Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Delusion
Delusion-الغرور
- Be cautious of being deceived by the delusion of a small hindrance or being made to stumble by the joy of an insignificant transitory pleasure [of this world].
1ـ اِحْذَرْ أنْ يَخْدَعَكَ (يَخْتَدِعَكَ)الغُرُورُ بِالحائِلِ
اليَسيرِ، أوْ يَسْتَزِلَّكَ السُّرُورُ بِالزّائِلِ الحَقيرِ.
- The consolidation of delusion is in sleeping with ease in the presence of the enemy.
2ـ جِماعُ الغُرُورِ فِي الاِسْتِنامَةِ إلَى العَدُوِّ.
- Blessed be the one who has not been killed by the lethal poisons of deception.
3ـ طُوبى لِمَنْ لَمْ تَقْتُلْهُ قاتِلاتُ الغُرُورِ.
- It is enough of a delusion for a person to trust all that his soul lures him towards.
4ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ غُرُوراً أنْ يَثِقَ بِكُلِّ ما تُسَوِّلُ لَهُ
نَفْسُهُ.
- He (‘a) said about the one whom he praised: He has not been killed by the lethal poisons of delusion and has not been covered (or overcome) by the uncertainties of matters.
5ـ وقالَ ـ عَلَيْهِ السّلامُ ـ في حَقِّ مَنْ أثنى عَلَيْهِ: لَمْ
تَقْتُلْهُ قاتِلاتُ الغُرُورِ، وَلَمْتُغَمَّ (وَلَمْ تُعَمَّ) عَلَيْهِ مُشْتَبِهاتُ الأُمُورِ.
- He who trusts in the falsehood of delusions and yearns for the false [and short-lived] joys has not thought about the consequences of matters.
6ـ لَمْ يُفَكِّرْ في عَواقِبِ الأُمُورِ مَنْ وَثِقَ بِزُورِالغُرُورِ
وصَبا إلى زُورِ السُّرُورِ.
- One who is deluded by respite, is tormented by death.
7ـ مَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِالمَهَلِ اِغْتَصَّ بِالأجَلِ.
- Delusion is suffices as ignorance.
8ـ كَفى بِالاِغْتِرارِ جَهْلاً.
- One who is deluded by his condition, reduces his efforts.
9ـ مَنِ اغْتَّرَ بِحالِهِ قَصَّرَ عَنِ احْتِيالِهِ.
- One who is deluded by the peacefulness of the time gets distressed by the impact of calamities.
10ـ مَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِمُسالَمَةِ الزَّمَنِ اِغْتَصَّ بِمُصادَمَةِ
المِحَنِ.
- When a person persists in sinning and [still] expects to be forgiven, then he is under a delusion about Allah, the Glorified.
11ـ مِنَ الغِرَّةِ بِاللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ أنْ يُصِرَّ المَرْءُ عَلَى
المَعْصِيَةِ ويَتَمَنَّى المَغْفِرَةَ.
- There is no judiciousness with heedlessness.
12ـ لاحَزْمَ مَعَ غِرَّة.
- There is no heedlessness [and delusion] like reliance on the times.
13ـ لاغِرَّةَ كَالثِّقَةِ بِالأيّامِ.
- A deluded person may [sometimes] remain unharmed.
14ـ قَدْ يَسْلَمُ المُغَرَّرُ.
- How many a person is deluded by the good that is spoken about him.
15ـ كَمْ مِنْ مَغْرُور بِحُسْنِ القَوْلِ فيهِ.
- How many a person has been deluded by what is concealed from him.
16ـ كَمْ مِنْ مَغْرُور بِالسِّتْرِ عَلَيْهِ.
- Neither is every deluded person saved, nor is every seeker needy.
17ـ لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَغْرُور بِناج، ولاكُلُّ طالِب بِمُحْتاج.