Disputation And Argument

Disputation is the seed of evil. اَلمِراءُ بَذْرُ الشَّرِّ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Argument in religion corrupts certitude. اَلْجَدَلُ فِي الدّينِ يُفْسِدُ اليَقينَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم The fruit of disputation is hatred. ثَمَرَةُ المِراءِ الشَّحْناءُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Too much disputation is the cause of hatred [and enmity]. سَبَبُ الشَّحْناءِ كَثْرَةُ المِراءِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One should not dispute with six types of people: the jurist, the leader, the low, the lewd, the... سِتَّةٌ لايُمارُونَ: اَلْفَقيهُ وَالرَّئيسُ وَالدَّنيُّ والبَذيُّ والمَرْأَةُ وَالصَّبيُّ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One whose disputation increases does not remain safe from error. مَنْ كَثُرَ مِراؤُهُ لَمْ يَأْمَنِ الغَلَطَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Whoever accustoms himself to disputation, it becomes his habit. مَنْ عَوَّدَ نَفْسَهُ المِراءَ صارَ دَيْدَنَهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who makes disputation his habit will not turn his night into day [and will remain in the... مَنْ جَعَلَ دَيْدَنَهُ المِراءَ لَمْ يُصْبِحْ لَيْلَهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One whose false disputations increase, his blindness from the truth persists. مَنْ كَثُرَ مِرائُهُ بِالْباطِلِ دامَ عَماؤُهُ عَنِ الحَقِّ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who disputes with a fool has no intelligence. مَنْ مارَى السَّفيهَ فَلا عَقْلَ لَهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم With excessive disputation, there can be no affection. لامَحَبَّةَ مَعَ كَثْرَةِ مِراء۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم