The foundation of a sagacious person is his intellect, his magnanimity is his character and his religion is his distinction
الْكَيِّسُ أَصْلُهُ عَقْلُهُ وَمُرُوءَتُهُ خُلُقُهُ وَدِينُهُ حَسَبُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sagacious person is one whose today is better than his yesterday and [one who] keeps blame away from himself [by not doing anything blameworthy]
الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ كَانَ يَوْمُهُ خَيْراً مِنْ أَمْسِهِ وَعَقَلَ الذَّمَّ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sagacious person is one who enlivens his virtues and kills off his vices by subduing his lust and his vain desires
الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ أَحْيَا فَضَائِلَهُ وَأَمَاتَ رَذَائِلَهُ بِقَمْعِهِ شَهْوَتَهُ وَهَوَاهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Sagacity is [in] fearing Allah, the Glorified, eschewing the forbidden and improving one’s Hereafter [through good deeds]
الْكَيْسُ تَقْوَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَجَنُّبُ الْمَحَارِمِ وَإِصْلَاحُ الْمَعَادِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sagacious person is one who is inattentive towards others while expecting much from [and constantly judging] himself
الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ كَانَ غَافِلًا عَنْ غَيْرِهِ وَلِنَفْسِهِ كثيرا [كَثِيرَ التَّقَاضِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sagacious person is one who controls the reins of his lustful desires
الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ مَلَكَ عَنَانَ شَهْوَتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sagacious person is one who dons the garment of modesty and the armour of forbearance
الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ تَجَلْبَبَ الْحَيَاءَ وَادَّرَعَ الْحِلْمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most honourable of believers is the most sagacious of them
أَشْرَفُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ كَيْساً [كِيَاساً]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most sagacious person is one who rejects [the pleasures of] his worldly life
أَكْيَسُ النَّاسِ مَنْ رَفَضَ دُنْيَاهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most sagacious person of all is one who loathes this world, cuts off his hope and aspiration from it, and turns his desire and expectation away from it
أَكْيَسُ الْأَكْيَاسِ مَنْ مَقَتَ دُنْيَاهُ وَقَطَعَ مِنْهَا أَمَلَهُ وَمُنَاهُ وَصَرَفَ عَنْهَا طَمَعَهُ وَرَجَاهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily the sagacious people are those who have loathing for this world and lower their eyes from its splendour; they turn their hearts away from it and yearn passionately for the everlasting abode
إِنَّ الْأَكْيَاسَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ لِلدُّنْيَا مَقَتُوا وَأَعْيُنَهُمْ عَنْ [فِي] زَهْرَتِهَا أَغْمَضُوا وَقُلُوبَهُمْ عَنْهَا صَرَفُوا وَبِالدَّارِ الْبَاقِيَةِ تَوَلَّهُوا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily the sagacious person is one who restrains his lustful desire and subdues his outburst in times of anger by quelling it
إِنَّ الْكَيِّسَ مَنْ كَانَ لِشَهْوَتِهِ مَانِعاً وَلِنَزْوَتِهِ عِنْدَ الْحَفِيظَةِ وَاقِماً قَامِعاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Only he is sagacious who seeks forgiveness when he does wrong and regrets when he commits a sin
إِنَّمَا الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ إِذَا أَسَاءَ اسْتَغْفَرَ وَإِذَا أَذْنَبَ نَدِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The bane of cleverness is scheming
آفَةُ الذَّكَاءِ الْمَكْرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech