Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Youth
Youth-الشَّباب
- Two things whose value is not understood except by the one who has lost them are youth and health.
1ـ شَيْئانِ لايَعْرِفُ فَضْلَهُما إلاّ مَنْ فَقَدَهُما الشَّبابُ
وَالْعافِيَةُ.
- The ignorance of a youth is excused and his knowledge is undermined.
2ـ جَهْلُ الشّابِّ مَعْذُورٌ، وَ عِلْمُهُ مَحْقُورٌ.
- Are those who are the prime of youth awaiting anything other than the stooping of old age?
3ـ هَلْ يَنْتَظِرُ أهْلُ غَضاضَةِ (بِضاضَةِ)الشَّبابِ إلاّ حَوانِيَ
الْهَرَمِ.
- Youthfulness and senility do not go together.
4ـ لا تَجْتَمِعُ الشَّبيبَةُ وَ الهَرَمُ.