Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Happiness And Putting Joy In The Hearts

Happiness And Putting Joy In The Hearts السرور وادخال السرور

1. Happiness opens up the spirit and stimulates vitality.

1ـ اَلسُّرُورُ يَبْسُطُ النَّفْسَ ويُثيرُ النِّشاطَ.

2. At times happiness becomes roiled.

2ـ رُبَّما تَنَغَّصَ السُّرُورُ.

3. Perhaps [the joy of] happiness may turn bitter.

3ـ قَدْ يَتَنَغَّصُ السُّرُورُ.

4. Every joy [in this world] turns sour [eventually].

4ـ كُلُّ سُرُور مُتَنَغِّصٌ.

5. No one puts joy in a [believer’s] heart except that Allah creates a grace from that joy, so whenever any calamity befalls him, it (the grace) flows over it just like the flowing of water until it expels the calamity from him just as the unfamiliar camel is expelled from the group of camels.

5ـ ما أوْدَعَ أحَدٌ (ما مِنْ أحَد أوْدَعَ) قَلْباً سُرُوراً إلاّ