if you despise your eyes then think about them if they were to appear to people and you imagined that they would see them then you will be ashamed and will know the extent of your deficiency if you have a touch of discernment. know that if you learned how natures are composed and morals are born from the mixing of their constituents carried in the soul then you will stand from that with certainty that your virtues are not yours and that they are gifts from god almighty if someone else had been given them he would have been like you and that if you were left to yourself you would be helpless and would perish. so replace your admiration for them with praise for the one who gave them to you and fear for their loss for good morals may change with illness poverty fear anger and old age. have mercy on the one who withholds what you have been given and do not expose yourself to the loss of your blessings by engaging in conflict with their almighty giver and by making for yourself a characteristic or right in what he gave you so that you will think that you are independent of his protection and you will perish sooner or later.
فان استحقرت عيونك ففكر فيها لو ظهرت إلى الناس وتمثل اطلاعهم عليها، فحينئذ تخجل وتعرف قدر نقصك ان كانت لك مسكة من تمييز. واعلم بأنك لو تعلمت كيفية تركيب الطبائع وتولد الأخلاق من امتزاج ناصرها المحمولة في النفس فستقف من ذلك وقوف يقين على ان فضائلك لا خصلة لك فيها وأنها منح من الله تعالى لو منحها غيرك لكان مثلك، وانك لو وكلت إلى نفسك لعجزت وهلكت، فاجعل بدل عجبك بها حمدا لواهبك إياها وإشفاقا من زوالها، فقد تتغير الأخلاق الحميدة بالمرض وبالفقر وبالخوف وبالغضب وبالهرم، وارحم من منع ما منحت، ولا تتعرض لزوال ما بك من النعم بالتعاطي على واهبها تعالى، وبأن تجعل لنفسك فيما وهبك خصلة أو حقا، فتقدر أنك استغنيت عن عصمته فتهلك عاجلا واجلا.