Acquisitions

Acquisitions are [a cause of] sorrows. اَلْقِنْيَةُ أحْزانٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Acquisitions are deprivation [from peace of mind]. اَلْقِنْيَةُ سَلِبٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Acquisitions bring about sadness. اَلْقِنْيَةُ (اَلفِتْنَةُ) تَجْلِبُ الحَزَنَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Acquisitions are a spring of sorrows. اَلْقِنْيَةُ يَنْبُوعُ الأحْزانِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Acquisitions are the spoils of disasters. اَلْقِنْيَةُ نَهْبُ الأحْداثِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The discarding of hardships [one endures for attaining worldly gain] is the best of acquisitions. اِطِّراحُ الكُلَفِ أشْرَفُ قِنْيَة۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم To the extent of [one’s] acquisitions, sorrow and grief is multiplied. بِقَدْرِ القِنْيَةِ يَتَضاعَفُ اَلحُزْنُ والغُمُومُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The fruit of acquisitions is sorrow. ثَمَرَةُ المُقْتَنَياتِ الحُزْنُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم