Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Joking
Joking-المزاح
- Joking is a [cause of] separation that is followed by rancour.
1ـ اَلمُزاحُ فِرْقَةٌ تَتْبَعُها ضَغِْينَةٌ.
- Beware of recalling that which was funny in the speech [of others], even if you narrate it from someone else.
2ـ إيّاكَ أنْ تَذْكُرَ مِنَ الكَلامِ (ماكانَ) مُضْحِكاً، وإنْ
حَكَيْتَهُ عَنْ غَيْرِكَ.
- Excessiveness in joking is foolishness.
3ـ اَلإفْراطُ فِي المَزْحِ خُرْقٌ.
- Abandon [excessive] joking for indeed it is the conception of rancour.
4ـ دَعِ المُزاحَ فَإنَّهُ لِقاحُ الضَّغينَةِ.
- In impudence and excessive joking there is foolishness.
5ـ فيِ السَّفَهِ وكَثْرَةِ المُزاحِ الخُرْقُ.
- Too much joking diminishes one’s reverence [and dignity].
6ـ كَثْرَةُ المُزاحِ تُسْقِطُ الهَيبَةَ.
- Too much joking takes away prestige and brings about enmity [and rancour].
7ـ كَثْرَةُ المُزاحِ تُذْهِبُ البَهاءَ وتُوجِبُ الشَّهْناءَ.
- Everything has a seed, and the seed of enmity is joking.
8ـ لِكُلِّ شَيْء بَذْرٌ، وبَذْرُ العَداوَةِ المُزاحُ.
- One who jokes [excessively] is taken lightly.
9ـ مَنْ مَزَحَ اُسْتُخِفَّ بِهِ.
- One whose joking increases is deemed ignorant.
10ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ مُزاحُهُ اُسْتُجْهِلَ.
- One whose joking is excessive is considered a fool.
11ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ مُزاحُهُ اُسْتُحْمِقَ.
- One whose joking increases, his reverence [and dignity] decreases.
12ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ مُزاحُهُ قَلَّتْ هَيْبَتُهُ.
- One whose joking increases, his dignity diminishes.
13ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ مَزْحُهُ قَلَّ وَقارُهُ.
- Whoever jokes excessively will never be without one who bears a grudge against him and one who takes him lightly.
14ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ مُزاحُهُ لَمْ يَخْلُ مِنْ حاقِد عَلَيْهِ ومُسْتَخِفّ
بِهِ.
- Any time a person makes a joke, he parts with a portion of his intellect.
15ـ ما مَزَحَ امْرُءٌ مَزْحَةً إلاّ مَجَّ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ مَجَّةً.
- Do not make fun of a noble person such that he ends up bearing a grudge against you.
16ـ لاتُمازِحِ الشَّريفَ فَيَحْقِدَ عَلَيْكَ.
- Never make fun of a friend thereby turning him into an enemy, or of an enemy thereby making him [want to] destroy you.
17ـ لاتُمازِحَنَّ صَديقاً فَيُعادِيَكَ، ولاعَدُوّاً فَيُرْدِيَكَ.