Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Glory And The Honoured One
Glory and the Honored One-العزّة والعزيز
- One who is given honour by Allah cannot be humiliated by any king.
1ـ مَنْ تَعزَّزَ بِاللّهِ لَمْ يُذِلَّهُ سُلْطانٌ.
- One who seeks honour through [anyone] other than Allah is abased.
2ـ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ اللّهِ ذَلَّ.
- One who seeks glory through [anyone] other than Allah is destroyed by [the] glory.
3ـ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ اللّهِ أهْلَكَهُ العِزُّ.
- One who seeks glory without having any right to it gets humiliated.
4ـ مَنْ يَطْلُبِ العِزَّ بِغَيْرِ حَقّ يَذِلُّ.
- One who seeks glory through [anything] other than truth, Allah humiliates him with [the] truth.
5ـ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ الحَقِّ أذَلَّهُ اللّهُ بِالحَقِّ.
- There is no glory except through obedience [to Allah].
6ـ لاعِزَّ إلاّ بِالطّاعَةِ.
- The honoured is the one who becomes honoured through obedience [to Allah].
7ـ اَلعَزيزُ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِالطّاعَةِ.
- When you seek glory, then seek it through obedience [to Allah].
8ـ إذا طَلَبْتَ العِزَّ فَاطْلُبْهُ بِالطّاعَةِ.
- He whose neighbours are abased is not honoured.[^1]
9ـ ما عَزَّ مَنْ ذَلَّ جيرانُهُ.
- Glory is the attainment of [the power to exact] revenge.
10ـ اَلعِزُّ إدْراكُ الاِنْتِصارِ.
- Every glory that is not endorsed by religion is a humiliation.
11ـ كُلُّ عِزّ لايُؤَيِّدُهُ دينٌ مَذَلَّةٌ.
[^1]: Or: One who humiliates his neighbours is not honoured.