If the people of the world understood [the truth about it], this world would surely be ruined.
لَوْ عَقَلَ أهْلُ الدُّنْيا لَخَرِبَتِ الدُّنيا۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
If this world was praiseworthy in front of Allah, He would have reserved it for His friends, but He...
لَوْ كانَتِ الدُّنْيا عِنْدَ اللّهِ مَحْمُوداً لاخْتَصَّ بِها أولِيائَهُ لكِنَّهُ صَرَفَ قُلُوبَهُمْ عَنْها ومَحا عَنْهُمْ مِنْها...
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
If this world was to remain with one of you, it would not have reached the one in whose hands it is...
لَوْ بَقِيَتِ الدُّنيا على أحَدِكُمْ لَمْ تَصِلْ إلى مَنْ هيَ في يدَيْهِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who strives for this world is eluded by it.
مَنْ ساعَي الدُّنيا فاتَتْهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who holds back from this world is sought by it.
مَنْ قَعَدَ عَنِ الدُّنيا طَلَبَتْهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who wrestles this world is knocked down by it.
مَنْ صارَعَ الدُّنيا صَرَعَتْهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who disobeys this world is obeyed by it.
مَنْ عَصَى الدُّنيا أطاعَتْهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who turns away from this world is approached by it.
مَنْ أعْرَضَ عَنِ الدُّنيا أتَتْهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who knows [the reality of] this world, renounces it.
مَنْ عَرَفَ الدُّنيا تَزَهَّدَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who thinks little of this world, it comes to him humiliated.
مَنْ سَلا عَنِ الدُّنيا أتَتْهُ راغِمَةً۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is owned by this world falls down often.
مَنْ مَلَكَتْهُ الدُّنيا كَثُرَ صَرْعُهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is delighted by the embellishments of this world is owned by [its] deceptions.
مَنْ راقَهُ زِبْرِجُ الدُّنيا مَلَكَتْهُ الخُدَعُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who buys his Hereafter with his world, gains both of them.
مَنِ ابْتاعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ رَبِحَهُما۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who sells his Hereafter for his world loses both of them.
مَنْ باعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ خَسِرَهُما۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who seeks less of this world gains more of that which keeps him secure [in the Hereafter].
مَنِ اسْتَقَلَّ مِنَ الدُّنيا اِسْتَكْثَرَ مِمّا يُؤْمِنُهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who seeks more of this world gains more of that which will ruin him.
مَنِ اسْتَكْثَرَ مِنَ الدُّنيا اِسْتَكْثَرَ مِمّا يُوْبِقُهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who builds his world destroys his place of return [in the Hereafter].
مَنْ عَمَرَ دُنياهُ خَرَّبَ مَ آلَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is deceived by this world is deceived by [his] aspirations.
مَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِالدُّنيا اِغْتَرَّ بِالمُنى۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is pleased with this world is eluded by the Hereafter.
مَنْ رَضِيَ بِالدُّنيا فاتَتْهُ الآخِرَةُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is greedy for this world is destroyed.
مَنْ حَرَصَ عَلَى الدُّنيا هَلَكَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is not content with the little [he has] of this world will not be satisfied with the much...
مَنْ كانَ بِيَسيرِ الدُّنيا لا يَقْنَعُ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ مِنْ كَثيرِها ما يَجْمَعُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Who is more at a disadvantage than the one who sells the eternal [Hereafter] for the transient...
مَنْ أغْبَنُ مِمَّنْ باعَ البَقاءَ بِالفَناءِ؟!
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Who is more at a loss than the one who exchanges the Hereafter for this world?.
مَنْ أخْسَرُ مِمَّنْ تَعَوَّضَ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ بِالدُّنيا؟!
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who seeks from this world that which pleases him, his crime (and sinfulness) increases and his...
مَنْ طَلَبَ مِنَ الدُّنيا ما يُرْضيهِ كَثُرَ تَجَنّيهِ وطالَ تَعَدّيهِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
