Apologizing necessitates pardoning

الْإِعْذَارُ يُوجِبُ الِاعْتِذَارَ

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

Forgiveness is the evidence of intelligence

الْمَعْذِرَةُ بُرْهَانُ الْعَقْلِ

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

Seeking pardon (or taking lesson) is a sincere warner

الِاعْتِذَارُ مُنْذِرٌ نَاصِحٌ

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

Being needless of offering an excuse is more honourable than truthfulness [in your excuse]

الِاسْتِغْنَاءُ عَنِ الْعُذْرِ أَعَزُّ مِنَ الصِّدْقِ

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

The person most deserving of having his request granted is one who seeks forgiveness

أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِالْإِسْعَافِ طَالِبُ الْعَفْوِ

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

The interceder of a criminal is his humility in seeking pardon

شَافِعُ الْمُجْرِمِ خُضُوعُهُ بِالْمَعْذِرَةِ

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

One who apologizes has sought pardon

مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ فَقَدِ اسْتَقَالَ

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

How good an intercessor seeking pardon is!

نِعْمَ الشَّفِيعُ الِاعْتِذَارُ

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

There is no intercessor more successful than apology

لَا شَافِعَ أَنْجَحُ مِنَ الِاعْتِذَارِ

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

Accept the excuses of people and you will enjoy their brotherhood; meet them with cheerfulness and you will cause their malice [and grudges against you] to die away

اقْبَلْ أَعْذَارَ النَّاسِ تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِإِخَائِهِمْ وَالْقَهُمْ بِالْبِشْرِ تُمِتْ أَضْغَانَهُمْ

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

Accepting the excuse of a wrongdoer is from the acts that bring honour and the [is] the most excellent of traits

قَبُولُ عُذْرِ الْمُجْرِمِ مِنْ مَوَاجِبِ الْكَرَمِ وَمَحَاسِنِ الشِّيَمِ

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

Be slow in getting angry, quick in calming down and ready to accept excuses

كُنْ بَطِي‏ءَ الْغَضَبِ سَرِيعَ الْفَيْ‏ءِ مُحِبّاً لِقَبُولِ الْعُذْرِ

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

The worst misdeed is refusing to accept an excuse [that is valid]

أَعْظَمُ الْوِزْرِ مَنْعُ قَبُولِ الْعُذْرِ

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

The worst person is one who neither accepts excuses nor pardons offences

شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ لَا يَقْبَلُ الْعُذْرَ وَلَا يُقِيلُ الذَّنْبَ

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

Repeating the apology is a reminder of the sin

إِعَادَةُ الِاعْتِذَارِ تَذْكِيرٌ بِالذَّنْبِ

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

Repeating the apology is a reminder of the [past] sins

إِعَادَةُ الِاعْتِذَارِ تَذْكِيرٌ بِالذُّنُوبِ

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

Too much apology magnifies the sins

كَثْرَةُ الِاعْتِذَارِ تُعَظِّمُ الذُّنُوبَ

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

One who seeks pardon without having sinned has imposed the sin upon his soul

مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ فَقَدْ أَوْجَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الذَّنْبَ

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

Do not offer an excuse to the one who would like to find you without an excuse

لَا تَعْتَذِرْ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ لَا يَجِدَ لَكَ عُذْراً

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

Pardon bears more fruit with admission [of one’s guilt] than it does with giving excuses

يُسْتَثْمَرُ الْعَفْوُ بِالْإِقْرَارِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا يُسْتَثْمَرُ بِالاعْتِذَارِ

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