Sincerity in action stems from strong faith and righteous intention
إِخْلَاصُ الْعَمَلِ مِنْ قُوَّةِ الْيَقِينِ وَصَلَاحِ النِّيَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The ugly act of an intelligent person is better than the beautiful act of an ignorant person
قَبِيحُ عَاقِلٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَسَنِ جَاهِلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Obedience is proportionate to [one’s] intellect
عَلَى قَدْرِ الْعَقْلِ تَكُونُ الطَّاعَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who acts with knowledge is like one who travels on the clear path
الْعَامِلُ بِالْعِلْمِ كَالسَّائِرِ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الْوَاضِحِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Action without knowledge is misguidance
الْعَمَلُ بِلَا عِلْمٍ [بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ] ضَلَالٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Action will never become pure until knowledge becomes sound
لَنْ يَصْفُوَ الْعَمَلُ حَتَّى يَصِحَّ الْعِلْمُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Action will never be pure unless it is accompanied by knowledge
لَنْ يَزْكُوَ الْعَمَلُ حَتَّى يُقَارِنَهُ الْعِلْمُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Action without knowledge is misguidance
لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْعَمَلِ بِلَا عِلْمٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no good in action except with knowledge
لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْعَمَلِ إِلَّا مَعَ الْعِلْمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The smallest amount of cognizance leads to corruption of one’s actions
يَسِيرُ الْمَعْرِفَةِ يُوجِبُ فَسَادَ الْعَمَلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Deliberate before acting and you will be saved from error
رَوِّ قَبْلَ الْعَمَلِ تَنْجُ مِنَ الزَّلَلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Measure and then cut, think and then speak, verify and then act
قَدِّرْ ثُمَّ اقْطَعْ وَفَكِّرْ ثُمَّ انْطِقْ وَتَبَيَّنْ ثُمَّ اعْمَلْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who thinks before acting, his accuracy increases
مَنْ فَكَّرَ قَبْلَ الْعَمَلِ كَثُرَ صَوَابُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Your thinking about worship prompts you to act upon it
فِكْرُكَ [ذِكْرُكَ] فِي الطَّاعَةِ يَدْعُوكَ إِلَى الْعَمَلِ بِهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Misguided opinion corrupts the goals
ضَلَّةُ الرَّأْيِ تُفْسِدُ الْمَقَاصِدَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The intelligent person is one who stops at what he knows
الْعَاقِلُ مَنْ وَقَفَ حَيْثُ عَرَفَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose heart does not have certitude, his actions do not submit to it
مَنْ لَمْ يُوقِنْ قَلْبُهُ لَمْ يُطِعْهُ عَمَلُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Tranquillity before [gaining] awareness [of the situation] is contrary to judiciousness
الطُّمَأْنِينَةُ قَبْلَ الْخِبْرَةِ خِلَافُ [ضِدُّ] الْحَزْمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Many a diligent person also loses [or causes loss]
رُبَّ دَائِبٍ مُضَيِّعٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
for that which will harm him
رُبَّ سَاعٍ فِيمَا يَضُرُّهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech