Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Tolerance
Tolerance الإحتمال
- Tolerance is proof of intelligence and a symbol of excellence.
1ـ اَلاِحْتِمالُ بُرْهانُ الْعَقْلِ، وعُنْوانُ الفَضْلِ.
- Tolerance is the ornament of companionship.
2ـ اَلاِحْتِمالُ زَيْنُ الرِّفاقِ.
- Tolerance is the embellishment of politics [and leadership].
3ـ اَلاِحْتِمالُ زَيْنُ السِّياسَةِ.
- Tolerance dignifies one’s status.
4ـ اَلاِحْتِمالُ يُجِلُّ القَدْرَ.
- Tolerance is a beautiful quality.
5ـ الاِحْتِمالُ خُلْقٌ سَجِيحٌ.
- Tolerating meanness (or annoyance) is from nobility of character.
6ـ اِحْتِمالُ الدَّنِيَّةِ (اَلأذِيَّةِ) مِنْ كَرَمِ السَّجِيَّةِ.
- By bearing the burden of provision (for the people), praises increase.
7ـ بِتَحَمُّلِ المُؤَنِ تَـكْثُرُ المَحامِدُ.
- Through increased tolerance, one’s merit (or intelligence) increases.
8ـ بِكَثْرَةِ الاِحْتِمالِ يَكْثُرُ الْفَضْلُ (العَقْلُ).
- Through tolerance and forbearance, people become your helpers and supporters.
9ـ بِالاِحْتِمالِ والْحِلْمِ يَكُونُ لَكَ النّاسُ أنْصاراً وأعْواناً.
- The forbearing one is recognized by his increased tolerance.
10ـ بِكَثْرَةِ الاِحْتِمالِ يُعْرَفُ الْحَليمُ.
- Be tolerant, [and] your status will become lofty.
11ـ تَحَمَّلْ يَجِلَّ قَدْرُكَ.
- Adopt tolerance, for verily it is [a means of] concealing faults.
12ـ عَلَيْكَ بِالاِحْتِمالِ فَإنَّهُ سَتْـرُ الْعُيُوبِ.
- One whose tolerance increases becomes noble.
13ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ حَمْلُهُ نَبُلَ.
- One who does not bear the burden of providing for the people has prepared his power for its transference.
14ـ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْتَمِلْ مَؤُنَةَ النّاسِ فَقَدْ أهَّلَ قُدْرَتَهُ
لاِنْتِقالِها.
- It is part of honour to tolerate the wrongdoings of [one’s] brothers.
15ـ مِنَ الْكَرَمِ اِحْتِمالُ جِناياتِ الإخْوانِ.
- Tolerate that which comes your way, for indeed tolerance is a [means of] concealing faults and verily the wise one is half [the time] tolerant and half [the time] feigning negligence.
16ـ اِحْتَمِلْ ما يَمُرُّ عَلَيْكَ، فَإنَّ الاِحْتِمالَ سَتْرُ
الْعُيُوبِ، وإنَّ الْعاقِلَ نِصْفُهُ اِحْتِمالٌ، ونِصْفُهُ تَغافُلٌ.
- Continually bearing the liabilities [of others] causes loftiness [of character].
17ـ إدْمانُ تَحَمُّلِ المَغارِمِ يُوجِبُ الْجَلالَةَ.