Many an ignorance is better than forbearance (or knowledge).
رُبَّ جَهْل أنْفَعُ مِنْ حِلْم(عِلْم)۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Ward off ignorance with knowledge.
رُدُّوا الجَهْلَ بِالعِلْمِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Too much ignorance is destructive.
زِيادَةُ الجَهْلِ تُرْدي۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The worst affliction is ignorance.
شَرُّ المَصائِبِ الجَهْلُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Counter ignorance with knowledge.
ضادُّوا الجَهْلَ بِالعِلْمِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The outcome of ignorance is loss; and the joy of the envious does not last.
عُقْبىَ الجَهْلِ مَضَرَّةٌ، وَالحَسُودُ لا تَدُومُ لَهُ مَسَرَّةٌ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The pinnacle of ignorance is for a person to brag about his ignorance.
غايَةُ الجَهْلِ تَبَجُّجُ المَرْءِ بِجَهْلِهِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Many a revered person has been humiliated by his ignorance.
كَمْ مِنْ عَزير أذَلَّهُ جَهْلُهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Ignorance suffices as ignobility.
كَفى بِالجَهْلِ ضِعَةً۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant about himself.
كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ نَفْسَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It suffices as ignorance for a person to be pleased with himself.
كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَرضى عَنْ نَفْسِهِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It suffices as ignorance for a person to laugh without [a reason for] amusement.
كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَضْحَكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَجَب۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant of his limits [and standing in society].
كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ قَدْرَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant of his flaw.
كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ عَيْبَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant about his own faults and to malign people for...
كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ عُيُوبَ نَفْسِهِ، ويَطْعَنَ عَلَى النّاسِ بِما لا يَسْتَطيعُ التَّحَوُّلَ عَنْهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
It suffices as ignorance for a person to forbid people from that which he performs himself.
كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يُنْكِرَ عَلَى النّاسِ ما يَأتي مِثْلَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The language of ignorance is impoliteness.
لِسانُ الجَهْلِ الخُرْقُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who gets uplifted by ignorance has opposed the intellect.
مَنِ اسْتَطارَهُ الجَهْلُ فَقَدْعَصَى العَقْلَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who fights his ignorance with his knowledge succeeds with the most felicitous victory.
مَنْ قاتَلَ جَهْلَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ فازَ بِالحَظِّ الأسْعَدِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Being overcome by ignorance is one of the severest afflictions.
مِنْ أشَدِّ المَصائِبِ غَلَبَةُ الجَهْلِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
There is no poverty like ignorance.
لا فَقْرَ كَالجَهْلِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
With ignorance, no path is purified.
لايَزْكُو مََعَ الجَهْلِ مَذْهَبٌ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
There is no poverty more severe than ignorance.
لا فَقْرَ أشَدُّ مِنَ الجَهْلِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
There is no abomination more disgraceful than ignorance.
لاسَوْأةَ أشْيَنُ مِنَ الجَهْلِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
