Glory And The Honoured One
1 . One who is given honour by Allah cannot be humiliated by any king.
1 ـ مَنْ تَعزَّزَ بِاللّهِ لَمْ يُذِلَّهُ سُلْطانٌ
2 . One who seeks honour through [anyone] other than Allah is abased.
2 ـ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ اللّهِ ذَلَّ
3 . One who seeks glory through [anyone] other than Allah is destroyed by [the] glory.
3 ـ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ اللّهِ أهْلَكَهُ العِزُّ
4 . One who seeks glory without having any right to it gets humiliated.
4 ـ مَنْ يَطْلُبِ العِزَّ بِغَيْرِ حَقّ يَذِلُّ
5 . One who seeks glory through [anything] other than truth, Allah humiliates him with [the] truth.
5 ـ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ الحَقِّ أذَلَّهُ اللّهُ بِالحَقِّ
6 . There is no glory except through obedience [to Allah].
6 ـ لاعِزَّ إلاّ بِالطّاعَةِ
7 . The honoured is the one who becomes honoured through obedience [to Allah].
7 ـ اَلعَزيزُ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِالطّاعَةِ
8 . When you seek glory, then seek it through obedience [to Allah].
8 ـ إذا طَلَبْتَ العِزَّ فَاطْلُبْهُ بِالطّاعَةِ
9 . He whose neighbours are abased is not honoured.1
9 ـ ما عَزَّ مَنْ ذَلَّ جيرانُهُ
10 . Glory is the attainment of [the power to exact] revenge.
10 ـ اَلعِزُّ إدْراكُ الاِنْتِصارِ
11 . Every glory that is not endorsed by religion is a humiliation.
11 ـ كُلُّ عِزّ لايُؤَيِّدُهُ دينٌ مَذَلَّةٌ
1. Or: One who humiliates his neighbours is not honoured.