Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Rectitude And Right Guidance
Rectitude and Right Guidance الرُّشد والاِسترشاد والمسترشد
- Indeed the intelligent one who is heedless strays from the path of right guidance and the one who strives with seriousness [to find it] gets it.
1ـ لَقَدْ أخْطَاءَ العاقِلُ اللاَّهي الرُّشْدَ، وأصابَهُ
ذُوالاِجْتِهادِ والجِدِّ.
- You will never know rectitude until you know the one who has abandoned it.
2ـ لَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الرُّشْدَ حتّى تَعْرِفُوا الَّذي تَرَكَهُ.
- One who seeks right guidance becomes knowledgeable [about it].
3ـ مَنِ اسْتَرشَدَ عَلِمَ.
- One who seeks right guidance from the deviated, goes astray.
4ـ مَنِ اسْتَرشَدَ غَوِيّاً ضَلَّ.
- One who opposes his reason follows his desires.
5ـ مَنْ خالفَ رُشْدَهُ تَبِـعَ هَواهُ.
- The best of paths is [the path of] right guidance.
6ـ أفْضَلُ السُّبُلِ الرُّشْدُ.
- It is possible for the seeker of right guidance to attain it.
7ـ قدْ أصابَ المُسْترْشِدُ.
- One who is truthful to you about yourself has indeed guided you aright.
8ـ مَنْ أصْدَقَكَ في نَفْسِكَ فَقَدْ أرْشدَكَ.
- There is no going astray with right guidance.
9ـ لاضَلالَ مَعَ إرشاد.
- One who is successful in his [attaining] rectitude acquires provisions for his Hereafter.
10ـ مَنْ وُفِّقَ لِرَشادِهِ تَزَوَّدَ لِمَعادِهِ.