Seclusion

In seclusion from the worldly people there is accumulation of goodness. فِي اعْتِزالِ أبْناءِ الدُّنيا جِماعُ الصَّلاحِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who secludes [from the people] himself remains safe. مَنِ اعْتَزَلَ سَلِمَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who tests [the people who love this world] secludes himself [from them]. مَنِ اخْتَبَرَ اِعْتَزَلَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who secludes himself, his indifference towards the pleasures of this world becomes strong. مَنِ اعْتَزَلَ حَسُنَتْ زَهادَتُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Whoever secludes himself, his piety remains safeguarded?. مَنِ اعْتَزَلَ سَلِمَ وَرَعُهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who secludes himself from the people is safe from their evil. مَنِ اعْتَزَلَ النّاسَ سَلِمَ مِنْ شَرِّهِمْ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم How good a worship seclusion is! نِعْمَ العِبادَةُ العُزْلَةُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who isolates himself from the people preserves his religion. مَنِ انْفَرَدَ عَنِ النّاسِ صانَ دينَهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who isolates himself from the people becomes intimate with Allah, the Glorified. مَنِ انْفَرَدَ عَنِ النّاسِ أَنِسَ بِاللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Safety is in solitude. اَلسَّلامَةُ فِي التَّفَرُّدِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Solitude is the comfort of the worshippers. اَلاِنْفِرادُ راحَةُ المُتَعَبِّدينَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who isolates himself is spared from sorrows. مَنِ انْفَرَدَ كُفِيَ الأحْزانَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Continuous solitude is safer than mingling with the people. مُداوَمَةُ الوَحْدَةِ أسْلَمُ مِنْ خُلْطَةِ النّاسِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Seclusion is the best (or the fortification of) piety. اَلعُزْلَةُ حُسْنُ (حِصْنُ)التَّقْوى۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Seclusion is the best trait of the sagacious. اَلعُزْلَةُ أفْضَلُ شِيَمِ الأكْياسِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم