The greedy one is [always] weary
الْحَرِيصُ [الحرص] تَعِبٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is the riding mount of hardship
الْحِرْصُ مَطِيَّةُ التَّعَبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The greedy person toils for that which will harm him
الْحَرِيصُ مَتْعُوبٌ فِيمَا يَضُرُّهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is [a trait that leads to] disgrace and suffering
الْحِرْصُ ذُلٌّ وَعَنَاءٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is [a trait that results in] endless suffering
الْحِرْصُ عَنَاءٌ مُؤَبَّدٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily in greed there is suffering
إِنَّ فِي الْحِرْصِ لَعَنَاءً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
It is through greed that hardship comes about
بِالْحِرْصِ يَكُونُ الْعَنَاءُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fruit of greed is hardship
ثَمَرَةُ الْحِرْصِ الْعَنَاءُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fruit of greed is anguish
ثَمَرَةُ الْحِرْصِ النَّصَبُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In greed there is hardship
فِي الْحِرْصِ الْعَنَاءُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In greed there is misery and anguish
فِي الْحِرْصِ الشَّقَاءُ وَالنَّصَبُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed has been paired up with hardship
قُرِنَ الْحِرْصُ بِالْعَنَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every voracious one is tormented
كُلُّ شَرِهٍ مُعَنًّى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is greedy becomes wretched and undergoes hardship
مَنْ حَرَصَ شَقَى وَتَعَنَّى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How much agony is brought about by greed!
مَا أَجْلَبَ الْحِرْصَ لِلنَّصَبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A greedy person is never found relaxing
لَا يُلْقَى الْحَرِيصُ مُسْتَرِيحاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Not everyone who seeks, finds and not everyone who turns away, loses
لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ طَلَبَ وَجَدَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not risk anything with the hope of getting more than it
لَا تُخَاطِرْ [لَا تخارن] بِشَيْءٍ رَجَاءَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Many a greedy person has been killed by his greed
رُبَّ حَرِيصٍ قَتَلَهُ حِرْصُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed [is a mount that] kills its rider
قَتَلَ الْحِرْصُ رَاكِبَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is greedy for this world is destroyed
مَنْ حَرَصَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا هَلَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst companion is greed
بِئْسَ الرَّفِيقُ الْحِرْصُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed has blameworthy consequences
الْحِرْصُ ذَمِيمُ الْمَغَبَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is a symbol of the wretched
الْحِرْصُ عَلَامَةُ الْأَشْقِيَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed humiliates and causes misery
الْحِرْصُ يُذِلُّ وَيُشْقِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed and gluttony earn wretchedness and humiliation
الْحِرْصُ وَالشَّرَهُ يَكْسِبَانِ الشَّقَاءَ وَالذِّلَّةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The greedy one is a prisoner of disgrace, never to be freed from his prison
الْحَرِيصُ أَسِيرُ مَهَانَةٍ لَا يُفَكُّ أَسْرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is a disgrace and a humiliation for the one who espouses it
الْحِرْصُ ذُلٌّ وَمَهَانَةٌ لِمَنْ يَسْتَشْعِرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is one of the two miseries
الْحِرْصُ أَحَدُ الشَّقَاءَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed does not increase sustenance, rather it debases one’s status
الْحِرْصُ لَا يَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَلَكِنْ يُذِلُّ الْقَدْرَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be cautious of greed, for its possessor is subject to humiliation and suffering
اتَّقُوا الْحِرْصَ فَإِنَّ صَاحِبَهُ [مُصَاحِبَهُ] رَهِينُ ذُلٍّ وَعَنَاءٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be wary of greed, for it is a disgrace to the religion and the worst companion
إِيَّاكَ وَالْحِرْصَ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْنُ الدِّينِ وَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most humiliated of all people is the greedy, suspicious, coveter
أَعْظَمُ النَّاسِ ذُلًّا الطَّامِعُ الْحَرِيصُ الْمُرِيبُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily you will acquire your share your sustenance is guaranteed and that which has been decreed for you will be fulfilled, so spare yourself the trouble of the wretchedness of greed and the humiliation of seeking [from others]; trust in Allah and take it easy in your earning
إِنَّكَ مُدْرِكٌ قِسْمَكَ وَمَضْمُونٌ رِزْقُكَ مُسْتَوْفٍ مَا كُتِبَ لَكَ فَأَرِحْ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ شَقَاءِ الْحِرْصِ وَمَذَلَّةِ الطَّلَبِ وَثِقْ بِاللَّهِ وَخَفِّضْ فِي الْمُكْتَسَبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The slave of greed is eternally wretched
عَبْدُ الْحِرْصِ مُخَلَّدُ الشَّقَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose greed increases, his status is lowered
مَنْ كَثُرَ حِرْصُهُ ذَلَّ قَدْرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is overcome by greed faces great humiliation
مَنْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْحِرْصُ عَظُمَتْ ذِلَّتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose greed increases, his wretchedness [also] increases
مَنْ كَثُرَ حِرْصُهُ كَثُرَ شَقَاؤُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nothing debases the self like greed
مَا أَذَلَّ النَّفْسَ كَالْحِرْصِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who acts greedily is wretched and dispraised
مُسْتَعْمِلُ الْحِرْصِ شَقِيٌّ مَذْمُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not surrender yourself to the deception of covetousness and do not respond to the call of greed, for indeed these two [traits] reap wretchedness and disgrace
لَا تُمَلِّكْ نَفْسَكَ بِغُرُورِ الطَّمَعِ وَلَا تُجِبْ دَوَاعِيَ الشَّرَهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is a sign of penury
الْحِرْصُ عَلَامَةُ الْفَقْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed diminishes the status of a man and does not increase his sustenance
الْحِرْصُ يَنْقُصُ قَدْرَ الرَّجُلِ وَلَا يَزِيدُ فِي رِزْقِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed is the cornerstone of poverty and the foundation of evil
الْحِرْصُ رَأْسُ الْفَقْرِ وَأُسُّ الشَّرِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who is greedy is poor, even if he owns the whole world in its entirety
الْحَرِيصُ فَقِيرٌ وَلَوْ مَلَكَ الدُّنْيَا بِحَذَافِيرِهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The richest of the rich is one who is not a prisoner to greed
أَغْنَى الْأَغْنِيَاءِ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْحِرْصِ أَسِيراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every greedy person is needy
كُلُّ حَرِيصٍ فَقِيرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no adequacy for a greedy person
لَيْسَ لِحَرِيصٍ غَنَاءٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who clothes himself with greed becomes poverty-stricken
مَنِ ادَّرَعَ الْحِرْصَ افْتَقَرَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The greedy one is never satisfied
الْحَرِيصُ لَا يَكْتَفِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The greedy person is a slave to [his] desires
الْحَرِيصُ عَبْدُ الْمَطَامِعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed corrupts conviction
الْحِرْصُ يُفْسِدُ الْإِيقَانَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed degrades magnanimity
الْحِرْصُ يُزْرِي بِالْمُرُوَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed leads to many flaws (or great sins)
الْحِرْصُ مُوقِعٌ فِي كَثِيرِ الْعُيُوبِ [كَبِيرِ الذُّنُوبِ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be moderate in what you seek, for how many greedy people have been disappointed and how many who are moderate have not been unsuccessful!
أَجْمِلُوا فِي الطَّلَبِ فَكَمْ مِنْ حَرِيصٍ خَائِبٌ وَمُجْمِلٍ لَمْ يَخِبْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Many a greedy person has been frustrated and many a contented person has not been disappointed!
كَمْ مِنْ حَرِيصٍ خَائِبٌ وَمُجْمِلٍ لَمْ يَخِبْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Yielding to greed corrupts certitude
طَاعَةُ الْحِرْصِ تُفْسِدُ الْيَقِينَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who acts greedily is not bereft of indignity
مَنْ كَانَ حَرِيصاً لَمْ يَعْدَمِ الْإِهَانَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose greed increases, his certitude decreases
مَنْ كَثُرَ حِرْصُهُ قَلَّ يَقِينُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A greedy person has no shame
لَا حَيَاءَ لِحَرِيصٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no magnanimity with avarice
لَا مُرُوَّةَ مَعَ شُحٍّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no [good] health with gluttony
لَا صِحَّةَ مَعَ نَهَمٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Good health and gluttony do not go together
لَا تَجْتَمِعُ الصِّحَّةُ وَالنَّهَمُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A little greed leads to a lot of cupidity
يَسِيرُ الْحِرْصِ يَحْمِلُ عَلَى كَثِيرِ الطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Shunning greed severs gluttony and cupidity
رَدُّ الْحِرْصِ يُحْسِمُ الشَّرَهَ وَالْمَطَامِعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The weapon of avarice is voraciousness
سِلَاحُ الْحِرْصِ الشَّرَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Intense greed comes from strong gluttony and weakness of faith
شِدَّةُ الْحِرْصِ مِنْ قُوَّةِ الشَّرَهِ وَضَعْفِ الدِّينِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness invites [one] towards evil
الشَّرَهُ دَاعِيَةُ الشَّرِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness is the beginning of avarice
الشَّرَهُ أَوَّلُ الطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness is the trait of the filthy
الشَّرَهُ سَجِيَّةُ الْأَرْجَاسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness is an accumulator of the worst faults
الشَّرَهُ جَامِعٌ لِمَسَاوِي الْعُيُوبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness is the foundation of every evil
الشَّرَهُ أُسُّ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness is from bad morals
الشَّرَهُ مِنْ مَسَاوِي الْأَخْلَاقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Beware of voraciousness, for verily it is a destructive quality
احْذَرُوا الشَّرَهَ فَإِنَّهُ خُلُقٌ مُرْدِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Beware of voraciousness, for how many a food has prevented numerous other foods [from being consumed]!
احْذَرِ الشَّرَهَ فَكَمْ [مِنْ] أَكْلَةٍ مَنَعَتْ أَكَلَاتٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Refrain from voraciousness, for verily it is the root of every vileness and the foundation of every depravity
إِيَّاكَ وَالشَّرَهَ فَإِنَّهُ رَأْسُ كُلِّ دَنِيَّةٍ وَأُسُّ كُلِّ رَذِيلَةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Through voraciousness morals are tainted
بِالشَّرَهِ تُشَانُ الْأَخْلَاقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
What a bad character trait voraciousness is!
بِئْسَ الطَّبْعُ [الطَّمَعُ] الشَّرَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The cornerstone of [all] flaws is voraciousness.
رَأْسُ الْمَعَايِبِ الشَّرَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness is enough of a destruction
كَفَى بِالشَّرَهِ هُلْكاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
For everything there is a seed, and the seed of evil is voraciousness
لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَذْرٌ وَبَذْرُ الشَّرِّ الشَّرَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Everything other than voraciousness is chastity
مَا دُونَ الشَّرَهِ عَفَافٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The evil of a man is evinced by his increased greed and his intense avarice
يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَى شَرِّ الرَّجُلِ بِكَثْرَةِ شَرَهِهِ وَشِدَّةِ طَمَعِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness is [a cause of] ignominy
الشَّرَهُ مَذَلَّةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness increases anger
الشَّرَهُ يُكْثِرُ [يُثِيرُ] الْغَضَبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The glutton is never satisfied
الشَّرِهُ لَا يَرْضَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Voraciousness tarnishes the soul, corrupts the religion and debases chivalry
الشَّرَهُ يَشِينُ النَّفْسَ وَيُفْسِدُ الدِّينَ وَيُزْرِي بِالْفُتُوَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You must refrain from voraciousness, for indeed it corrupts piety and causes one to enter the fire of hell
إِيَّاكَ وَالشَّرَهَ فَإِنَّهُ يُفْسِدُ الْوَرَعَ وَيُدْخِلُ النَّارَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Beware of the vileness of voraciousness and greed, for verily it is the root of all evil, the plantation of disgrace, the debaser of the soul and the exhauster of the body
إِيَّاكُمْ وَدَنَاءَةَ الشَّرَهِ وَالطَّمَعِ فَإِنَّهُ رَأْسُ كُلِّ شَرٍّ وَمَزْرَعَةُ الذُّلِّ وَمُهِينُ النَّفْسِ وَمُتْعِبُ الْجَسَدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The root of avarice is covetousness and its fruit is reproach
أَصْلُ الشَّرَهِ الطَّمَعُ وَثَمَرَتُهُ الْمَلَامَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fruit of voraciousness is rushing towards faults [and vices]
ثَمَرَةُ الشَّرَهِ التَّهَجُّمُ عَلَى الْعُيُوبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The voracious one will never be seen happy
لَنْ يُلْقَى الشَّرِهُ رَاضِياً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no chastity with voraciousness
لَيْسَ مَعَ الشَّرَهِ عَفَافٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose soul is voracious becomes disgraced despite his affluence
مَنْ شَرِهَتْ نَفْسُهُ ذَلَّ مُوسِراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no contentment with avarice
لَا قَنَاعَةَ مَعَ شَرَهٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is harmful
الطَّمَعُ مُضِرٌّ [ضُرٌّ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is the beginning of evil
الطَّمَعُ أَوَّلُ الشَّرِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Freedom from the captivity of covetousness is [gained] by acquiring loss of hope [in people]
الْخَلَاصُ مِنْ أَسْرِ الطَّمَعِ بِاكْتِسَابِ الْيَأْسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness makes one enter [into difficulties and humiliation] but does not make him return from it; and it gives a guarantee but does not fulfil it
الطَّمَعُ مُورِدٌ غَيْرُ مُصْدِرٍ وَضَامِنٌ غَيْرُ مُوفٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most destructive thing is covetousness
أَهْلَكُ شَيْءٍ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The ugliest of traits is covetousness
أَقْبَحُ الشِّيَمِ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst thing is covetousness
أَسْوَأُ شَيْءٍ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The tribulation of a man is in his submission to avarice and [false] and hope
بَلَاءُ الرَّجُلِ فِي طَاعَةِ الطَّمَعِ وَالْأَمَلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The attractiveness of evil is avarice
جَمَالُ الشَّرِّ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best matters are those which are free from cupidity
خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ مَا عَرِيَ عَنِ الطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Abandon covetousness and greediness and cling to chastity and piety
ذَرِ الطَّمَعَ وَالشَّرَهَ وَعَلَيْكَ بِلُزُومِ الْعِفَّةِ وَالْوَرَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Sometimes there is a false ambition for an unseen (or lost) hope
رُبَّ طَمَعٍ كَاذِبٍ لِأَمَلٍ غَائِبٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
When covetousness and false hopes deceive, the minds of the ignorant are beguiled and the intellects of people are tested
عِنْدَ غُرُورِ الْأَطْمَاعِ وَالْآمَالِ تَنْخَدِعُ عُقُولُ الْجُهَّالِ وَتُخْتَبَرُ أَلْبَابُ الرِّجَالِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The deception of Satan allures and entices
غُرُورُ الشَّيْطَانِ يُسَوِّلُ وَيُطْمِعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who instils covetousness in his soul has deceived it
غَشَّ نَفْسَهُ مَنْ شَرَّبَهَا الطَّمَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Loss of hope may [indeed] be an achievement [in times] when covetousness is destructive
قَدْ يَكُونُ الْيَأْسُ إِدْرَاكاً إِذَا كَانَ الطَّمَعُ هَلَاكاً [إِهْلَاكاً]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever takes covetousness as his attire, it makes him swallow failure repeatedly
مَنِ اتَّخَذَ الطَّمَعَ شِعَاراً جَرَّعَتْهُ الْخَيْبَةُ مِرَاراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who entertains the hope of [fulfilment of] false cupidity, the grant [which he receives] belies him
مَنْ حَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ بِكَاذِبِ الطَّمَعِ كَذَّبَتْهُ الْعَطِيَّةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The foundation of evil is avarice
مِلَاكُ الشَّرِّ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How good an aide of hope ambition is!
نِعْمَ عَوْنُ الْأَمَلِ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The trouble for religion is covetousness and its rectitude is [in] piety
نَكَدُ الدِّينِ الطَّمَعُ وَصَلَاحُهُ الْوَرَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
We seek Allah’s protection from lowly coveted things and the ambitions that are disliked [by Him]
نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْمَطَامِعِ الدَّنِيَّةِ وَالْهِمَمِ الْغَيْرِ الْمَرْضِيَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not covet that which you do not deserve
لَا تَطْمَعْ فِيمَا لَا تَسْتَحِقُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How bad a companion of religion covetousness is!
بِئْسَ قَرِينُ الدِّينِ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not risk anything with the hope of getting more than it
لَا تُخَاطِرْ [لَا تُخَاطِرَنَ] بِشَيْءٍ رَجَاءَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The cause of corruption of piety is covetousness
سَبَبُ فَسَادِ الْوَرَعِ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A little cupidity corrupts a lot of piety
قَلِيلُ الطَّمَعِ يُفْسِدُ كَثِيرَ الْوَرَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How can one who is possessed by avarice possess piety?
كَيْفَ يَمْلِكُ الْوَرَعَ مَنْ يَمْلِكُهُ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Excessive covetousness is the symbol of lack of piety
كَثْرَةُ الطَّمَعِ عُنْوَانُ قِلَّةِ الْوَرَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who clings to covetousness is deprived of piety
مَنْ لَزِمَ الطَّمَعَ عَدِمَ الْوَرَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is not reformed by piety is corrupted by avarice
مَنْ لَمْ يُصْلِحْهُ الْوَرَعُ أَفْسَدَهُ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Piety and avarice do not go together
لَا يَجْتَمِعُ الْوَرَعُ وَالطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness humiliates
الطَّمَعُ مُذِلٌّ [مدل]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is a present humiliation
الطَّمَعُ مَذَلَّةٌ حَاضِرَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
With covetousness comes humiliation
الذُّلُّ مَعَ الطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Coveted objects humiliate men
الْمَطَامِعُ تُذِلُّ الرِّجَالَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The coveter is forever abased
الطَّامِعُ أَبَداً ذَلِيلٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The coveter is forever in the shackles of disgrace
الطَّامِعُ أَبَداً فِي وَثَاقِ الذُّلِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is one of the two abasements
الطَّمَعُ أَحَدُ الذُّلَّيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Abasement, disgrace and wretchedness are in covetousness and greed
الْمَذَلَّةُ وَالْمَهَانَةُ وَالشَّقَاءُ فِي الطَّمَعِ وَالْحِرْصِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who covers himself with covetousness has degraded himself
أَزْرَى بِنَفْسِهِ مَنِ اسْتَشْعَرَ الطَّمَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If you give in to covetousness, it will destroy you
إِنْ أَطَعْتَ الطَّمَعَ أَرْدَاكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Through avidities the necks of men are lowered [in humiliation]
بِالْأَطْمَاعِ تَذِلُّ رِقَابُ الرِّجَالِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fruit of covetousness is humiliation in this world and the Hereafter
ثَمَرَةُ الطَّمَعِ ذُلُّ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The abasement of men is in the things they covet and the passing away of lifetimes is in [following] the deceptions of [false] hopes
ذُلُّ الرِّجَالِ فِي الْمَطَامِعِ وَفَنَاءُ الْآجَالِ فِي غُرُورِ الْآمَالِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness has been paired with humiliation
قُرِنَ الطَّمَعُ بِالذُّلِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Too much greed makes its possessor miserable and abases him
كَثْرَةُ الْحِرْصِ تُشْقِي صَاحِبَهُ وَتُذِلُّ جَانِبَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is possessed by covetousness is humiliated
مَنْ مَلَكَهُ الطَّمَعُ ذَلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who does not purify his soul from the lowliness of the coveted has actually abased himself and shall be even more abased and disgraced in the Hereafter
مَنْ لَمْ يُنَزِّهْ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ دَنَاءَةِ الْمَطَامِعِ فَقَدْ أَذَلَّ نَفْسَهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَذَلُّ وَأَخْزَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who covets becomes abased and undergoes hardship
مَنْ طَمِعَ ذَلَّ وَتَعَنَّى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The piety that dignifies is better than the avarice that humiliates
وَرَعٌ يُعِزُّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ طَمَعٍ يُذِلُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The piety that saves is better than the avarice that ruins
وَرَعٌ يُنْجِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ طَمَعٍ يُرْدِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not surrender yourself to the deception of covetousness and do not respond to the call of greed, for indeed these two [traits] reap wretchedness and disgrace
لَا تُمَلِّكْ نَفْسَكَ بِغُرُورِ الطَّمَعِ وَلَا تُجِبْ دَوَاعِيَ الشَّرَهِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يُكْسِبَانِكَ الشَّقَاءَ وَالذُّلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is none more abased than a coveter
لَا أَذَلَّ مِنْ طَامِعٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no quality more abased than covetousness
لَا شِيمَةَ أَذَلُّ مِنَ الطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no humiliation greater than covetousness
لَا ذُلَّ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is bondage
الطَّمَعُ رِقٌّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is endless bondage
الطَّمَعُ رِقٌّ مُخَلَّدٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Embarking on avidities cuts off the necks of men
رُكُوبُ الْأَطْمَاعِ يَقْطَعُ رِقَابَ الرِّجَالِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The servant of the coveted is enslaved and never gains his freedom
عَبْدُ الْمَطَامِعِ مُسْتَرِقٌّ لَا يَجِدُ أَبَداً الْعِتْقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every coveter is a prisoner [of his desires]
كُلُّ طَامِعٍ أَسِيرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Never let covetousness enslave you and be averse [to the pleasures of this world]
لَا يَسْتَرِقَّنَّكَ الطَّمَعُ وَكُنْ عَزُوفاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not let covetousness enslave you while Allah has made you free
لَا يَسْتَرِقَّنَّكَ الطَّمَعُ وَقَدْ جَعَلَكَ اللَّهُ حُرّاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not be a slave to vain desires and coveted objects
لَا تَكُونُوا عَبِيدَ الْأَهْوَاءِ وَالْمَطَامِعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is an affliction
الطَّمَعُ مِحْنَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is indigence
الطَّمَعُ فَقْرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Covetousness is a besieging (or and evident) indigence
الطَّمَعُ فَقْرٌ حَاصِرٌ [ظَاهِرٌ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most indigent of people is the coveter
أَفْقَرُ النَّاسِ الطَّامِعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most harmful thing is covetousness
أَضَرُّ شَيْءٍ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The places where intellects become most deficient are under the flashes of greed
أَكْثَرُ مَصَارِعِ الْعُقُولِ تَحْتَ بُرُوقِ الْمَطَامِعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fruit of covetousness is wretchedness
ثَمَرَةُ الطَّمَعِ الشَّقَاءُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The cause of corruption of certitude is covetousness
سَبَبُ فَسَادِ الْيَقِينِ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose covetousness increases, his downfall becomes greater
مَنْ كَثُرَ طَمَعُهُ عَظُمَ مَصْرَعُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks more [than what has been apportioned for him], falls into loss
مَنْ طَلَبَ الزِّيَادَةَ وَقَعَ فِي النُّقْصَانِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not desire for everything that you hear, for this suffices as gullibility (or foolishness)
لَا تَطْمَعْ فِي كُلِّ مَا تَسْمَعُ فَكَفَى بِذَلِكَ غِرَّةً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Never let yourself covet that which is above your needs thereby letting it overcome you with the desire for more
لَا تُطْمِعَنَّ نَفْسَكَ فِيمَا فَوْقَ الْكَفَافِ فَيَغْلِبَكَ بِالزِّيَادَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not relate to the people all that you hear, for this suffices as silliness (or foolishness)
لَا تَطْمَعْ فِي كُلِّ مَا تَسْمَعُ فَكَفَى بِذَلِكَ حُمْقاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A little covetousness corrupts a lot of piety
يَسِيرُ الطَّمَعِ يُفْسِدُ كَثِيرَ الْوَرَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nothing corrupts religion like covetousness
لَا يُفْسِدُ الدِّينَ كَالطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Religion does not remain safe with avarice
لَا يَسْلَمُ الدِّينُ مَعَ الطَّمَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The corruption of religion is [caused by] covetousness
فَسَادُ الدِّينِ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How bad a companion of religion covetousness is!
بِئْسَ قَرِينُ الدِّينِ الطَّمَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech