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

Deviation From The Right Path

Deviation from the right path-الغيّ

1. The thing with the worst outcome is deviation [from the right path].

1ـ أسْوَءُ شَيْء عاقِبَةً الغَيُّ.

2. Deviation is insolence.[^1]

2ـ اَلغَيُّ أشَرٌ.

3. One who deals offensively [with others] is dealt with in the same way.

3ـ مَنْ عامَلَ بِالغَيِّ كُوفِيَ بِهِ.

4. Woe be to the one who persists in his deviation and does not return to the right path.

4ـ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ تَمادى في غَيِّهِ، ولَمْ يَفِئْ إلَى الرُّشْدِ.

5. There is no piety with deviation.

5ـ لاوَرَعَ مَعَ عَىّ.

[^1]: Because the deviant and misguided person is heedless of God and the Hereafter.