَةِ اِسْتِعمالُ الرِّفْقِ
24 . The gentleness of a person and his generosity endear him to his enemies.
24 ـ رِفْقُ المَرْءِ وسَخاؤُهُ يُحَبِّبُهُ إلى أعْدائِهِ
25 . Adopt leniency, for indeed it is the key to rightness and the quality of the people of understanding.
25 ـ عَلَيكَ بِالرِّفْقِ فَإنَّهُ مِفْتاحُ الصَّوابِ وسَجِيَّةُ اُولِى الألبابِ
26 . Adopt gentleness, for whoever is gentle in his actions, his matters will be [successfully] completed.
26 ـ عَلَيكَ بِالرِّفقِ، فَمَنْ رَفَقَ في أفعالِهِ تَمَّ أمْرُهُ
27 . How many difficulties are made easy with gentleness.
27 ـ كَمْ مِنْ صَعْب تَسْهَلُ بِالرِّفْقِ
28 . Let the most favoured of people in your sight be the one who is the most lenient in his actions.
28 ـ لِيَكُنْ أحْظَى النَّاسِ عِندَكَ أعْمَلَهُمْ بِالرِّفقِ
29 . Be gentle with the one who is harsh with you, for he will soon become gentle with you.
29 ـ لِنْ لِمَنْ غالَظَكَ فَإنَّهُ يُوشِكُ أنْ يَلينَ لَكَ
30 . One who acts with leniency, prospers.
30 ـ مَنْ عامَلَ بِالرِّفقِ غَنِمَ
31 . One who treats others with gentleness, gains success.
31 ـ مَنْ عامَلَ بِالرِّفقِ وُفِّقَ
32 . One who employs leniency, prospers.
32 ـ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلَ الرِّفْقَ غَنِمَ
33 . Whoever employs gentleness, the hard becomes soft for him.
33 ـ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلَ الرِّفْقَ لانَ لَهُ الشَّديدُ
34 . One who proceeds with leniency in his matters, acquires his objectives from them.
34 ـ مَنْ تَرَفَّقَ فِي الأُمورِ، أدْرَكَ أَرَبَهُ مِنْها
35 . One who employs leniency causes sustenance to flow [in abundance].
35 ـ مَنِ اسْتَعمَلَ الرِّفْقَ اِسْتَدَرَّ الرِّزقَ
36 . Gentleness does not exist in anything but that it beautifies it.
36 ـ ما كانَ الرِّفْقُ في شَيء إلاّ زانَهُ
37 . What a good companion leniency is!
37 ـ نِعمَ الرَّفيقُ الرِّفْقُ
38 . The best quality is employing leniency.
38 ـ نِعمَ الخَليقَةُ اِسْتِعْمالُ الرِّفْقِ
39 . The best policy is leniency.
39 ـ نِعمَ السِّياسَةُ الرِّفْقُ
40 . There is no regret for the one who is very lenient.
40 ـ لا نَدَمَ لِكَثيرِ الرِّفْقِ
41 . Violence and gentleness do not go together.
41 ـ لا يَجْتَمِعُ العُنْفُ والرِّفْقُ
42 . There is no quality more honourable than leniency.
42 ـ لاسَجِيَّةَ أشْرَفُ مِنَ الرِّفْقِ
1. Meaning that it never separates from a believer.