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

Error And Deviation

Error and deviation-الضلال والضّلالة والغواية

1. The most destructive thing is persistent deviation.

1ـ أهْلَكُ شَيْء اِسْتِدامَةُ الضّلالِ.

2. How many a deviation has been embellished by a verse from the Book of Allah just as a bronze dirham is embellished by a coat of silver.

2ـ كَمْ مِنْ ضَلالَة زُخْرِفَتْ بِ آيَة مِنْ كِتابِ اللّهِ كَما

3. It is enough of an error for a person to command others to do what he does not do [himself] and forbids them from that which he does not refrain from.

3ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ غَوايَةً أنْ يَأمُرَ النّاسَ بِما لا يَأْتَمِرُ

4. For every deviation there is a cause.

4 ـ لِكُلِّ ضِلَّة عِلَّةٌ.

5. What is there after truth except error?

5ـ ما ذا بَعْدَ الحَقِّ إلاّ الضَّلالُ.