Second
Infallible Sayings
- One who develops the trait of
greediness and avarice invites degradation; one who keeps on
advertising his poverty and ill-luck will always be humiliated; one
who has no control over his tongue will often have to face
embarrassment and discomfort.
- When few blessings come your way, do
not drive them away through thanklessness.
- Surrender and acceptance to the Will
of Allah are the best companions; wisdom is the noblest heritage;
theoretical and practical knowledge are the best marks of distinction;
deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.
- When this world favors anybody it
lends him qualifications, and attributes surpassing merits of others,
and when it turns its face away from him it snatches away even his own
excellences and fame.
- One who takes account of his
shortcomings will always gain by it; one who is unmindful of them will
always suffer. One who is afraid of the Day of Judgment is safe from
the wrath of Allah; one who takes lessons from the happenings of life
obtains vision, one who acquires vision becomes wise, and one who
attains wisdom achieves knowledge.
- Treat people in such a way and live
amongst them in such a manner that if you die they weep over you, and
if you are alive they crave your company.
- If you get an opportunity and power
over your enemy, then, in thankfulness to Allah for this: forgive him.
- He is very unfortunate who cannot in
his lifetime gain even a few sincere friends and sympathizers and even
more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and lost them (through
his deeds).
- Failures are often results of
timidity and fears; disappointments are the results of uncalled for
modesty; hours of leisure pass away like summer clouds, therefore, do
not waste the opportunity to do good.
- Whose deeds lower him, his pedigree
cannot elevate.
- Be generous but not extravagant, be
frugal but not miserly.
- To give up inordinate desires is the
best kind of wealth and fortune.
- O son of Adam! When you see that in
spite of Allah's constant favors your life is a continuous sin, and
then take warning (His Wrath may not turn those very blessings into
misfortunes.)
- Often your utterances and the
expressions of your face reveal the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
- A wise man first thinks and then
speaks, and a fool speaks and then thinks.
- One who is quick in saying
unpleasant things about others, will himself quickly become a target
to their scandal.
- Happy is the man who always kept the
afterlife in his view, who remembers the Day of Reckoning through his
deeds, who led a contented life and who was happy with the lot that
Allah hath destined for him.
- Adversities often bring your good
qualities to the front.
- Success is the result of foresight
and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning, and
the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to
yourself.
- Hearts of people are like wild
birds, they attach themselves to those who love and train them.
- Only he can forgive who has power to
punish.
- If you help a deserving person
without his request then it is generosity and if you help him after
his request then mostly it is due to shyness to your refusal or fear
of reproach.
- There is no greater wealth than
wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance, no greater heritage than
culture and no greater helpmate than consultation.
- Wealth converts every foreign
country into your native place, and poverty turns your native place
into a strange land.
- Contentment is the capital which
will never come to an end.
- Wealth is the fountainhead of
inordinate cravings.
- Whoever warns you against sins and
vices is like the one who is carrying news of salvation to you.
- The tongue is such a ferocious beast
that if let loose, it will act ravenously.
- People in this world are like
travelers whose journey is going on as though they are asleep. (Life's
journey is going on though men may not feel it.)
- To lose friends is to become a
stranger in one's own country.
- Not to have a thing is less
humiliating than to beg it of others.
- Do not be ashamed if the amount of
charity is small because to return the needy empty-handed is an act of
greater shame.
- If you cannot get things as much as
you desire, then be contented with what you have.
- An uneducated man or a savage will
always overdo a thing or neglect to do it properly.
- The wiser a man is, the less
talkative he will be.
- Every breath you take is a step
forward towards death.
- Anything which can be counted or
reckoned is finite and will come to an end.
- If you are confused about good or
bad effects of an action, then study carefully the cause and you will
know what the effects will be.
- The value of each man depends upon
the art and skill which he has attained.
- I appreciate an old man's cautious
opinion more than the valor of young men.
- How I wonder at a man who loses hope
of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.
- He is the wisest and the most
knowing man who advises people not to lose hope and confidence in the
Mercy of Allah and not to be too sure and over-confident of immunity
from His wrath and punishment.
- Like your body, your mind also gets
tired and fagged; in such case find educational diversions for it.
- That knowledge is very superficial
which remains only on your tongue; the intrinsic merit and value of
knowledge is that you act upon it.
- Whenever a tradition of the holy
Prophet (SAW) is related to you, examine it carefully and think over
it deeply, do not be satisfied with mere verbatim repetition of the
same, because there are many people who repeat the words containing
knowledge, but there are few who ponder over them and try to fully
grasp the meaning they convey.
- Those who give up religion to better
their circumstances in life seldom succeed. The wrath of Allah makes
them go through more calamities and losses than the gains they gather
for themselves.
- There are many educated people who
have ruined their future on account of their ignorance of religion.
Their knowledge did not prove of any avail to them.
- Only such a person can establish the
Divine Rule, who, where justice and equity are required, will neither
feel deficient nor weak and who is not greedy and avaricious.
- When a community is composed of
really honest, sober and virtuous people then your forming a bad
opinion about any one of its members when nothing wicked has been seen
of him is a great injustice to him; on the contrary, in a corrupt
society, to form a good opinion of anyone out of those people and to
trust him is doing harm to yourself.
- To lose or to waste an opportunity
will result in grief and sorrow.
- The world, which offers you vicious
pleasures is like a snake, so soft to the touch, but so full of lethal
poison. Unwise people are allured by it and drawn towards it and wise
men avoid it and keep away from its poisonous effects.
- What difference is there between a
deed whose pleasure passes away leaving behind it the pangs of pain
and punishment and the deed whose cruel severity or oppressive
harshness comes to an end leaving behind it heavenly rewards and
blessings.
- Blessings are the man who humbles
himself before Allah, whose sources of income are honest, whose
intentions are always honorable, whose character is noble, whose
habits are sober, who gives away in the name and in the cause of Allah
the wealth which is lying surplus with him, who controls his tongue
from vicious and useless talk, who abstains from oppression and
tyranny, who cheerfully and faithfully follows the traditions of the
Holy Prophet (SAW) and who keeps himself away from innovation in
religion.
- How I wonder at the mentality of a
miser; fearing poverty he takes to stinginess and thus hastily pushes
himself head-long into a state of want and destitution; he madly
desires plenty and ease but throws it away without understanding. In
this world he, of his own free will, leads the life of a beggar and in
the next world he will have to submit an account like a millionaire.
- Whoever is not diligent in his work
will suffer sorrow and loss; whoever has no share of Allah in his
wealth and in his life then there is no place for him in the realm of
Allah.
- If you understand the majesty of the
Lord then you will not attach any importance to the universe and its
marvels.
- An angel announces daily: "The birth
of more human beings means so many more will die; the collection of
more wealth means so much more will be destroyed; the erection of more
buildings means so many more ruins in time to come."
- A friend cannot be considered as a
friend unless he is tested on three occasions: in time of need, behind
your back, and after your death.
- This world is not a place of
permanent settlement, it is a passage, a road on which you are
passing; there are two kinds of people here, one is the kinds who have
sold their souls to eternal damnation. The other is of those who have
purchased their souls and freed them from damnation.
- Daily prayers are the best medium to
advance oneself in favor of the Lord. Haj is a Jehad (Holy War) for
every weak person. For everything that you own, there is Zakaat, a tax
paid to the Lord, and the tax of your health is that you keep fast.
The best Jehad of a woman against men is to render his home
life-pleasing and congenial.
- If you want to pray to the Lord for
better means of subsistence then first give something in charity.
- Sorrow will make you half as
decrepit as old age.
- Many persons get nothing out of
their fasts but hunger and thirst; many more get nothing out of their
night prayers but exertions and sleepless nights. Wise and sagacious
persons are praiseworthy even if they do not fast and sleep during the
nights.
- Remember that there are three kinds
of people, one kind is of those learned people who are highly versed
in the ethics of truth and philosophy of religion, second is the kind
of those who are acquiring the above knowledge, and the third is that
class of people who are uneducated. They follow every pretender and
accept every slogan, they have neither acquired any knowledge nor have
they secured the support of firm and rational convictions.
- Remember Kumail, Knowledge is better
than and superior to wealth because it protects you and you have to
guard wealth because wealth decreases if you keep on spending it and
knowledge increases the more you make use of it; and because what you
get through wealth disappears as soon as wealth disappears.
- A man can be values through his
sayings.
- One who does not realize his own
value is condemned to utter failure. (Every kind of complex,
superiority or inferiority is harmful to man.)
- One who adopts patience will never
be deprived of success though the success may take a long time to
reach him.
- One who assents or subscribes to the
actions of a group or a party is as good as if he has committed the
deed himself. A man who joins a sinful deed makes himself responsible
for two-fold punishments; one for doing the deed and the other for
assenting and subscribing to it.
- One who enters the places of evil
reputes has no right to complain against a man who talks evils of him.
- One who guards his secrets has
complete control over his affairs.
- Oppression and tyranny are the worst
companions for hereafter.
- There is enough light for one who
wants to see.
- Often the inordinate desire to
secure a single gain acts as a hindrance for the quest of many
profitable pursuits.
- People often hate those things which
they do not know or cannot understand.
- One who seeks advices learns to
recognize mistakes.
- One who fights for the cause of
Allah secures victory over his enemies.
- When you feel afraid or nervous to
do a thing then do it, because the real harm which you may thus
receive is less poignant than its expectation and fear.
- Your supremacy over others is in
proportion to the extent of your knowledge and wisdom.
- The best way to punish an evil-doer
is to reward handsomely the good deeds of a good person.
- Obstinacy and stubbornness will not
allow you to arrive at a correct decision.
- Deficiency will result in shame and
sorrow, but caution and foresight will bring peace and security.
- To keep silent when you can say
something wise and useful is as bad as to keep on propagating foolish
and unwise thoughts.
- If two opposite theories are
propagated, one will be wrong.
- One who starts tyranny will repent
soon.
- One who cannot benefit by patience
will die of grief and excitement.
- If you find that somebody is not
grateful for all that you have done for him then do not get
disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under
your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your
good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your
goodness.
- Hearts (minds) have the tendencies
of likes and dislikes, and are liable to be energetic and lethargic,
therefore, make them work when they are energetic and on subjects
which they like.
- The destitute is the messenger of
Allah. Whoever denies him denies Allah and whoever gives him gives
Allah.
- Avarice is disgrace; cowardice is a
defect; poverty often disables an intelligent man from arguing his
case; a poor man is a stranger in his own town; misfortune and
helplessness are calamities; patience is a kind of bravery; to sever
attachments with the wicked world is the greatest wealth; piety is the
best weapon of defense.
- He who is greedy is disgraced; he
who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no
control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
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