People are of two types: the generous one who does not possess [anything to bestow] and the one who...
اَلنّاسُ رَجُلانِ جَوادٌ لايَجِدُ، وواجِدٌ لا يُسْعِفُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
People are only [one of] of two types: the follower of [divine] law or the innovator of an...
إنَّما النّاسُ رَجُلانِ مُتَّبِعُ شِرْعَة وَمُبْتَدِعُ بِدْعَة۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It behoves the one who knows the [true nature of] people to be uninterested in that which they...
يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ النّاسَ أنْ يَزْهَدَ فِيما في أيْدِيهِمْ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
People are fine as long as they are dissimilar from one another.
اَلنّاسُ بِخَيْر ما تَفاوَتُوا۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The best-off people in the Hereafter are the poorest of them in this world.
أغْنَى النّاسِ فِي الآخِرَةِ أفْقَرُهُمْ فِي الدُّنيا۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The most eminent person is one who is humble despite his high standing and who shows humility...
وَجِيهُ النّاسِ مَنْ تَواضَعَ مَعَ رِفْعَة، وذَلَّ مَعَ مَنَعَة۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
