For every matter there is an outcome, [be it] sweet or bitter
لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ عَاقِبَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ أَوْ مُرَّةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be careful of the outcomes and you will be saved from destruction
رَاقِبِ الْعَوَاقِبَ تَنْجُ مِنَ الْمَعَاطِبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who considers the outcomes remains safe from calamities
مَنْ نَظَرَ فِي الْعَوَاقِبِ سَلِمَ مِنَ النَّوَائِبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is careful of the outcomes is safe from peril [and destruction]
مَنْ رَاقَبَ الْعَوَاقِبَ أَمِنَ الْمَعَاطِبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who thinks about the consequences is saved from [places of] destruction
مَنْ فَكَّرَ فِي الْعَوَاقِبِ أَمِنَ الْمَعَاطِبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is careful of the outcomes remains safe from calamities
مَنْ رَاقَبَ الْعَوَاقِبَ سَلِمَ مِنَ النَّوَائِبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who expects [and considers] the outcomes remains safe
مَنِ انْتَظَرَ الْعَوَاقِبَ سَلِمَ [صَبَرَ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who considers the outcomes remains safe
مَنْ نَظَرَ فِي الْعَوَاقِبِ سَلِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no outcome sounder than the outcomes of peace
لَا عَاقِبَةَ أَسْلَمُ مِنْ عَوَاقِبِ السِّلْمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The gauge of [successful] matters is [in] their good endings
مِلَاكُ الْأُمُورِ حُسْنُ الْخَوَاتِمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The basis of [the success of] outcomes is that which results in the pleasure of Allah, the Glorified
مِلَاكُ الْخَوَاتِمِ مَا أَسْفَرَ عَنْ رِضَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The disliked act which has a praiseworthy result is better than the action which one loves [but] whose outcome is dispraised
مَكْرُوهٌ تُحْمَدُ عَاقِبَتُهُ [عَوَاقِبُهُ] خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَحْبُوبٍ تُذَمُّ مَغَبَّتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most judicious of people is the one whose inner and outer garments are patience and consideration of the consequences [of his actions]
أَحْزَمُ النَّاسِ مَنْ كَانَ الصَّبْرُ وَالنَّظَرُ فِي الْعَوَاقِبِ شِعَارَهُ وَدِثَارَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
When you endeavour to act upon a matter, then eschew the blameworthy outcomes in it
إِذَا هَمَمْتَ بِأَمْرٍ فَاجْتَنِبْ ذَمِيمَ الْعَوَاقِبِ فِيهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
At times happiness becomes roiled
رُبَّمَا تَنَغَّصَ السُّرُورُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In the outcomes [of matters] there is [either] a curer or a comforter
فِي الْعَوَاقِبِ شَافٍ أَوْ مُرِيحٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every matter has an outcome
لِكُلِّ أَمْرٍ مَآلٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The last sources of self-preservation are the first points of caution
أَوَاخِرُ مَصَادِرِ التَّوَقِّي أَوَائِلُ مَوَارِدِ الْحَذَرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech