For every matter there is an outcome, [be it] sweet or bitter.
لِكُلِّ أمْر عاقِبَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ أوْ مُرَّةٌ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who expects [and considers] the outcomes remains safe.
مَنِ انْتَظَرَ العَواقِبَ سَلِمَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who considers the outcomes remains safe.
مَنْ نَظَرَ فِي العَواقِبِ سَلِمَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who considers the outcomes remains safe from calamities.
مَنْ نَظَرَ فِي العَواقِبِ سَلِمَ مِنَ النَّوائِبِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is careful of the outcomes is safe from peril [and destruction].
مَنْ راقَبَ العَواقِبَ أمِنَ المَعاطِبَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who awaits a [positive] outcome is patient.
مَنِ انْتَظَرَ العاقِبَةَ صَبَرَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is careful of the outcomes remains safe from calamities.
مَنْ راقَبَ العَواقِبَ سَلِمَ مِنَ النَّوائِبِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
When you endeavour to act upon a matter, then eschew the blameworthy outcomes in it.
إذا هَمَمْتَ بِأمْر فَاجْتَنِبْ ذَميمَ العَواقِبِ فيهِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Be careful of the outcomes and you will be saved from destruction.
راقِبِ العَواقِبَ تَنْجُ مِنَ المَعاطِبِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
In the outcomes [of matters] there is [either] a curer or a comforter.
فِي العَواقِبِ شاف أوْ مُريح۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The basis of [the success of] outcomes is that which results in the pleasure of Allah, the...
مِلاكُ الخَواتِمِ ما أسْفَرَ عَنْ رِضَى اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
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