إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَغْتَرَّ [تَغَيَّرَ] بِمَا تَرَى مِنْ إِخْلَادِ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَيْهَا وَتَكَالُبِهِمْ عَلَيْهَا فَقَدْ نَبَّأَكَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا وَتَكَشَّفَتْ [تَكْشِفُ‏] لَكَ عَنْ عُيُوبِهَا وَمَسَاوِيهَا

Do not be deceived by what you see the people of this world inclined towards and what they rush greedily after, for Allah has informed you about it and has exposed its faults and evils for you

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا عَرَضُ النَّوَائِبِ وَذُرِّيَّةُ الْمَصَائِبِ وَنَهَبُ الرَّزَايَا

The people of this world are the target of calamities, the dispersal of afflictions and the spoils of adversities

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا جِيفَةٌ وَالْمُتَوَاخُونَ [الْمُؤَاخُونَ‏] عَلَيْهَا أَشْبَاهُ الْكِلَابِ فَلَا تَمْنَعُهُمْ أُخُوَّتُهُمْ لَهَا مِنَ التَّهَارُشِ [التَّهَاوُشِ‏] عَلَيْهَا

This world is only a corpse and those who establish bonds of brotherhood for [acquiring] it are similar to dogs, such that their brotherhood does not prevent them from harming each other for it

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

إِنَّمَا أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا كِلَابٌ عَاوِيَةٌ وَسِبَاعٌ ضَارِيَةٌ يَهِرُّ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً وَيَأْكُلُ عَزِيزُهَا ذَلِيلَهَا وَيَقْهَرُ كَبِيرُهَا صَغِيرَهَا نَعَمٌ مُعَقَّلَةٌ وَأُخْرَى مُهْمَلَةٌ قَدْ أَضَلَّتْ عُقُولَهَا وَرَكِبَتْ مَجْهُولَهَا

The people [who seek] of this world are just like howling dogs or starving predators growling at each otherThe mighty among them eat the meek and the big among them crush the smallSome are like tied cattle and some are like untied cattle that have lost their wits and are running in every direction

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

حُكِمَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا بِالشَّقَاءِ وَالْفَنَاءِ وَالدَّمَارِ وَالْبَوَارِ

Wretchedness, annihilation, destruction and ruin have been decreed for the people of this world

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

حُكِمَ عَلَى مُكْثِرِي أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا بِالْفَاقَةِ وَأُعِينَ مَنْ غَنِيَ عَنْهَا بِالرَّاحَةِ

Neediness has been decreed for those from among the people of this world who seek to increase their wealth while those who get along without it have been assisted with comfort

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم

هَلْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَّا فَقِيراً يُكَابِدُ فَقْراً أَوْ غَنِيّا بَدَّلَ نِعَمَ اللَّهِ كُفْراً أَوْ بَخِيلًا اتَّخَذَ الْبُخْلَ بِحَقِّ اللَّهِ وَفْراً أَوْ مُتَمَرِّداً كَأَنَّ بِأُذُنَيْهِ عَنْ سَمَاعِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَقْراً

Do you see (or observe) anyone other than a poor man suffering poverty, or a rich man who shows ingratitude in return for the blessings that Allah has bestowed on him, or a miser who denies the right of Allah in order to increase his wealth, or an unruly person who closes his ears [as if he is deaf] to all [wise] counsel

المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم