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

The Schemer And Plotter

The schemer and the plotter-الماكر والمكور

1. The one who always hatches plots [against others] is a devil.

1ـ اَلمَكُورُ شَيْطانٌ.

2. The one who is always scheming [against others] is a devil in the form of a human being.

2ـ اَلْمَكُورُ شَيْطانٌ في صُورَةِ الإنْسانِ.

3. One who schemes is afflicted by his own scheming.

3ـ مَنْ مَكَرَ حاقَ بِهِ مَكْرُهُ.

4. Whoever schemes against people, Allah, the Glorified, turns his scheme back on him.

4ـ مَنْ مَكَرَ بِالنَّاسِ رَدَّ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ مَكْرَهُ في

5. There is no trustworthiness in the schemer.

5ـ لاأمانَةَ لِمَكُور.

6. Evil scheming does not beset anyone but those who practice it.

6ـ لايَحيقُ المَكْرُ السَّيئُ إلاّ بِأهْلِهِ.