Debt is bondage, repayment is freedom

الدَّيْنُ رِقٌّ الْقَضَاءُ عِتْقٌ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Poverty with debt is [like] a red death

الْفَقْرُ مَعَ الدَّيْنِ الْمَوْتُ الْأَحْمَرُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Poverty with debt is the greatest wretchedness

الْفَقْرُ مَعَ [مِنَ‏] الدَّيْنِ الشَّقَاءُ الْأَكْبَرُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Debt is one of the two bondages

الدَّيْنُ أَحَدُ الرِّقَّيْنِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

In every evil act there is retribution

بِئْسَ الْقِلَادَةُ قِلَادَةُ الدَّيْنِ [الذَّنْبِ‏]

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Too much debt makes a truthful person a liar and an honest person dishonest

كَثْرَةُ الدَّيْنِ تُصَيِّرُ الصَّادِقَ كَاذِباً وَالْمُنْجِزَ مُخْلِفاً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

In [keeping] the usurped rights of the servants, there is amassing of sins

فِي مَظَالِمِ الْعِبَادِ احْتِقَابُ الْآثَامِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

That part of your wealth which is used to fulfil your obligations has not been lost

لَمْ يَضِعْ مِنْ مَالِكَ مَا قَضَى قَرْضَكَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech