The Pauper
1 . The pauper who is satisfied is saved from the traps of Satan, whereas the rich person falls into his snares.
1 ـ اَلْفَقيرُ الرّاضي ناج مِنْ حَبائِلِ إبْلِيسَ، والغَنِيُّ واقِعٌ في حَبائِلِهِ
2 . The most hated of servants in the sight of Allah are: the pauper who is haughty, the elderly fornicator and the immoral scholar.
2 ـ أمْقَتُ العِبادِ إلَى اللّهِ اَلْفَقيرُ المَزْهُوُّ، والشَّيْخُ الزّانِ، والعالِمُ الفاجِرُ
3 . The most foolish of people is the arrogant pauper.
3 ـ أكْثَرُ النّاسِ حُمْقاً الفَقيرُ المُتَكَبِّرُ
4 . The richest people in the Hereafter are the poorest of them in this world.
4 ـ أغْنَى النّاسِ فِي الآخِرَةِ أفْقَرُهُمْ فِي ا لدُّنيا
5 . The poor person is [like] a stranger (or is scorned) in his hometown.
5 ـ اَلفَقيرُ فِي الوَطِنِ غُرْبَةٌ(مُمْتَهَنٌ ).
6 . The needy person is a stranger in his own homeland.
6 ـ اَلمُقِلُّ غَريبٌ في بَلْدَتِهِ
7 . One who sits in the company of the poor increases in [his] gratitude.
7 ـ جالِسِ الفُقَراءَ تَزْدَدْ شُكْراً
8 . Many a poor person is wealthier than all the rich people.
8 ـ رُبَّ فَقير أغْنى مِنْ كُلِّ غَنِىّ
9 . The wealth of a poor person is his contentment.
9 ـ غِنَى الفَقيرِ قَناعَتُهُ
10 . How many a poor person is needed by someone else.
10 ـ كَمْ مِنْ فَقِير يُفْتَقَرُ إلَيْهِ
11 . How many a poor person is rich and [how many] a rich person is needy.
11 ـ كَمْ مِنْ فَقير غَنِىّ وغَنِىّ مُفْتَقِر
12 . One who is overcome by poverty should frequently recite: There is no might and no power but by [the will of] Allah, the Most High, the Most Mighty.
12 ـ مَنْ ألَحَّ عَلَيْهِ الفَقْرُ فَلْيُكْثِرْ مِنْ قَوْلِ: لاحَوْلَ ولاقُوَّةَ إلاّ بِاللّهِ العَلِيِّ العَظيمِ
13 . It is obligatory on the poor that he should not put forward his request [to others] unless he has no other choice.
13 ـ مِنَ الواجِبِ عَلَى الفَقيرِ أنْ لايَبْذُلَ مِنْ غَيْرِاضْطِرار سُؤالَهُ
14 . The kings of this world and the Hereafter are the poor who are satisfied [with what they have].
14 ـ مُلُوكُ الدُّنْيا والآخِرَةِ الفُقَراءُ الرّاضُونَ
15 . The poorest of people is one who is stingy with himself despite [his] wealth and affluence, and leaves it behind for others [in the end].
15 ـ أفْقَرُ النّاسِ مَنْ قَتَّرَ عَلى نَفْسِهِ مَعَ الغِنى والسَّعَةِ، وخَلَّفَهُ لِغَيْرِهِ
16 . Many a poor person is mightier than a lion.
16 ـ رُبَّ فَقير أعَزُّ مِنْ أسَد