Wisdom of the Prophet Muhammad SA
Lessons for the Twenty-First Century
Translated by Yaqutato-Dawatil-Haq
Shehzadi Dr. Bazat-Tahera Bensaheba Binte Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin RA
The present volume is a thematic selection of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings (hadith), from the Kitāb al-Shihāb compilation by the Fatimid-Shafi’i judge al-Qāḍī l-Quḍāʿī (d. 1062/454),
translated by Yaqutato Dawatil Haqq
Shehzadi Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin as Light in the Heavens: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, in the series Library of Arabic Literature, New York: New York University Press, 2016.
Shehzadi Bazat-Tahera Bensaheba is a Professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Studies, University of Chicago, Ph.D. Harvard University
Zahra Hasanaat Publications
Mumbai, 2023
Virtues of a Believer ................ 001 Beware these Vices .................. 139 Family and Friends .................. 173 God and His Worship .............. 205 Knowledge and Learning ........ 263 This World and the Hereafter .. 289 Acts of Worship ....................... 329 The Prophet Muhammad ......... 351 Practical Insights .....................361 Everyday Living ...................... 407 Contents
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Wish for others what you wish for yourself and you will be a true believer. Be a good neighbor to those around you and you will be a true Muslim.
A Believer’s Traits
3 انمؤم نكت كسفنل بتُح ام سانلل ببحأ املسم نكت كرواج نم ةرواجم نسحأو
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Knowledge is the friend of the believer, maturity his advisor, intelligence his guide, deeds his shepherd, gentleness his father, kindness his brother, and patience the commander of his armies.
A Believer’s Traits
4 لمعلاو هليلد لقعلاو هريزو مللْحاو نمؤلْما ليلخ ملعلا هدونج ريمأ ربصلاو هوخأ ربلاو هدلاو قفرلاو هدئاق
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There is no belief without fidelity.
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5 هل ةنامأ لَا نلْم نايْمإ لَا
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A person is only a believer when he wants for his brother the good he wants for himself.
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6 ريلْخا نم هسفنل بحي ام هيخلِأ بحي ىتح دبع نمؤي لَا
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A person attains perfect belief only through three modes of conduct: spending when funds are low, reckoning his actions justly, and wholeheartedly wishing peace on others.
A Believer’s Traits
7 لاصخ ثلَاث هيف نوكت ىتح نايْملْإا دبعلا لمكتسي لَا ملَاسلا لذبو هسفن نم فاصنلْإاو راتقلْإا نم قافنلْإا
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If you do not respect the elderly, show kindness to the young, command good, and forbid evil, you are not one of us.
8 ريغصلا محريو ريبكلا رقوي مل نم انم سيل ركنلْما نع هنيو فورعلْماب رمأيو
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Those who are pleased by good deeds and pained by bad ones are true believers.
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9 نمؤم وهف هتئيس هتءاسو هتنسح هترس نم
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Believers can be trusted with life and property.
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10 مهلاومأو مهسفنأ ىلع سانلا هنما نم نمؤلْما
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Believers do not ask for much.
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11 ةنوؤلْما ريسي نمؤلْما
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Blessed are those who possess humble hearts and beautiful character, who spend surplus wealth and suppress needless words, and who find our established practice gives them enough latitude not to transgress into heresy.
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Blessed قفنأو هتقيلخ تنسحو هسفن يف لذ نلْم ىبوط هتعسوو هلوق نم لضفلا كسمأو هلام نم لضفلا ةعدب ىلإ اهدعي ملو ةنسلا
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Blessed are those who earn an honest living, whose hearts are pure, whose actions are noble, and from whom no one need fear any evil.
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تمركو هتريرس تحلصو هبسك باط نلْم ىبوط هرش سانلا نع لزعو هتينلَاع
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Blessed are those guided to Islam who live a simple life of contentment.
هب عنقو افافك هشيع ناكو ملَاسلْإل يده نلْم ىبوط
Blessed 14
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Blessed are those who act on their knowledge.
هملعب لمع نلْم ىبوط
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Blessed
Blessed are those whose faults distract them from the faults of others, who spend their wealth without disobeying God, who associate with sensible and wise people, and who shun the depraved and sinful.
هبستكا لام نم قفنأو سانلا بويع نع هبيع هلغش نلْم ىبوط ةمكلْحاو هقفلا لهأ طلاخو ةيصعم ريغ نم ةيصعلْماو لذلا لهأ بناجو
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Goodness is beauty of character.
قللْخا نسح ربلا
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A good character can secure you as high a station as one who prays and fasts.
مئاقلا مئاصلا ةجرد قللْخا نسحب كرديل دبعلا نإ
Character 18
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Nothing increases life like virtue.
ربلا لَاإ رمعلا يف ديزي لَا
Character 19
نسلْحا قللْخا نسلْحا نسحأ نإ
loveliest
Character 20
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Faith has two halves: gratitude and forbearance.
ربص فصنو ركش فصن نافصن نايْملْإا
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Faith
نايْملْإا نم ةريغلا
Faith includes a jealous sense of honor.
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Faith includes modesty.
نايْملْإا نم ءايلْحا
Faith 23
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Faith shackles aggression.
كتفلا ديق نايْملْإا
Faith 24
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A person’s belief is right only when his heart is right, and his heart is right only when his tongue is righteous. Faith
هبلق ميقتسي ىتح دبع نايْمإ ميقتسي لَا هناسل ميقتسي ىتح هبلق ميقتسي لَاو
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Be a good neighbor to those around you and you will be a true Muslim.
Be…and you will be…
املسم نكت كرواج نم راوج نسحأ
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Be a good companion to those who walk with you and you will be a true believer.
Be…and you will be…
انمؤم نكت كبحاص نم ةبحاصم نسحأ
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Do what God has mandated and you will be a true worshipper.
Be…and you will be…
ادباع نكـــــــت الله ضئارفب لمعا
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Be content with the share God has allotted you and you will truly be indifferent to the world.
Be…and you will be…
ادهاز نكــــت الله مسقب ضرا
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A believer is like a honey-bee — what it eats is pure and what it produces is pure.
A Believer is like…
ابيط لَاإ عضت لَاو ابيط لَاإ لكأت لَا ةلحنلا لثم نمؤلْما لثم
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A believer is like a stalk of wheat constantly buffeted by the wind, now upright, now blown to the ground.
A disbeliever is like a pine tree, upright until it comes crashing down.
A Believer is like…
ىرخأ عقتو ةرم موقتف حيرلا اهكرتُح ةلبنسلا لثم نمؤلْما لثم رعقنت ىتح ةمئاق لازت لَا ةزرلِأا لثم رفاكلا لثمو
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In their love and care for each other, believers are like one body: if one part is hurt, the rest is afflicted with fever and insomnia.
A Believer is like…
دسلْجا لثمـــك مهمحارتو مهداوت يف يْننمؤلْما لثم رهسلاو ىملْحاب هرئاس ىعادت هضعب ىكـــتشا اذإ
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A believer and belief are like a horse and its tether—even if it strays, it always returns.
A Believer is like…
سرفلا لثمك نايْملْإاو نمؤلْما لثم هتيخآ ىلإ عجري مث هتيخآ يف لوجي
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Believers are friendly and approachable.
Believers are …
فولأم فلآ نمؤلْما
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Believers are gentle and easygoing.
Believers are …
نونيل نونيه نونمؤلْما
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Believers are intelligent, astute, and cautious.
Believers are …
رذح نطف سيك نمؤلْما
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A supplicant at the door is a gift from God to believers.
هباب ىلع لئاسلا نمؤلْما ىلإ الله ةيده
Alms and Charity 37
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Every suppliant is deserving, even if he comes on a horse.
سرف ىلع ءاج نإو قح لئاسلل
Alms and Charity 38
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Avert the punishment of the fire, even with the gift of a date.
ةرتَم قشب ولو رانلا اوقتا
Alms and Charity 39
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مهدر نم سدق ام نوبذكي لاؤسلا نأ لَاول
If beggars never lied, those who refuse them would never be blessed.
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Giving alms never reduces wealth.
ةقدص نم لام صقن ام
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Give alms, and God will protect you from seventy brutal forms of death.
ءوسلا نم ةتيم يْنعبس ةقدصلاب أرديل الله نإ
Alms and Charity 42
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Charity extinguishes sin as water extinguishes fire.
رانلا ءالْما ئفطي امك ةئيطلْخا ئفطت ةقدصلا
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Charity protects against a bad death.
ءوسلا ةتيم عنتَم ةقدصلا
Alms and Charity 44
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Charity in secret assuages the lord’s wrath.
برلا بضغ ئفطت رسلا ةقدص
Alms and Charity 45
Do not belittle any form of charity.
ائيش فورعلْما نم نرقتُح لَا
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The hand that gives is better than the hand that takes.
ىلفسلا ديلا نم ريخ ايلعلا ديلا
Alms and Charity 47
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The greatest charity comes from the tongue.
ناسللا ةقدصلا لضفأ
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Believers will be shaded by their charity on judgment day.
هتقدص لظ يف ةمايقلا موي نمؤلْما
Alms and Charity 49
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ارـــم ناك نإو قلْحا لق
the truth
when it’s bitter.
Speak
even
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Do not let fear of others prevent you from standing up for the truth.
هملع اذإ قلْحاب موقي نأ سانلا ةباهم مكدحأ نعنتَم لَا
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A faction from my community will uphold the truth until judgement day.
نيرهاظ قلْحا ىلع يتمأ نم ةفئاط لازت لَا الله رمأ يتأي ىتح
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Contentment is wealth that is never used up.
دفني لَا لام ةعانقلا
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Conviction is the best thing a heart can have.
يْنقيلا بلقلا يف يقلأ ام ريخ
Conviction 54
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Forbearance is half of faith, conviction the whole.
هلك نايْملْإا يْنقيلاو نايْملْإا فصن ربصلا
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God fills with belief and a sense of security those who curb rage when they could act upon it.
ه ََ لَأم هذافنإ ىلع ردقي وهو اظيغ مظك نم انايْمإو انمأ الله
Curbing Anger 56
Throwing people to the ground does not make you strong— true strength belongs to those who can control their anger.
Virtues of a Believer Curbing Anger
ةعرصلاب ديدشلا سيــــل بضغلا دنع هسفن كليْم يذلا ديدشلا انَّمإ
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ناطيشلا طلست ناطلسلا طاشتسا اذإ
When anger inflames a ruler, Satan takes over. 58
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Show compassion to your fellow humans on earth, and those in heaven will show you compassion.
ءامسلا يف نم كمحري ضرلِأا يف نم محرا
Compassion 59
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Only the wretch is devoid of compassion.
يقش نم لَاإ ةمحرلا تعزن ام
Compassion 60
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Show compassion to three persons: a wealthy man who has been ruined, a powerful man who has been humbled, and a learned man mocked by fools and dullards.
لذ موق زيزعو رقتفا موق ينغ ةثلَاث اومحرا لاهلْجاو ىقملْحا هب بعلي الْماعو
Compassion 61
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ةمكلْحا سأر قفرلا
Gentleness is the pinnacle of wisdom.
Gentleness 62
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Be kind to others
and you will receive kindness.
Kindness
كل حمسي حمسا
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Kindness always adorns, brutality always defiles.
Kindness
هناز لَاإ طق ءيش يف قفرلا ناك ام هناش لَاإ طق ءيش يف قرلْخا ناك امو
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Kind employers profit, mean employers lose.
Kindness
مؤش ةكللْما ءوسو ءا ََ نَّم ةكللْما نسح
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God shows no mercy to those who show no mercy to others. Kindness
سانلا محري لَا نم الله محري لَا
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The best people are those who benefit others.
Helping Others
سانلل مهعفنأ سانلا ريخ
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On judgment day, God will deliver from hardship those who deliver a brother from hardship in this world.
Helping Others
ايندلا برك نم ةبرك هيخأ نع جرف نم ةمايقلا موي برك نم ةبرك هنع الله جرف
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If someone asks you for help in God’s name, give it.
Helping Others
هوذيعأف للهاب مكذاعتسا نم
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نم
If someone asks you for something in God’s name, grant it.
Helping Others
هوطعأف لله� مكلأس
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If someone gives you an invitation, accept it.
Helping Others
هوبيجأف مكاعد نم
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If someone does you a good deed, give good in return, and if you do not have the wherewithal, pray for him until you know you have compensated him.
Helping Others
هل اوعداف اودتَج مل نإف هوئفاكف افورعم مكيلإ ىتأ نم هو ُُ تَمأفاك دق مكنأ اوملعت ىتح
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On the day when every foot will slip, God will help across the bridge those who intercede with a ruler on behalf of their fellow Muslim for a worthy cause or to ease a hardship.
Helping Others
رب جهنم يف ناطلس يذ ىلإ ملسلْما هيخلِأ ةلصو ناك نم طارصلا ةزاجإ ىلع الله هناعأ ريسع ريسيت وأ مادقلِأا هيف ضحدت موي
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The person who cares for the orphan and I will be as close as this in paradise—he held up his index and middle finger.
Protecting Orphans
ةنلْجا يف يْنتاهك مـيتيلا لفاكو انأ ىطسولاو ةبابسلاب راشأو
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Homes that shelter orphans are best.
مركم مـيتي هيف تـيب مكتويب ريخ
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ميتيلا لام لكأ لكآلْما رش
An orphan’s property is the worst thing to consume. Orphans 76
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There is no deed better than filling a hungry stomach.
Feeding the Hungry
عئاج دبك عابشإ نم لضفأ لمع نم ام
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Those who are killed defending their property die martyrs.
ديهش وهف هلام نود لتق نم
Martyrs 78
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Those who are killed defending their family die martyrs.
ديهش وهف هلهأ نود لتق نم
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Those who are killed defending their faith die martyrs.
ديهش وهف هنيد نود لتق نم
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Those who die in a foreign land die martyrs.
اديهش تام ابيرغ تام نم
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As God’s favors to his servants increase, their responsibility to others increase.
Responsibility
لَاإ دبع ىلع الله ةمعن تمظع ام هيلع سانلا ةنوؤم تمظع
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Each and every one of you is a shepherd accountable for his flock.
Responsibility
هتيعر نع لوؤسم مكلكو عار مكلك
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Those who renounce the world bear afflictions with serenity.
تابيصلْما هيلع تناه ايندلا يف دهز نم
Renunciation 84
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Renouncing the world brings solace to heart and body, preoccupation with the world increases troubles and grief, and idleness hardens the heart.
ندبلاو بلقلا حيري ايندلا يف دهزلا نزلْحاو مهلا رثكت ايندلا يف ةبغرلاو بلقلا يسقت ةلاطبلاو
Renunciation 85
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Those who expect death are oblivious to ephemeral pleasures.
تاذللا نع اهل تولْما بقرت نم
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Be indifferent to the world and God will love you.
Be indifferent to the possessions of others and they will love you.
الله كببحي ايندلا يف دهزا سانلا كببحي سانلا يديأ يف اميف دهزاو
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God forgives those who forgive others.
Forgiveness هل الله رفغي رفغي نم
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Whenever a man forgives a transgression, God increases his standing.
ازع اهب الله هداز لَاإ ةملظم نع لجر ىفع لَا
Forgiveness 90
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God does not conceal a servant’s fault in this world only to shame him with it on judgment day.
ةمايقلا موي هب هريعيف ابنذ ايندلا يف دبع ىلع الله رتس ام
Forgiveness 91
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Forgive the noble their errors.
Forgiveness
مهتارثع ماركلا اوليقأ
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God rewards those who bear hardship with fortitude.
الله هضوعي ةيزرلا ىلع ربصي نم
Fortitude 93
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God says, “When I afflict my servant’s health, wealth, or children, and he accepts this with exemplary fortitude, I will be too embarrassed to weigh his deeds or divulge his ledger on judgment day.”
Fortitude
هلام وأ هندب يف ةبيصم يديبع نم دبع ىلإ تهجو اذإ موي هنم تييحتسا ليمج ربصب كلذ لبقتسا مث هدلو وأ اناويد هل رشنأ وأ انازيم هل بصنأ نأ ةمايقلا
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Paradise will be home to the generous.
ءايخسلِأا راد ةنلْجا
Generosity
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Those who are certain about the hereafter give generously.
ةيطعلاب داج فللْخاب نقيأ نم
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Be generous in this world and be treated generously in the hereafter.
ةرخلآا يف فورعلْما لهأ مه ايندلا يف فورعلْما لهأ
Generosity 97
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Spend generously and do not fear poverty, for the lord of the throne will provide.
لَالَاقإ شرعلا يذ نم شخت لَاو للَاب اي قفنأ
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نلْما ةحامسلا ةفآ Keeping tally is the bane of generosity. Virtues of a Believer Generosity 99
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Those who sow good reap felicity, those who sow evil reap remorse.
ةمادن دصحي ارش عرزي نمو ةبغر دصحي اريخ عرزي نم
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Good and Evil
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Approving of someone’s deeds, good or evil, is the same as doing them.
Good and Evil
هلمع نمك ارش وأ ناك اريخ موق لمع بحأ نم
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Command good with gentleness. Good
فورعبِم كلذ هرمأ نكيلف فورعبِم ارمآ ناك نم
and Evil 102
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The best of you are those whose goodness is assured and from whom no one need fear any evil. Good and Evil
هرش نمؤيو هريخ ىجري نم مكريخ
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God exalts those who are humble before him and humbles those who are arrogant.
الله هعضو ربـــــــكـــــت نمو الله هعفر لِله عضاوت نم
Humility 104
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ىنغ ةناملِأا Integrity is a form of wealth.
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Acts are only worth the intentions that accompany them.
Intentions
تاينلاب لامعلِأا
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A believer’s intentions reach farther than his deeds.
Intentions
هلمع نم غلبأ نمؤلْما ةين
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Virtues of a Believer
On judgment day, people will be ranked according to the worth of their intentions.
Intentions
مهتاين ىلع ةمايقلا موي سانلا ثعبي
108
Virtues of a Believer
Those who do good deeds only to receive worldly gain will receive no share of the hereafter.
Intentions
يف هل امف ةرخلآا لمعب ايندلا لمع بلط نم بيصن نم ةرخلآا
109
Virtues of a Believer
Just leaders will be God’s favorites and closest to his throne on judgment day.
هنم مهاندأو ةمايقلا موي الله ىلا سانلا بحأ نإ لداع مامإاسلجم
Justice 110
Virtues of a Believer
Those granted a favor should be grateful.
اهركشيلف ةمعن هيلإ تلزأ نم
111
Gratitude
Virtues of a Believer
Those who praise an act of generosity have shown gratitude; those who keep silent are ingrates.
هركش دقف ءانثلا لَاإ ءازج دجي ملف افورعم يلوأ نم هرفك دقف همتك نمو
112
Gratitude
Virtues of a Believer
God’s religion is moderate and righteous.
ةحمسلا ةيفينلْحا الله نيد نإ
Moderation
113
Virtues of a Believer
دصتقا نم لاع ام Practice moderation and never know want. Moderation 114
Virtues of a Believer
Even after seventy lapses a day, a penitent is still not a sinner.
ةرم يْنعبس مويلا يف داع ولو رفغتسا نم رصأ ام
Repentance 115
Virtues of a Believer
No sin is grave if repented, no sin is small if repeated.
رارصإ عم ةريغص لَاو رافغتسا عم ةريبك لَا
Repentance 116
Virtues of a Believer
ةبوت مدنلا
is a form of repentance.
Regret
Repentance 117
Virtues of a Believer
Those who are tempted to sin but refrain earn a reward.
ةنسح هل تناك هكرت مث بنذب مه نم
Repentance 118
Virtues of a Believer
Beware the accumulation of little sins—God is keeping count.
ابلاط الله نم اهل نإف بونذلا تارقحمو كايإ
Repentance 119
Virtues of a Believer
Those who safeguard what is between their jaws and between their thighs enter the garden.
ةنلْجا لخد هيلجر يْنب امو هييلْح يْنب ام ظفح نم
Repentance 120
Virtues of a Believer
You spy the speck in your brother’s eye, yet ignore the plank in your own.
هنيع يف عذلْجا عديو هيخأ يْنع يف ىذقلا مكدحأ رصبي
Self-Criticism 121
Virtues of a Believer
Every man is his own assessor.
هسفن بيسح ئرما
لك
122
Self-Criticism
Virtues of a Believer
Arrogance is the bane of a good pedigree.
Pedigree
رخفلا بسلْحا ةفآ
123
Virtues of a Believer
A man’s religion is his real honor, intelligence his real virility, and character his real breeding.
هقلخ هبسحو هلقع هتءورمو هنيد ءرلْما مرك
Pedigree 124
There is no lineage better than good character.
Virtues of a Believer Pedigree
قللْخا نسحك بسح لَا
125
Virtues of a Believer
Greet before conversing.
ملَاكلا لبق ملَاسلا
Greeting 126
Virtues of a Believer
A promise to give is binding.
ةيطع ةدعلا
Promises 127
Virtues of a Believer
نيد ةدعلا A promise is a debt.
Promises 128
Virtues of a Believer
Death is all the counsel you need.
All you Need
اظعاو تولْماب ىفك
129
Virtues of a Believer
Conviction is all the wealth you need.
All You Need
ىنغ يْنقيلاب ىفك
130
Virtues of a Believer
Worship is all the occupation you need.
All You Need
لَاغش ةدابعلاب ىفك
131
Virtues of a Believer
The essence of a deed is its outcome.
هتَماوخ لمعلا كلَام
Good Deeds 132
ةئيبخ هل نوكت نأ مكنم عاطتسا نم لعفيلف حلاص لمع نم Set aside a secret store of good deeds if you can. Good Deeds 133
Virtues of a Believer
Virtues of a Believer
God’s favorite deed are those performed regularly, even the small ones.
لق نإو اهمودأ الله ىلا لامعلِأا بحأ
Good Deeds 134
Virtues of a Believer
Those who are held back by their deeds are not urged on by their lineage.
Good Deeds
هبسن هب عرسي مل هلمع هب أطبأ نم
135
Virtues of a Believer
A few deeds done with knowledge count for much, many deeds done in ignorance count for little.
ريثكو ريثك ملعلا عم لمعلا ليلق نإ ليلق لهلْجا عم لمعلا
Deeds 136
Good
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Beware these Vices
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Beware these Vices
Beware
Beware… هنم رذتعي امو كايإ
of an action that requires an apology. 141
ةرغلا نفدتو ةرعلا رهظت اهنإف سانلا ةراشمو كايإ Beware of heated dispute — it exposes bad behavior and stifles good conduct.
Beware… 142
Beware these Vices
Beware these Vices
The worst blindness is the heart’s.
The Worst Blindness
بلقلا ىمع ىمعلا رش
143
Beware these Vices
The worst form of blindness is error after guidance.
The Worst Blindness
ىدهلا دعب ةللَاضلا ىمعلا ىمعأ
144
Beware these Vices
The worst people are the two-faced, showing one face here and another face there.
Two-Facedness
يْنهجولا اذ سانلا رش نم نودتَج هجوب ءلَاؤهو هجوب ءلَاؤه يتأي يذلا
145
Beware these Vices
The greatest sins come from a lying tongue.
Lies
بوذكلا ناسللا اياطلْخا مظعأ نم
146
Beware these Vices
Those who attribute something to me falsely will have a seat in the fire
Lies
رانلا نم هدعقم أوبتيلف ادمعتم يلع بذك نم
147
Beware these Vices
Treachery and lying are not among the traits of the believer.
بذكلاو ةنايلْخا سيل قلخ لك ىلع نمؤلْما عبطي
Lies 148
Beware these Vices
On judgment day, false witnesses will be resurrected with their tongues in the fire.
False Witness
رانلا يف هناسل اغلوم ةمايقلا موي روزلا دهاش ثعبي
149
حبذلا هنإف حدلْماو مكايإ Beware of flattery — it is a form of slaughter. Beware these Vices Flattery 150
Beware these Vices
A believer does not flatter
Flattery قللْما نمؤلْما قلخ نم سيل
151
Beware these Vices
Ungrateful for a little, ungrateful for a lot.
Ingratitude
ريثكلا ركشي مل ليلقلا ركشي مل نم
152
Beware these Vices
Ingratitude to others is ingratitude to God.
Ingratitude
سانلا ركشي لَا نم الله ركشي لَا
153
Beware these Vices
If a person owns two valleys brimful with wealth, he will still seek a third—man’s greed is sated only in death. Still, God forgives the repentant.
اثلاث امهيلإ ىغتبلَا لام نم يْنيداو مدآ نبلَا نأ ول بات نم ىلع الله بوتيو بارتلا لَاإ مدآ نبا فوج لَأيْم لَاو
154
Greed
Beware these Vices
Men may age, yet two traits stay young: greed for wealth and greed for life.
ناتنـــثا هعم بشـــتو مدآ نبا مرهـــي رمعلا ىلع صرلْحاو لالْما ىلع صرلْحا
155
Greed
Beware these Vices
Son of Adam, you have all you need — why do you seek that which will make you a tyrant?
كيغطي ام بلطت تنأو كيفكي ام كدنع مدآ نبا
Greed 156
Beware these Vices
Son of Adam, you are neither content with a little nor sated by a lot!
Greed عبشت ريثك نم لَاو عنقت ليلقب لَا مدآ نبا
157
Beware these Vices
Humans fill nothing viler than their stomachs.
Greed
نطب نم ارش ءاعو يمدآ ََ لَأم ام
158
Beware these Vices
One mouthful is enough for the believer; the unbeliever craves seven.
Greed
ءاعمأ ةعبس يف لكأي رفاكلاو دحاو اعم يف لكأي نمؤلْما
159
Beware these Vices
Repeating everything you hear is sin.
عمس ام لكب ثدحي نأ امثإ ءرلْماب ىفك
Gossip 160
ةنياعلْماك ربلْخا سيل
is not like seeing.
Gossip 161
Hearing
Beware these Vices
تاتق ةنلْجا لخدي لَا
will not enter paradise.
Gossip 162
Rumormongers
Beware these Vices
Beware these Vices
Idleness بلقلا يسقت ةلاطبلا
163
Idleness hardens the heart.
Injustice
يغبلا ةعاجشلا ةفآ Injustice is the bane of courage. 164
Beware these Vices
Beware these Vices
Nothing is punished faster than injustice.
Injustice
يغب نم ةبوقع عرسأ ءيش سيل
165
Beware these Vices
Two traits never come together in a believer: parsimony and dissoluteness.
قللْخا ءوسو لخبلا نمؤم يف ناعمتتَج لَا ناتلصخ
166
Stinginess
Is
لخبلا نم أودأ ءاد يأ
there a disease
than stinginess?
Stinginess 167
worse
Beware these Vices
كلذ نم دشأ وه ام مكيلع تيش ََ لْخ اوبنذت مل ول بجعلا بجعلا
if you never sin, I fear something much worse for you. Vanity! Vanity!
Vanity 168
Even
Beware these Vices
Beware these Vices
All sins converge in wine.
Alcohol مثلْإا عامج رملْخا
169
Begging Beware these Vices عظفم مرغ وأ عقدم رقفل لَاإ لتُح لَا ةلأسلْما نإ Begging is only permitted in dire poverty or excessive debt. ©www.FatemiDawat.com 170
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Family and Friends
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Family and Friends
The best of you are those who are good to your family.
Family هلهلِأ مكريخ مكريخ
175
Family and Friends
Charity begins at home.
لوعت نبِم أدبا
Family 176
Family and Friends
Charity to family counts twice: as charity and as nurture.
ةلصو ةقدص ةبارقلا ىلع ةقدصلا
Family 177
Family and Friends
If God has given you plenty and you still penny-pinch with your family, you are not one of us.
هلايع ىلع رتق مث هيلع الله عسو نم انم سيـــل
Family 178
Family and Friends
Neglecting to feed your family is sin.
Family توقي نم عيضي نأ امثإ ءرلْماب ىفك
179
Family and Friends
Elders bring blessings.
Parents
مكرباكأ عم ةكربلا
180
Family and Friends
Good manners are the best gift parents can give children.
Parents
نسح بدأ نم لضفأ هدلو دلاو لحن ام
181
Family and Friends
A man is fortunate to resemble his father.
هابأ هبشي نأ أرلْما ةداعس نم
Parents 182
Family and Friends
تاهملِأا مادقأ تتُح ةنلْجا Paradise lies beneath your mother’s feet.
Parents 183
One’s nature is influenced by the milk one has suckled.
Family and Friends Parents
عابطلا ريغي عاضرلا
184
Family and Friends
No deed of obedience to God brings swi fter rewards than fostering affection with kin.
اباوث لجعأب هيف الله عيطأ ءيش نم ام محرلا ةلص نم
Relatives
185
Family and Friends
Relatives
نايْملْإا نم دهعلا نسح نإ
186
Maintaining relationships is part of faith.
Family and Friends
Nurturing relatives brings long life.
Relatives
رمعلا يف ديزت محرلا ةلص
187
Family and Friends
Greet with peace, feed others, foster ties with kin, and pray at night when others sleep. Do this, and you will enter paradise in peace.
ماحرلِأا اولصو ماعطلا اومعطأو ملَاسلا اوشفأ ملَاسب ةنلْجا اولخدت ماين سانلاو ليللاب اولصو
188
Relatives
Family and Friends
The most accommodating marriage is best.
هرسيأ حاكنلا ريخ
Marriage 189
Do not envy each other, bid against each other, hate each other, or shun each other. Servants of God, regard each other as brothers.
Family and Friends Brothers
اوربادت لَاو اوضغابت لَاو اوشجانت لَاو اودسا ََ تُح لَا اناوخإ الله دابع اونوكو
190
Family and Friends
A virtuous companion is like a perfume vendor — even if he gives you no perfume, the fragrance will linger.
يرادلا لثم حلاصلا سيللْجا لثم هحير نم كقلع هرطع نم كذحي مل نإ
Companions
191
Family and Friends
An evil companion is like a blacksmith — even if the fire’s sparks don’t burn you, the stench will linger.
Companions
رــــيكلا بحاص لثم ءوسلا سيللْجا لثم هنتن نم كقلع هران رارش نم كقرحي مل نإ
192
Family and Friends
The best companion in God’s eyes is the man who helps his fellows best.
Companions
هبحاصل مهريخ الله دنع باحصلِأا ريخ
193
Family and Friends
Solitude is better than evil company, but virtuous company is better than solitude.
ءوسلا سيللْجا نم ريخ ةدحولا ةدحولا نم ريخ حلاصلا سيللْجاو
Companions 194
Family and Friends
Souls are like mustered armies: the similar come together and unite, the dissimilar part ways.
Kindred Spirits
ةدنجم دونج حاورلِأا فلتئا اهنم فراعت امف فلتخا اهنم ركانت امو
195
Family and Friends
Those who believe in God and the last day should honor their guests.
هفيض مركيلف رخلآا مويلاو لله� نمؤي ناك نم
196
Guests and Neighbors
Family and Friends
Those who believe in God and the last day should honor their neighbors.
Guests and Neighbors
هراج مركيلف رخلآا مويلاو لله� نمؤي ناك نم
197
Family and Friends
No believer eats his fill while his neighbor goes hungry.
Guests and Neighbors
هراج نود نمؤلْما عبشي لَا
198
Family and Friends
Be a good neighbor to those around you and you will be a true Muslim.
Guests and Neighbors
املسم نكت كرواج نم راوج نسحأ
199
Family and Friends
Custom dictates that a man accompany his guest to the door.
رادلا باب ىلإ هفيض عم لجرلا جرخي نأ ةنسلا نم نإ
and Neighbors 200
Guests
Family and Friends
The greatest charity is to reconcile the estranged.
يْنبلا تاذ حلَاصإ ةقدصلا لضفأ
Reconciliation 201
Family and Friends
The greatest virtues—to offer friendship to those who cut their ties with you, to give gifts to those who disown you, and to forgive those who wrong you.
نم يطعتو كعطق نم لصت نأ لئاضفلا لضفأ كملظ نمع حفصتو كمرح
Reconciliation 202
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God and His Worship
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God and His Worship
One who prays, knocks at a king’s door—keep knocking and you may well see the door open.
Prayer كللْما باب عرقيل يلصلْما نإ هل حتفي نأ كشوي بابلا عرق مدي نم هنإو
207
نمؤلْما حلَاس ءاعدلا Supplication is the believer’s best weapon. Prayer
208
God and His Worship
God and His Worship
Pray when your heart is full — that is from God’s mercy.
ةمحر اهناف ةقرلا دنع ءاعدلا اومنتغا
Prayer
209
God and His Worship
ءاعدلا نم الله ىلع مركأ ءيش سيل Nothing is dearer to God than supplication.
Prayer 210
God and His Worship
God says, I am as my servant thinks of me, and I am with him whenever he calls.
Prayer ينركذ اذإ يدبع عم انأو يب يدبع نظ دنع انأ
211
God and His Worship
God is ashamed to turn away hands raised to him in appeal.
Prayer
هيدي هيلإ عفري نأ دبعلا نم ييحتسيل الله نإ يْنتبئاخ امهدريف
212
God and His Worship
Supplications made between the call and summons to prayer are never rebuffed.
Prayer
دري لَا ةماقلْإاو ناذلِأا يْنب ءاعدلا
213
God and His Worship
The supplications of the wronged will be answered.
ةباجتسم مولظلْما ةوعد
Prayer
214
God and His Worship
Three kinds of supplications are never denied: a victim’s, a traveler’s, and a father’s against his son.
نهيف كش لَا تاباجتسم تاوعد ثلَاث هدلو ىلع دلاولا ةوعدو رفاسلْما ةوعدو مولظلْما ةوعد
Prayer 215
God and His Worship
God, I seek refuge with you from knowledge without benefit, from a heart without humility, from a prayer unheard, and from an appetite unsated. I seek refuge with you from the evil of all four.
The Prophet’s Supplications
عشخي لَا بلقو عفني لَا ملع نم كب ذوعأ ينإ مهللا رش نم كب ذوعأ عبشت لَا سفنو عمسي لَا ءاعدو عبرلِأا ءلَاؤه
216
God and His Worship
God, you made me beautiful — make my character beautiful too.
The Prophet’s Supplications
يقلخ نسحف يقلخ تنسح مهللا
217
God and His Worship
God, you are forgiving and love forgiving—forgive me my sins.
The Prophet’s Supplications
ينع فعاف وفعلا بتُح وفع كنإ مهللا
218
God and His Worship
God, forgive my sins—be they mistaken or deliberate, hidden or public, by omission or commission.
The Prophet’s Supplications
تدمعت امو تأطخأ ام يل رفغا مهللا تنلعأ امو تررسأ امو تدمعت امو تلهج امو
219
God and His Worship
Through you I strive، through you I fight, through you I attack.
The Prophet’s Supplications
لوصأ كبو لتاقأ كبو لواحأ كب
220
God and His Worship
God, grant me the protection you grant the newborn!
The Prophet’s Supplications
ديلولا ةيقاوك ةيقاو مهللا
221
God and His Worship
To you, bestower of well-being, I deliver all my hopes.
ةيفاعلا بحاص اي يناملِأا تهتنا كيلإ
The Prophet’s Supplications
222
God and His Worship
Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my offense, and answer my prayer.
The Prophet’s Supplications
يتوعد بجأو يتبوح لسغاو يتبوت لبقت بر
223
God and His Worship
We are all children of God, and God loves best those who most benefit his children.
God loves …
هلايعل مهعفنأ هيلإ مهبحأف الله لايع مهلك قللْخا
224
God and His Worship
God says, I pledge my love to those who love each other for my sake, who sit together for my sake, who use their wealth for my sake, and who visit each other for my sake.
God loves …
يف يْنسلاجتلْماو يف يْنباحتملل يتبحم تبجو يف نيروازتلْماو يف يْنلذابتلْماو
225
God and His Worship
God says, make your taste bitter, world, for all those who love me — do not tempt them with your sweetness.
God loves …
مهينتفتف مهل يلولتُح لَا يئايلوأ ىلع يرم ايند اي
226
God and His Worship
God takes such care of those who prefer his love to the love of people that they have no need of charity.
God loves …
سانلا ةبحم ىلع الله ةبحم رثآ نم سانلا ةنوؤم الله هافك
227
God and His Worship
Bringing joy to a fellow believer will assuredly win God’s mercy. Offering the peace-greeting and speaking with kindness will assuredly win God’s mercy.
God loves …
رورسلا لاخدإ ةرفغلْما تابجوم نم نإ نمؤلْما كيخأ ىلع
228
God and His Worship
God’s love is assured for those who curb their anger when provoked.
God loves …
ملحف بضغأ نم ىلع الله ةبحم تبجو
229
God and His Worship
Swallow your anger when you are provoked and drink from the cup of forbearance when disaster strikes—this is most beloved of God.
God loves …
اهمظك ظيغ ةعرج نم الله ىلإ بحأ ةعرج نم ام ةبيصم ىلع ربص ةعرج وأ لجر
230
God and His Worship
Remain conscious of God at all times.
Consciousness of God
تنك ثيح الله قتا
231
God and His Worship
He who fears God is feared by everyone, and he who does not, fears everything.
Consciousness of God
فخي مل نمو ءيش لك هنم الله فوخ الله فاخ نم ءيش لك نم الله هفوخ الله
232
God and His Worship
A long life in obedience to God is the greatest good fortune.
Obedience to God
الله ةعاط يف رمعلا لوط ةداعسلا لك ةداعسلا
233
God and His Worship
A true warrior battles his urges in order to obey God.
Obedience to God
الله ةعاط يف هسفن دهاج نم دهاجلْما
234
God and His Worship
On judgment day, the white hair of those who grow old obeying God will turn to light.
Obedience to God
ةمايقلا موي ارون هل تناك ملَاسلْإا يف ةبيش باش نم
235
God and His Worship
Do not obey God’s creatures if it means you will disobey God.
Obedience to God
قلالْخا ةيصعم يف قولخلْم ةعاط لَا
236
God and His Worship
If you displease others by seeking to please God, then God will be pleased with you and will make others pleased with you. If you displease God by seeking to please others, then God will be displeased with you and will make others displeased with you.
Pleasing God
هنع الله يضر سانلا طخسب الله ىضر سمتلا نم الله طخسب سانلا ىضر سمتلا نمو سانلا هنع ىضرأو سانلا هيلع طخسأو هيلع الله طخس
237
God and His Worship
If you placed complete trust in God, he would sustain you as he sustains the birds—in the morning their stomachs are empty, by evening their stomachs are full.
Trusting in God
امك مكقزرل هلكوت قح الله ىلع نولكوتت مكنأ ول اناطب حورتو اصامخ ودغت ريطلا قزري
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Those who wish to be strongest should trust in God.
Trusting in God
الله ىلع لكوتيلف سانلا ىوقأ نوكي نأ بحأ نمو
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Tie up your camel and trust in God.
Trusting in God
لكوتو اهديق
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A good grasp of religion is how God is best worshipped.
Worship نيدلا يف هقف نم لضفأ ءيشب الله دبع ام
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Worship
ةدابعلا وه ءاعدلا Supplication is the best form of worship. 242
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Prostration to God in private is the best way for a worshipper to get close to him.
Worship
ءيشب الله ىلا دبعلا برقت ام يفخ دوجس نم لضفأ
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God’s most beloved places are places of worship.
دجاسلْما الله ىلا عاقبلا بحأ
Worship
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My community’s greatest form of worship is to recite the Qur’an. The Qurʾan
نآرقلا ةءارق يتمأ ةدابع لضفأ
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The Qur’an is true wealth: no poverty with it, no wealth without.
The Qurʾan
هنود ىنغ لَاو هدعب رقف لَا ىنغ نآرقلا
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The Qur’an is the real cure.
The Qurʾan
ءاودلا وه نآرقلا
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The book of God is the truest discourse.
The Qurʾan
الله باتك ثيدلْحا قدصأ
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Convey my message, even a single verse of the Qur’an.
The Qurʾan
ةيآ ولو ينع اوغلب
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If you do not intone the Qur’an, you are not one of us. The
نآرقلاب نغتي مل نم انم سيل
Qurʾan
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The best of you are those who study and teach the Qur’an. The Qurʾan
هملعو نآرقلا ملعت نم مكريخ
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Anyone who permits what the Qur’an forbids does not believe in it.
همراحم لحتسا نم نآرقلاب نمآ ام
The
Qurʾan
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How excellently will the Qur’an intercede for its reciters on judgment day!
The Qurʾan
ةمايقلا موي هبحاصل نآرقلا عيفشلا معن
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Piety’s treasures include concealing three things: suffering, illness, and almsgiving.
Piety
ةقدصلاو ضارملِأاو بئاصلْما نامتك ربلا زنك نم
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The pious draw near to God through ritual-prayer.
Piety
يقت لك نابرق ةلَاصلا
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God’s most beloved servants conceal their piety.
ءايفخلِأا ءايقتلِأا الله ىلا دابعلا بحأ
Piety 256
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The pious will diminish, one generation after another, until only scraps and chaff remain—and God will pay them no heed.
ىقبت لَا ىتح لولِأاف لولِأا افلَاسأ نولْحاصلا بهذي مهب الله يلابي لَا ريعشلاو رمتلا ةلاثحك ةلاثح لَاإ
Piety 257
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The mosque is where the pious live.
يقت لك تيب دجسلْما
Piety 258
God and His Worship
God afflicts those he wishes to bless.
هنم بصي اريخ هب الله دري نم
Afflictions
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A believer’s suffering removes his sins just as a blacksmith’s fire removes slag from iron.
Afflictions
بونذلا نم كلذ هصلخأ نمؤلْما ىكتشا اذإ ديدلْحا ثبخ ريكلا صلخي امك
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Wisdom is the believer's lost camel.
Wisdom
نمؤلْما ةلاض ةمكلْحا
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Knowledge and Learning
The pinnacle of wisdom is fear of God.
الله ةفاخم ةمكلْحا سأر
Wisdom
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Knowledge and Learning
Silence shows wisdom, but few oblige.
هلعاف ليلقو مكح تمصلا
Wisdom
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افرش فيرشلا ديزت ةمكلْحا نإ Wisdom increases the noble in nobility. Wisdom
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Knowledge and Learning
The virtues of knowledge are superior to worship.
Knowledge
ةدابعلا نم لضفأ ملعلا لضف
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The learned are the best in my community, and the levelheaded are the best of the learned.
Knowledge
اهؤاملح اهئاملع رايخو اهؤاملع يتمأ رايخ
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Knowledge and Learning
God charges the learned to look after his creatures.
Knowledge
هقلخ ىلع الله ءانمأ ءاملعلا
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Knowledge and Learning
The man of learning thirsts for knowledge.
ملع ىلإ ناثرغ ملع بحاص لك
Knowledge 272
Knowledge must not be withheld.
هعنم لحي لَا ملعلا
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Knowledge and Learning Knowledge
Knowledge and Learning
Knowledge that brings no benefit is like hoarded treasure.
هنم قفني لَا زنكك عفني لَا ملع
Knowledge 274
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It is the duty of all Muslims to seek knowledge.
Learning ملسم لك ىلع ةضيرف ملعلا بلط
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Knowledge and Learning
Two kinds of seekers never have enough: seekers of knowledge and seekers of worldly gain.
Learning
ايند بلاطو ملع بلاط ناعبشي لَا ناموهنم
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Knowledge and Learning
Teacher and student are partners in the good.
Learning
ريلْخا يف ناكيرش ملعتلْماو ملاعلا
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Knowledge and Learning
God provides sustenance for those who seek knowledge.
هقزرب الله لفكت ملعلا بلط نم
Learning 278
Knowledge and Learning
Half of learning is asking good questions.
ملعلا فصن لاؤسلا نسح
Learning 279
Knowledge and Learning
The man of learning only has his fill of learning when it is time for paradise.
ةنلْجا هاهتنم نوكي ىتح هملع نم ملاع عبشي لَا
Learning 280
Knowledge and Learning
The cure for ignorance is inquiry.
Learning لاؤسلا يعلا ءافش انَّمإ
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Knowledge and Learning
There is no poverty more intense than ignorance.
Learning
لهلْجا نم دشأ رقف لَا
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Knowledge and Learning
On judgment day, the learned man who has not benefited from his learning will receive the severest punishment.
Intelligence
ةمايقلا موي اباذع سانلا دشأ نإ هملعب الله هعفني مل ملاع
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There is no wealth more useful than intelligence.
لقعلا نم دوعأ لام لَا
Intelligence 284
Knowledge and Learning
There is no worship better than reflection.
ركفتلاك ةدابع لَا
Reflection 285
همتخ باتكلا مرك Honor the book by reading it in full.
Reading 286
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This world’s calamities are lighter than the hereafter’s.
This World and
the Hereafter
ةرخلآا حوضف نم نوهأ ايندلا حوضف
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This World and the Hereafter
The world is prison for the believer, paradise for the unbeliever.
This World and the Hereafter
رفاكلا ةنجو نمؤلْما نجس ايندلا
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This World and the Hereafter
Those who love worldly things are heedless of the hereafter. Those who love the hereafter are heedless of worldly things.
هترخآب رضأ هايند بحأ نم هايندب رضأ هترخآ بحأ نمو
This World and the Hereafter
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This World and the Hereafter
ةنتفو ءلَاب ايندلا نم يقب انَّمإ
and tribulation are all that remain of the world.
Trial
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This World and the Hereafter
Expect from the world nothing but wealth that oppresses, poverty that distracts, disease that corrupts, old age that debilitates, and death that crushes.
This World and the Hereafter
ايسنم ارقف وأ ايغطم ىنغ لَاإ ايندلا نم مكدحأ رظتني ام ازهجم اتوم وأ ادنفم امره وأ ادسفم اضرم وأ
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This World and the Hereafter
Compared to the hereafter, this world is like putting your finger in the sea. See how much water you can draw!
This World and the Hereafter
هعبصإ مكدحأ لعجي ام لثم لَاإ ةرخلآا يف ايندلا ام عجرت بِم رظنيلف ميلا يف ةبابسلا
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This World and the Hereafter
Paradise is surrounded by torments, hellfire by delights.
Paradise and Hellfire
تاوهشلاب رانلا تفحو هراكلْماب ةنلْجا تفح
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The road to paradise is steep, the road to hellfire is easy.
ةوهسب لهس رانلا لمع نإ لَاأ ةوبرب نزح ةنلْجا لمع نإ لَاأ
Paradise and Hellfire
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This World and the Hereafter
Those who long for paradise hasten to perform good deeds. Those who fear hellfire are oblivious to desires.
Paradise and Hellfire
تاريلْخا ىلإ عراس ةنلْجا ىلإ قاتشا نم تاوهشلا نع اهل رانلا نع قفشأ نمو
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This World and the Hereafter
If you are tested with daughters and do well by them, you will be shielded from hellfire.
نهيلإ نسحأف ءيشب تانبلا هذه نم يلتبا نم رانلا نم ارتس هل نك
Paradise and Hellfire
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This World and the Hereafter
The most wretched of all are those for whom poverty in this world is followed by punishment in the hereafter.
Paradise and Hellfire
ايندلا رقف هيلع عمتجا نم ءايقشلِأا ىقشأ نإ ةرخلآا باذعو
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This World and the Hereafter
If you heeded your life as it ticks away, you would come to despise the deceptions of hope.
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هرورغو لملِأا متضغب ََ لِأ هريسمو لجلِأا ىلإ تُمرظن ول
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This World and the Hereafter
You build what you shall not inhabit, you gather what you shall not eat, and you hope for what you shall not gain.
نولكأت لَا ام نوعمتَجو نونكست لَا ام نونبت نوكردت لَا ام نولمأتو
The Transience of Life 304
This World and the Hereafter
Many begin a day they will not complete, and await a morrow they will not attain.
The Transience of Life
هغلبي لَا ادغ رظتنمو هلمكتسي لَا اموي لبقتسم نم مك
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Hereafter ليبس رباع كنأك وأ بيرغ كنأك ايندلا يف نك روبقلا باحصأ يف كسفن دعو Live in this world as an exile or a passerby, and think of yourself as dead and buried. 307
This World and the
This World and the Hereafter
The only possession that are truly yours are the food you have consumed, the clothes you have worn out, and the alms you have given away.
Possessions
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تسبل وأ تينفأف تلكأ ام لَاإ كلام نم كل سيل تيضمأف تقدصت وأ تيلبأف
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World and the Hereafter
We behave as though duties fall on others, not us, as though death is written for others, not us, as if the dead are travelers who will soon return.
We carry their bodies to the grave and consume their wealth as though we will live forever. We forget all counsel and ignore every catastrophe.
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Death This
ىلع اهيف تولْما نأكو بجو انريغ ىلع اهيف قلْحا نأك ليلق امع رفس تاوملِأا نم عيشن يذلا نأكو بتك انريغ نودلخم انأك مهثارت لكأنو مهثادجأ مهئوبن نودئاع انيلإ ةحئاج لك انمأو ةظعاو لك انيسن دق مهدعب
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لله� نظلا نسحي وهو لَاإ دحأ نتويْم لَا Approach death with trust in God’s reward. Death
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This World and the Hereafter
The worst excuse is made at the time of death.
تولْما رضحي يْنح ةرذعلْما رش
Death
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God says, I waver most when taking the life of a believer who hates death.
I hate to hurt him, but there is no other way.
سفن ضبق يف تددر ام هلعاف انأ ءيش يف تددر ام هنم هل دب لَاو هتءاسم هركأو تولْما هركي نمؤلْما يدبع
Death 312
This World and the Hereafter
Death is all the counsel you need.
Death اظعاو تولْماب ىفك
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Death is a gift for believers.
Death
تولْما نمؤلْما ةفتُح
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This World and the Hereafter
The grave is the first stopping place in your journey to the hereafter.
Death
ةرخلآا لزانم نم لزنم لوأ ربقلا
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Do not curse fate—God is fate.
رهدلا وه الله نإف رهدلا اوبست لَا
and Destiny 316
Fate
This World and the Hereafter
When God almighty decrees what is fated, he deprives the intelligent of their intelligence until fate has run its course.
Fate and Destiny
يوذ بلس هردقو هئاضق ذافنإ ىلاعت الله دارأ اذإ هردقو هؤاضق مهيف ذفني ىتح مهلوقع لوقعلا
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This World and the Hereafter
You get the ruler you deserve.
مكيلع ىلوي نونوكت امك
and Destiny 318
Fate
This World and the Hereafter
For both the wretched and the blissful the pen has stopped writing. God has decreed four irrevocable things: form, character, lifespan, and sustenance.
Fate and Destiny
ديعسلاو يقشلاب ملقلا فج عبرأ نم الله غرفو قزرلاو لجلِأاو قللْخاو قللْخا نم
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This World and the Hereafter
No precaution can avert fate.
Fate and Destiny
ردق نم رذح ينغي لَا
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and Destiny
Fate
نزلْحاو مهلا بهذي ردقلاب نايْملْإا
in destiny
and grief. 321
Belief
dispels troubles
This World and the Hereafter
The pen has written down everything you will confront.
قلَا تنأ ابِم ملقلا فج
Fate and Destiny 322
This World and the Hereafter
The worst regret is on judgment day.
Judgment Day
ةمايقلا موي ةمادنلا رشو
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This World and the Hereafter
Hear me! On judgment day, many who live a life of ease in this world will go hungry and naked. Hear me! On judgment day, many who go hungry and naked in this world will be granted a life of ease.
ةيراع ةعئاج ايندلا يف ةمعان ةمعاط سفن بر لَاأ ايندلا يف ةيراع ةعئاج سفن بر لَاأ ةمايقلا موي ةمايقلا موي ةمعان ةمعاط
Judgment Day 324
This World and the Hereafter
On judgment day, God will forgive the lapses of those who do not attack the good name of others.
Judgment Day سانلا ضارعأ نع هناسل فك نم ةمايقلا موي هترثع ىلاعت الله هلاقأ
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This World and the Hereafter
In this world and the next, God will conceal the faults of those who conceal their brother’s faults.
Judgment Day
ةرخلآاو ايـــندلا يف الله هرتس هيخأ ىلع رتس نمو
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On judgment day, those who discredit intercession will be denied it.
Judgment Day
ةمايقلا موي اهلني مل ةعافشلاب بذك نم
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Prayer is to religion as the head to the body.
The Daily Prayer دسلْجا نم سأرلا عضومك نيدلا نم ةلَاصلا عضوم
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The ritual-prayer is the banner of faith.
ةلَاصلا نايْملْإا ملع
The Daily Prayer 332
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Acts of Worship
The faces of those who pray much at night glow during the day.
راهنلاب ههجو نسح ليللاب هتلَاص ترثك نم
The Daily Prayer 333
ىفوتسا ىفوأ نم نازيلْماك ةبوتكلْما ةلَاصلا لثم نإ
of the ritual-prayer as a weighing scale—give full measure, receive full measure. The Daily Prayer Acts of Worship 334
Think
A man awaiting the ritual-prayer is already at prayer.
ةلَاصلا رظتنا ام ةلَاص يف دبعلا لازي لَا
The Daily Prayer 335
Acts of Worship
To pray when the pre-dawn light has spread brings the greatest reward.
The Daily Prayer رجلَأل مظعأ هنإف رجفلاب اورون
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Acts of Worship
All that separates a man from unbelief is neglect of the ritual prayer.
ةلَاصلا كرت رفكلا يْنبو دبعلا يْنب
The Daily Prayer
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Acts of Worship
Acts of Worship
To pray beautifully when people are present and to pray defectively in private is to scorn the lord with your prayer. The Daily Prayer
يْنح اهءاسأ مث سانلا هاري يْنح هتلَاص نسحأ نم هبر اهب ناهتسا ةناهتسا كلتف ولخي
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Acts of Worship
The ritual-prayer gains you nothing from God but greater distance if it does not restrain you from indecency and misdeeds.
ركنلْماو ءاشحفلا نع هتلَاص ههنت مل نم ادعب لَاإ الله نم اهب ددزي مل
The Daily Prayer 339
Failure to pay the alms-levy on one’s wealth guarantees its destruction.
هتكلهأ لَاإ لَاام ةقدصلا تطلاخ ام
The Alms-Levy
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Acts of Worship
Acts of Worship
Fortify your wealth by paying the alms-levy.
ةاكزلاب مكلاومأ اونصح
The Alms-Levy 341
Acts of Worship
Fasting is one half of forbearance. There is levy on all things — the body’s is fasting.
ىلعو ربصلا فصن مايصلا مايصلا دسلْجا ةاكزو ةاكز ءيش لك
Fasting 342
The supplication of a fasting person is never rebuffed.
هتوعد درت لَا مئاصلا
Fasting
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Acts of Worship
Acts of Worship
Hajj is the jihad of the frail.
Hajj
فيعض لك داهج جلْحا
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Acts of Worship
The Friday prayer is the hajj of the indigent.
يْنكاسلْما جح ةعملْجا
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Hajj
A true word to a ruthless ruler is the greatest form of jihad.
رئاج ريمأ دنع قح ةملك داهلْجا لضفأ
Jihad 346
Acts of Worship
Acts of Worship
لعبتلا نسح ةأرلْما داهج
Jihad
Being a good wife is a woman’s jihad
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Acts of Worship
Making an honest living is a form of jihad.
داهج للَالْحا بلط
Jihad
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The Prophet Muhammad
God’s blessings upon him and his descendants
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The Prophet Muhammad
I was sent with profound words.
The Prophet Describes Himself
ملكلا عماوجب تثعب
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The Prophet Muhammad
I am aided by awe.
The Prophet Describes Himself
بعرلاب ترصن
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The Prophet Muhammad
I am in this world like a traveler who takes a nap in the shade of a tree on a hot day, then continues on his way.
The Prophet Describes Himself
بكارك لَاإ ايندلا لثمو يلثم ام اهكرتو حار مث راح موي يف ةرجش لظ يف لاق
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The Prophet Muhammad
The best guidance is given by prophets.
The Prophet Describes Himself
ءايبنلِأا ىده ىدهلا نسحأ
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The Prophet Muhammad
I will intercede for my community’s gravest sinners.
The Prophet Describes Himself
يتمأ نم رئابكلا لهلِأ يتعافش
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The Prophet Muhammad
My kin are like Noah’s Ark — those who climb aboard are saved, those who waver are drowned.
The Prophet’s Family and Companions
حون ةنيفس لثم يتيب لهأ لثم قرغ اهنع فلخت نمو ى ََ نَج اهيف بكر نم
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The Prophet Muhammad
My companions are like stars — those who follow them will be guided.
The Prophet’s Family and Companions
ىدتقا نم موجنلا لثم يباحصأ لثم ىدتها اهنم ءيشب
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Practical Insights
There is no support more robust than consultation.
Consultation ةرواشلْما نم قثوأ ةرهاظم لَا
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Practical Insights
No believer has ever suffered for soliciting an opinion, nor met with success by relying on his own.
يأرب ءانغتساب دعس لَاو ةروشبِم طق دبع يقش ام
Consultation
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Practical Insights
Half of living well is planning well.
شيعلا فصن ريبدتلا
Planning 365
Practical Insights
There is no intelligence better than planning.
ريبدتلاك لقع لَا
Planning
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Practical Insights
There is no worry worse than debt.
نيدلا مه لَاإ مه لَا
Debt
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Practical Insights
Avoid debt, even a used toothbrush.
Debt كاوسلا صوشب ولو سانلا نع اونغتسا
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Practical Insights
Beware of debt—it distresses at night and humiliates by day.
راهنلاب ةلذمو ليللاب مه هنإف نيدلاو مكايإ
Debt
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Practical Insights
On a day when the only shade is his, God will shelter beneath his throne those who grant a delay or write off the debt of a person in penury.
لظ تتُح الله هلظأ هل عضو وأ ارسعم رظنأ نم هلظ لَاإ لظ لَا موي هشرع
Debt
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Practical Insights
Lessen your burden of debt and you will live free. Lessen your burden of sin and you will be less terrified of death.
نم لقأو ارح شعت نيدلا نم لقأ تولْما كيلع نهي بونذلا
Debt 371
Practical Insights
No one becomes prudent without stumbling, no one becomes wise without experience.
ةبرتَج وذ لَاإ ميكح لَاو ةرثع وذ لَاإ ميلح لَا
Experience
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Practical Insights
Be mild, not harsh.
Inspire calm, not panic.
Calm and Panic
اورفنت لَاو اونكسو اورسعت لَاو اورسي
373
Practical Insights
Those who deliberate may hit the mark, those who rush may miss the mark.
Haste داك وأ أطخأ لجع نمو داك وأ باصأ ىنأت نم
374
Practical Insights
Pause from time to time.
ةعاسب ةعاس بولقلا اوحور
Haste
375
God never sends an illness without sending its cure.
ءافش هل لزنأ لَاإ ءاد نم الله لزنأ ام
Illness and Cure
376
Practical Insights
Practical Insights
Heal the sick by giving charity.
ةقدصلاب مكاضرم اوواد
Illness and Cure 377
Practical Insights
God has made joy and happiness contingent on conviction and acceptance, and grief and sorrow the result of doubt and rejection.
يْنقيلا يف جرفلاو حورلا لعج هلدعو هطسقب الله نإ طخسلاو كشلا يف نزلْحاو مهلا لعجو ىضرلاو
Joy
378
Practical Insights
Men change heart more quickly than a pot comes to a boil.
نم ابلقت عرسأ مدآ نبا بلقل ايلغ تعمجتسا اذإ ردقلا
Men
379
Practical Insights
To be appointed judge is to be slaughtered without a knife.
يْنكس ريغب حبذ دقف ايضاق لعج نم
A Judge
380
Practical Insights
An honest living is an obligation second only to worship.
ةضيرفلا دعب ةضيرف للَالْحا بسك
An Honest Livelihood 381
Practical Insights
Beware an edifice built on unlawful gains — they are the foundation of its destruction.
بارلْخا ساسأ هنإف ناينبلا يف مارلْحا اوقتا
An Honest Livelihood
382
Practical Insights
How excellent the honest wealth of an honest man!
حلاصلا لجرلل حلاصلا لالْماب امعن
An Honest Livelihood 383
Most people take two blessings for granted — health and leisure.
غارفلاو ةحصلا سانلا نم ريثك امهيف نوبغم ناتمعن
Taken for Granted
384
Practical Insights
Practical Insights
Strengthen your affair by concealing them.
How to Attain Success
نامتكلاب مكرومأ ىلع اونيعتسا
385
اهل نامتكلاب جئاولْحا حانَجإ ىلع اونيعتسا Strengthen your chances of realizing your dreams by concealing them.
386
How to Attain Success
Practical Insights
Practical Insights
Those who fear are cautious, and those who are cautious attain their goal.
How to Attain Success
لزنلْما غلب جلدأ نمو جلدأ فاخ نم
387
Practical Insights
Good discourse is better than silence, but silence is better than evil discourse.
توكسلاو توكسلا نم ريخ ريلْخا ءلَامإ رشلا ءلَامإ نم ريخ
Speech versus Silence
388
Practical Insights
May God shower mercy on the servant who speaks and succeeds, or who stays silent and safe.
ملسف تكس وأ منغف لاق ادبع الله محر
Speech versus Silence 389
هناسل ةحاصف لجرلا لامج Eloquent speech makes a man beautiful. Speech versus Silence
390
Practical Insights
ابح اودادزت اوداهت
gifts increases affection. Gifts
391
Giving
Practical Insights
Practical Insights
Taking back your gifts is like dogs licking their vomit.
Gifts هئيق يف دوعي بلكلاك هتبه يف دئاعلا
392
Practical Insights
What an excellent gift is sound advice!
ةمكلْحا ملَاك نم ةملكلا ةيدهلا معن
Gifts 393
Practical Insights
Take advantage of any opportunity to do good, for you do not know when that door will close.
هنإف هزهتنيلف ريخ باب هل حتف نم هنع قلغي ىتم يردي لَا
Opportunities
394
Practical Insights
People are like the teeth of a comb.
People
طشلْما نانسأك سانلا
395
Practical Insights
People are like a herd of a hundred camels—it is hard to single one out. People
ةدحاو ةلحار اهيف دتَج لَا ةئام لبإك سانلا
396
Practical Insights
Traders can expect sustenance, hoarders can expect damnation.
ةنعللا رظتني ركتلْمُحاو قزرلا رظتني رجاتلا
and Hoarders
Traders
397
Travel اومنغتو اوحصت اورفاس Travel and find health and wealth. Practical Insights 398
Practical Insights
Worldly goods do not constitute wealth — true wealth is the wealth of the soul.
سفنلا ىنغ ىنغلا انَّمإ ضرعلا ةرثك نع ىنغلا سيل
Wealth 399
Practical Insights
Old men resemble the young in their love of two things: long life and great wealth.
يف يْننثا بح يف باش خيشلا لالْما ةرثكو ةايلْحا لوط بح
Wealth
400
Share
Practical Insights
يْننمؤلْما مكفورعم اولوأ
your wealth with believers.
Wealth 401
لالْما اذه ايندلا لهأ باسحأ نإ In the eyes of the worldly, nobility comes from wealth. Wealth
402
Practical Insights
ةعدخ برلْحا Warfare entails cunning. Warfare
403
Practical Insights
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Everyday Living
408
Late Risers قزرلا عنتَم ةحبصلا Late risers earn no pay. Everyday
409
Living Wisdom of the Prophet Muhammad
ةكرب روحسلا يف نإف اورحست Eat before dawn — the pre-dawn meal brings blessings. Breakfast Everyday Living 410
Everyday Living
The truly excellent in my community are those who brush their teeth after meals.
Brush Your Teeth
يتمأ نم نولـــــلختـــلْما اذبح
411
ضايبلا مكبايث ريخ نم نإ White garments are best. Clothes Everyday Living 412
Faith includes wearing old clothes.
نايْملْإا نم ةذاذبلا
Clothes
413
Everyday Living
Practical Insights
Four is the best number for traveling, four hundred the best for a scouting party, and four thousand the best for an army.
Four ةئام عبرأ عئلَاطلا ريخو ةعبرأ ءاقفرلا ريخ فلَاآ ةعبرأ شويلْجا ريخو
414
Practical Insights
Chestnut horses bring good luck.
Horses
اهرقش يف ليلْخا نيْم
415
كسلْما بيطلا بيطأ Musk is the most fragrant perfume. Musk Everyday Living 416
Everything has an honorable aspect—in sitting, it is to face Mecca.
سلاجلْما فرشأ نإو افرش ءيش لكل نإ ةلبقلا هب لبقتسا ام
Everyday Living Sitting 417
حللْما مكمادإ ديس Salt is your principal condiment. Salt and Vinegar Everyday Living 418
How
للْخا مادلْإا معن
excellent a condiment is vinegar! Salt and Vinegar Everyday Living 419
Practical Insights
Washing your hands before eating dispels poverty; washing them after dispels dementia and keeps your eyes sharp.
Your Hands يفني هدعبو رقفلا يفني ماعطلا لبق ءوضولا رصبلا حصيو ممللا
Wash
420
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