Wastefulness is the symbol [and cause] of poverty
التَّبْذِيرُ عُنْوَانُ الْفَاقَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Wastefulness is a penniless companion
التَّبْذِيرُ قَرِينٌ مُفْلِسٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The judicious is one who eschews extravagance and loathes waste
الْحَازِمُ مَنْ تَجَنَّبَ التَّبْذِيرَ وَعَافَ السَّرَفَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You must abandon wastefulness and extravagance, and adopt the qualities of justice and equity
عَلَيْكَ بِتَرْكِ التَّبْذِيرِ وَالْإِسْرَافِ وَالتَّخَلُّقِ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِنْصَافِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Wastefulness is enough of an extravagance
كَفَى بِالتَّبْذِيرِ سَرَفاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be open-handed but do not be wasteful
كُنْ سَمِحاً وَلَا تَكُنْ مُبَذِّراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who takes pride in wastefulness will be humiliated by indigence
مَنِ افْتَخَرَ بِالتَّبْذِيرِ احْتَقَرَ بِالْإِفْلَاسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keeping away from wastefulness and good management [skills] are from [the fruits of] intelligence
مِنَ الْعَقْلِ مُجَانَبَةُ التَّبْذِيرِ وَحُسْنُ التَّدْبِيرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no ignorance like wastefulness
لَا جَهْلَ كَالتَّبْذِيرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech