Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Alternation Of Power And Sovereignty
Alternation of Power and Soverignty الدّول والدّولة
- The signs of alternation of power are the creation of stratagems.
1ـ أماراتُ الدُّوَلِ إنْشاءُ الحِيَلِ.
- One of the signs of alternation of power is vigilance in safeguarding affairs.
2ـ مِنْ أماراتِ الدَّوْلَةِ التَّيَقُّظُ (اليَقْظَـةُ) لِحِراسَةِ
الأُمُورِ.
- The sovereignty of the honourable is one of the most beneficial gains.
3ـ مِنْ أعْوَدِ الغَنائِمِ دَوْلَةُ الأكارِمِ.
- From the indicators of alternation of power is decrease of negligence.
4ـ مِنْ دَلائِلِ الدَّوْلَةِ قِلَّةُ الغَفْلَةِ.
- Nothing protects empires like justice.
5ـ ما حُصِّنَ الدُّوَلُ بِمِثْلِ العَدْلِ.
- The decline [and imminent fall] of empires is evinced by four things: neglecting the principles [and core values of justice and equity], clinging to vanities, promotion of the wicked and demotion of the virtuous.
6ـ يُسْتَدَلُّ على إدْبارِ الدُّوَلِ بِأرْبَع: تَضييعُ الأُصولِ،
والتَّمَسُّكُ بِالغُرُورِ، وَ تَقْديمُ الأراذِلِ، وتأخيرُ الأفاضلِ.
- The sovereignty of scoundrels is founded on oppression and corruption.
7ـ دَوْلَةُ الأوْغادِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ علَى الجَورِ والفَسادِ.
- The sovereignty of the great (or honourable) people is one of the best of bounties.
8ـ دَوْلَةُ الأكابِرِ (الاكارِم) مِنْ أفْضَلِ المَغانِمِ.
- For every empire there is a period [after which it falls].
9ـ لِكُلِّ دَوْلَة بُرْهَةٌ.