Sustenance And One Who Seeks It

Sustenance seeks the one who does not seek it. الرِّزقُ يَطْلُبُ مَنْ لايَطْلُبُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Sustenance is not acquired by greed or by being sought after. اَلأرْزاقُ لاتُنالُ بِالحِرْصِ والمُطالَبَةِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Indeed I will complete my sustenance, and struggle with my [lower] self and will end with my... إنّي مُسْتَوْف رِزقي، ومُجاهِدٌ نَفْسي، ومُنْتَه إلى قِسْمي۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Verily you will acquire your share - your sustenance is guaranteed and that which has been decreed... إنَّكَ مُدْرِكٌ قِسْمَكَ، ومَضْمُونٌ رِزْقَكَ، ومُسْتَوْف ما كُتِبَ لَكَ، فَأَرِحْ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ شَقاءِ الحِرْصِ، ومَذَلَّةِ... —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Be satisfied and you will be relaxed. اِرْضَ تَسْتَرِحْ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Be satisfied with that which has been apportioned for you and you will be a [true] believer. اِرْضَ بِما قُسِمَ لَكَ تَكُنْ مُؤْمِناً۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Be satisfied with the sustenance that has been apportioned for you and you will live a life of... اِرْضَ مِنَ الرِّزقِ بِما قُسِمَ لَكَ تَعِشْ غَنيّاً۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The sustenance has been apportioned; the greedy has been deprived [of what he seeks beyond his... اَلرِّزقُ مَقْسُومٌ، الحَريصُ مَحْرُومٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who seeks more [than what has been apportioned for him], falls into loss. مَنْ طَلَبَ الزِّيادةَ وَقَعَ فِي النُّقصانِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The deprived may [also] be granted sustenance. قَدْ يُرْزَقُ المَحْرُومُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Neither you overtake your death nor will you get the sustenance that is not [decreed] for you, so... إنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِسابِق أجَلَكَ ولا بِمَرْزُوقِ ما لَيْسَ لَكَ فَلِما ذا تُشْقي نَفْسَكَ يا شَقِيُّ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم