Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed
Greed الحِرص
- Greed is a disgrace and a humiliation for the one who espouses it.
1ـ الحِرْصُ ذُلٌّ ومَهانَةٌ لِمَنْ يَسْتَشْعِرُهُ.
- Greed is the cornerstone of poverty and the foundation of evil.
2ـ اَلحِرْصُ رَأسُ الفَقْرِ، وأُسُّ الشَّـرِّ.
- Greed is one of the two miseries.
3ـ اَلحِرْصُ أحَدُ الشِّقائَيْنِ.
- Greed, gluttony and stinginess are the result of ignorance.
4ـ اَلحِرْصُ، والشَّـرَهُ، والبُخْلُ، نَتيجَةُ الجَهْلِ.
- Greed does not increase sustenance, rather it debases one’s status.
5ـ اَلحِرْصُ لايَزيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ، ولكِنْ يُذِلُّ القَدْرَ.
- Take revenge on your greed through contentment, just as you would avenge your enemy by retaliation.
6ـ إنْتَقِمْ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ بِالقُنُوعِ، كَما تَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ عَدُوِّكَ
بِالقِصاصِ.
- Be cautious of greed, for its possessor is subject to humiliation and suffering.
7ـ إتَّقُوا الحِرْصَ، فَإنَّ صاحِبَهُ رَهينُ ذُلّ وعَناء.
- Be wary of greed, for it is a disgrace to the religion and the worst companion.
8ـ إيّاكَ والحِرْصَ فَإنَّهُ شَيْنُ الدّينِ، وبِئْسَ القَرينُ.
- Verily in greed there is suffering.
9ـ إنَّ فِي الحِرْصِ لَعَناءً.
- Greed is the riding mount of hardship.
10 ـ اَلحِرْصُ مَطِيَّةُ التَّعَبِ.
- Greed is a sign of penury.
11ـ اَلحِرْصُ عَلامَةُ الفَقْرِ.
- Greed has blameworthy consequences.
12ـ اَلحِرْصُ ذَمِيمُ المَغَبَّةِ.
- Greed is a symbol of the wretched.
13ـ اَلحِرْصُ عَلامَةُ الأشْقياءِ.
- Greed is [a trait that leads to] disgrace and suffering.
14ـ اَلحِرْصُ ذُلٌّ، وعَناءٌ.
- Greed corrupts conviction.
15ـ اَلحِرْصُ يُفْسِدُ الإيقانَ.
- Greed humiliates and causes misery.
16ـ اَلحِرْصُ يُذِلُّ ويُشْقي.
- Greed is [a trait that results in] endless suffering.
17ـ اَلحِرْصُ عَناءٌ مُؤَبَّدٌ.
- Greed degrades magnanimity.
18ـ اَلحِرْصُ يُزْري بِالْـمُرُوَّةِ.
- Greed leads to many flaws (or great sins).
19ـ اَلحِرْصُ مُوقِعٌ في كَثيرِ (كَبيرِ) العُيُوبِ (الذُّنُوبِ).
- Greed and gluttony earn wretchedness and humiliation.
20ـ اَلحِرْصُ، والشَّـرَهُ، يَكْسِبانِ الشَّقاءَ والذِّلَّةَ.
- Greed diminishes the status of a man and does not increase his sustenance.
21ـ اَلحِرْصُ يَنْقُصُ قَدْرَ الرَّجُلِ، ولايَزيدُ في رِزْقِهِ.
- Verily you cannot outrun your death, nor acquire that which is not for you, so why do you debase yourself O wretched one?!
22ـ إنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِسابِق أجَلَكَ، ولابِمَرْزُوقِ ما لَيْسَ لَكَ،
فَلِما ذا تُشْقي نَفْسَكَ يا شَقِيُّ.
- It is through greed that hardship comes about.
23ـ بِالحِرْصِ يَكُونُ العَناءُ.
- The worst companion is greed.
24ـ بِئْسَ الرَّفيقُ الحِرْصُ.
- The fruit of greed is hardship.
25ـ ثَمَرَةُ الحِرْصِ العَناءُ.
- The fruit of greed is anguish.
26ـ ثَمَرَةُ الحِرْصِ النَّصَبُ.
- Shunning greed severs gluttony and cupidity.
27ـ رَدُّ الحِرْصِ يَحْسِمُ الشَّـرَهَ، والمَطامِعَ.
- Intense greed comes from strong gluttony and weakness of faith.
28ـ شِدَّةُ الحِرْصِ مِنْ قُوَّةِ الشِـرَّهِ وضَعْفِ الدّينِ.
- Counter greed with contentment.
29ـ ضادُّوا الحِرصَ بِالقُنُوعِ.
- Yielding to greed corrupts certitude.
30ـ طاعَةُ الحِرْصِ تُفْسِدُ اليَقينَ.
- It is on doubt and lack of trust in Allah that greed and avarice are based.
31ـ عَلَى الشَّكِّ وقِلَّةِ الثِّقَةِ بِاللّهِ مَبْنَى الحِرْصِ
والشُّحِّ.
- The slave of greed is eternally wretched.
32ـ عَبْدُ الحِْرصِ مُخَلَّدُ الشِّقاءِ.
- In greed there is hardship.
33ـ فِي الحِرْصِ العَناءُ.
- In greed there is misery and anguish.
34ـ فِي الحِرْصِ الشَّقاءُ، والنَّصَبُ.
- Greed has been paired up with hardship.
35ـ قُرِنَ الحِرْصُ بِالعَناءِ.
- Greed [is a mount that] kills its rider.
36ـ قَتَلَ الحِرْصُ راكِبَهُ.
- Reduce your greed and remain [satisfied] with what has been allocated to you of your sustenance, [by this] you will protect your faith.
37ـ قَصِّـرْ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ، وَقِفْ عِنْدَ المَقْدُورِ لَكَ مِنْ
رِزْقِكَ، تُحْرِزْ دينَكَ.
- How can there be relief from the suffering of greed for one who has not truly trusted [in Allah]?
38ـ كَيْفَ يَتَخَلَّصُ مِنْ عَناءِ الحِرْصِ مَنْ لَمْ يَصْدُقْ
تَوَكُّلُهُ؟!
- Too much greed makes its possessor miserable and abases him.
39ـ كَثْرَةُ الحِرْصِ تُشْقي صاحِبَهُ، وتُذِلُّ جانِبَهُ.
- Not everyone who seeks, finds and not everyone who turns away, loses.
40ـ لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ طَلَبَ وَجَدَ، لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ أضَلَّ فَقَدَ.
- One who is greedy becomes wretched and undergoes hardship.
41ـ مَنْ حَرَصَ شَقى وتَعَنّى.
- One whose greed increases, his status is lowered.
42ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ حِرْصُهُ ذَلَّ قَدْرُهُ.
- One who clothes himself with greed becomes poverty-stricken.
43ـ مَنِ ادَّرَعَ الحِرْصَ افْتَقَرَ.
- One whose greed increases, his certitude decreases.
44ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ حِرْصُهُ قَلَّ يَقينُهُ.
- One who is overcome by greed faces great humiliation.
45ـ مَنْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الحِرْصُ عَظُمَتْ ذِلَّتُهُ.
- Nothing debases the self like greed and nothing disgraces [one’s] honour like stinginess.
46ـ ما أذَلَّ النَّفْسَ كَالحِرْصِ،وَ لاشانَ العِرْضَ كَالبُخْلِ.
- How much agony is brought about by greed!
47ـ ما أجْلَبَ الحِرْصَ لِلنَّصَبِ.
- One who acts greedily is wretched and dispraised.
48ـ مُسْتَعْمِلُ الحِرْصِ شَقِيٌّ مَذْمُومٌ.
- Do not let greed overpower your patience.
49ـ لايَغْلِبِ الحِرصُ صَبْرَكُمْ.
- There is no [good] health with gluttony.
50ـ لاصِحَّةَ مَعَ نَهَم.
- A little greed leads to a lot of cupidity.
51ـ يَسيرُ الحِرْصِ يَحْمِلُ عَلى كَثيرِ الطَّمَعِ.