Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The Stomach And The Private Parts
The Stomach and the Private Parts البطنُ والفرج
- Protect your stomach and your private parts from what is forbidden.
1ـ إحْفَظْ بَطْنَكَ وفَرْجَكَ مِنَ الحَرامِ.
- Protect your stomach and your private parts, for in these two lie your trials [and afflictions].
2ـ إحْفَظْ بَطْنَكَ وفَرْجَكَ فَفيهِما فِتنَتُكَ.
- A man’s stomach is his enemy.
3ـ بَطْنُ المَرْءِ عَدُّوُهُ.
- How far is goodness from the one whose efforts are [solely] for his stomach and private parts!
4ـ ما أبْعَدَ الخَيرَ مِمَّنْ هِمَّتُهُ بَطْنُهُ وفَرْجُهُ.
- The most detested servant in the sight of Allah, the Glorified, is the one whose concern (and effort) is [solely] for his stomach and his private parts.
5ـ أمْقَتُ العِبادِ إلَى اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ مَنْ كانَ هَمُّهُ
(هِمَّتُهُ) بَطْنُهُ وَفَرْجُهُ.