Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Vain desire is the bane of the intellects
الْهَوَى آفَةُ الْأَلْبَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Vain desire is the bane of the intellects
الْهَوَى آفَةُ الْأَلْبَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Vain desire is the partner of blindness
الْهَوَى شَرِيكُ الْعَمَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Vain desire is a hidden ailment
الْهَوَى دَاءٌ دَفِينٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Vain desire is the opposite of reason
الْهَوَى ضِدُّ الْعَقْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The bane of the intellect is vain desire
آفَةُ الْعَقْلِ الْهَوَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The cause of corruption of the intellect is vain desire
سَبَبُ فَسَادِ الْعَقْلِ الْهَوَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Yielding to vain desire corrupts the intellect
طَاعَةُ الْهَوَى تُفْسِدُ الْعَقْلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being overcome by vain desire corrupts [one’s] faith and reason
غَلَبَةُ الْهَوَى تُفْسِدُ الدِّينَ وَالْعَقْلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Combat your vain desire with your intellect and you will acquire right guidance
قَاتِلْ هَوَاكَ بِعَقْلِكَ تَمْلِكْ رُشْدَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Many a mind has been made subservient by a commanding desire
كَمْ مِنْ عَقْلٍ أَسِيرٍ عِنْدَ هَوًى أَمِيرٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nothing opposes reason like vain desire
مَا ضَادَّ [للعقل] الْعَقْلَ كَالْهَوَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Opposing vain desire is a cure for the intellect
مُخَالَفَةُ الْهَوَى شِفَاءُ الْعَقْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
With vain desire there is no [reason and] intellect
لَا عَقْلَ مَعَ هَوًى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Intellect and vain desire do not go together
لَا يَجْتَمِعُ الْعَقْلُ وَالْهَوَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The smallest vain desire can corrupt the intellect
يَسِيرُ الْهَوَى يُفْسِدُ الْعَقْلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Bind your haste with your deliberateness, your domination with your friendliness and your evil [traits] with your good [ones]Help the intellect overcome vain desires and you will possess understanding
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Love of this world corrupts the intellect, preoccupies the heart from listening to [words of] wisdom and leads to a painful chastisement [in the Hereafter]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is negligent becomes ignorant
مَنْ غَفَلَ جَهِلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who thinks ill [of others], his innermost thoughts become evil
مَنْ سَاءَ [أساء] ظَنُّهُ سَاءَتْ طَوِيَّتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
It behoves the intelligent one to protect himself from the intoxication of wealth, the intoxication of power, the intoxication of knowledge, the intoxication of praise and the intoxication of youth, for each of these have foul odours that take away intelligence and reduces dignity