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

Doing Wrong To Others

Doing Wrong to Others-الإساءة

1. Beware of doing wrong [to others], for indeed it is a vile quality and verily the one who hurts others will surely be thrown into hell because of his wrongs.

1ـ إيّاكَ وَ الإساءَةَ، فَإنَّها خُلْقُ اللِّئامِ، وَإنَّ المُسِيءَ

2. Verily if you do wrong [to others] then you are only debasing and harming yourself.

2ـ إنَّكَ إنْ أسَأتَ فَنَفْسَكَ تَمْتَهِنُ، وَ إيّاها تَغْبِنُ.

3. Counter the wrongs [of others] by doing good [to them].

3ـ ضادُّوا الإسائَةَ بِالإحْسانِ.

4. One who is thanked for doing wrong is [actually] mocked for it.

4ـ مَنْ شُكِرَ علَى الإسائَةِ سُخِرَ بِهِ.

5. One who wrongs his subjects pleases his enviers.

5ـ مَنْ أساءَ إلى رَعِيَّتِهِ سَـرَّ حُسّادَهُ.

6. One who wrongs others brings upon himself a severe reprisal.

6ـ مَنْ أساءَ اِجْتَلَبَ سُوءُ الجَزاءِ.

7. Whoever treats people badly, they requite him with the same treatment.

7ـ مَنْ عامَلَ النّاسَ بِالإساءَةِ كافَؤُهُ بِها.

8. One who proceeds in the course of his offences stumbles in his progress.

8ـ مَنْ جَرى في مَيْدانِ إساءَتِهِ كَبا في جَرْيِهِ.

9. Do not wrong the person who does good to you, for one who wrongs the person who does him a favour will be denied favours [in the future].

9ـ لا تُسِيْ إلى مَنْ أحْسَنَ إلَيْكَ، فَمَنْ أساءَ إلى مَنْ أحْسَنَ

10. Whoever wrongs his [own] family, no hope [of any goodness] can be attached to him.

10ـ مَنْ أساءَ إلى أهْلِهِ لَمْ يَتَّصِلْ بِهِ تَأْميلٌ.