Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Lapses
Lapses الزّلل
- Whoever looks at his own lapses, the faults of others seem trivial to him.
1ـ مَنْ أبْصَرَ زَلَّتَهُ صَغُرَتْ عِندَهُ زَلَّةُ غَيْرِهِ.
- Whoever is blind to his own lapses, the errors of others seem great to him.
2ـ مَنْ عَمِىَ عَنْ زَلَّتِهِ اِسْتَعْظَمَ زَلَّةَ غَيْرِهِ.
- Lapses are a cause of regret.
3ـ الزَّلَلُ مَنْدَمَةٌ.
- The lapse of one who is [evidently] pious is the worst of lapses and the sickness of ignobility is the most repulsive of sicknesses.
4ـ زَلَّةُ المُتَوَقّي أشَدُّ زَلَّة، وعِلَّةُ اللَُّؤْمِ أقْبَحُ
عِلَّة.
- The slip of the foot is the easiest to recover from [unlike other lapses].
5ـ زَلَّةُ القَدَمِ أهْوَنُ اسْتِدْراك.