Sickness

Sickness is [a form of] confinement of the body. اَلمَرَضُ حَبْسُ البَدَنِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم There are two things that should not be scorned: sickness and the poor relative. شَيْئانِ لايُؤْنَفُ مِنْهُما: اَلمَرَضُ، وذُوالقَرابَةِ المُفْتَقِرِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who hides his sickness from the physicians has betrayed his body. مَنْ كَتَمَ الأطِبّاءَ مَرَضَهُ خانَ بَدَنَهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Whoever conceals his hidden ailment, his physician becomes incapable of curing him. مَنْ كَتَمَ مَكْنُونَ دائِهِ عَجَزَ طَبيبُهُ عَنْ شِفائِهِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Sickness in one of the two confinements. اَلمَرَضُ أحَدُ الحَبْسَيْنِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم