194 do not surrender your enemy to injustice nor oppress him. in this regard treat him as a friend and beware of bringing him close and elevating his status for this is the action of the weak. whoever treats his enemy and his friend as equals in bringing him close and elevating his status will only make people lose interest in his friendship and make his enmity easy for them. he will only make light of his enemy and enable him to fight him corrupt his friend for himself and include him among his enemies. the ultimate good is for your enemy to be safe from your injustice and from your abandoning him to injustice. as for bringing him close this is the nature of the weak who are close to destruction. the ultimate evil is that he belittles his enemy and makes him lose his status.
١٩٤ لا تسلم عدوك لظلم ولا تظلمه، وساو في ذلك بينه وبين الصديق، وإياك وتقريبه وإعلاء قدره فإن هذا من فعل النوكى. ومن ساوى بين عدوه وصديقه في التقريب والرفعة، فلم يزد على أن زهد الناس في مودته وسهل عليهم عداوته، ولم يزد على استخفاف عدوه وتمكينه من مقاتله وإفساد صديقه على نفسه وإلحاقه بجملة أعدائه؛ غاية الخير أن يسلم عدوك من ظلمك ومن تركك إياه للظلم، وأما تقريبه فمن شيم النوكى الذين قد قرب منهم التلف؛ وغاية الشر إلا