Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Alertness And Vigilance
Alertness and vigilance -اليقظة والتيقّظ في الدين
- Vigilance in religion is a blessing for the one whom it is bestowed upon.
1ـ اَلتَّيَقُّظُ فِي الدّينِ نِعْمَةٌ عَلى مَنْ رُزِقَهُ.
- Alertness is illumination, negligence is delusion.
2ـ اَلْيَقْظَةُ نُورٌ، اَلْغَفْلَةُ غُرُورٌ.
- Alertness is perspicacity.
3ـ اَلْيَقْظَةُ اِسْتِبْصارٌ.
- Indeed you have been alerted so become vigilant, and you have been guided so follow the guidance.
4ـ قَدْ يُقِّظْتُمْ فَتَـيَقَّظُوا، وهُديتُمْ فَاهْتَدُوا.
- One who does not take support through vigilance will not benefit from [the presence of] guards.
5ـ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَظْهِرْ بِاليَقْظَةِ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعْ بِالحَفَظَةِ.
- Alertness is [a cause of] grief.
6ـ اَلْيَقْظَةُ كَرَبٌ.
- Recover, O listener, from your stupor, and wake up from your heedlessness, and curb (or cut short) your haste [towards sins].
7ـ أفِقْ أَيُّهَا السّامِعُ مِنْ سَكْرَتِكَ، واسْتَيْقِظْ مِنْ
غَفْلَتِكَ، وَاحْتَصِرْ(اِخْتَصِرْ) مِنْ عَجَلَتِكَ.
- Is there nobody who will wake up from his [slumber of] negligence before his time [on this earth] ends?
8ـ اَلا مُسْتَيْقِظٌ مِنْ غَفْلَتِهِ قَبْلَ نَفادِ مُدَّتِهِ.