Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Dispute
Dispute-المنازعة
- Do not argue with a vile person for he will be bold [and disrespectful] with you.
1ـ لاتُلاحِ الدَّنِيَّ فَيَجْتَرِئَ عَلَيْكَ.
- Do not dispute with the fools and do not be infatuated with women, for indeed this degrades the intelligent ones.
2ـ لاتُنازِ عِ السُّفَهاءَ ولاتَسْتَهْتِرْ بِالنِّساءِ فَإنَّ ذلِكَ
يُزْري بِالْعُقَلاءِ.
- Disputing with the ignoble ones disgraces the [status of the] eminent ones.
3ـ مُنازَعةُ السَّفَل تَشينُ السّادَةَ.