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

  1. Protect your stomach and your private parts from what is forbidden.

1ـ إحْفَظْ بَطْنَكَ وفَرْجَكَ مِنَ الحَرامِ.

  1. Protect your stomach and your private parts, for in these two lie your trials [and afflictions].

2ـ إحْفَظْ بَطْنَكَ وفَرْجَكَ فَفيهِما فِتنَتُكَ.

  1. A man’s stomach is his enemy.

3ـ بَطْنُ المَرْءِ عَدُّوُهُ.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.