Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Rectification And Making Amends
Rectification and Making Amends الاستدراك والتدارك
- One who makes amends is on the brink of righteousness.
1ـ اَلمُسْتَدْرِكُ على شَفا صَلاح.
- Rectify at the end of your life that which you have neglected [and lost] earlier on and you will make your place of return a happy one.
2ـ تَدارَكْ في آخِرِ عُمْرِكَ ما أضَعْتَهُ في أوَّلِهِ تَسْعَدْ
بِمُنْقَلَبِكَ.
- Proper rectification [of one’s mistakes] is the symbol of righteousness.
3ـ حُسْنُ الاستِدراكِ عُنْوانُ الصَّلاحِ.
- Successful is the one who reforms his current actions and makes amends for his past mistakes.
4ـ فازَ مَنْ أصْلَحَ عَمَلَ يَوْمِهِ، واسْتَدْرَكَ فَوارِطَ أمْسِهِ.
- One who makes amends [for his past mistakes] reforms [himself].
5ـ مَنِ اسْتَدْرَكَ أصْلَحَ.
- One who rectifies his [past] mistakes reforms [himself].
6ـ مَنِ اسْتَدْرَكَ فَوارِطَهُ أصْلَحَ.
- How far is making amends [for something] from [its initial] loss!
7ـ ما أبْعَدَ الاستِدراكَ مِنَ الفَوْتِ.
- Hastening rectification is reformation.
8ـ تَعْجيلُ الاسْتِدْراكِ إصْلاحٌ.