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ูˆู„ู… ูุฎุฑูˆุงุŒ ู…ุน ุงุชุณุงุน ู…ุนุฑูุชู‡ู…ุŒ ุจู…ุง ุฃุทุจู‚ูˆุง ุนู„ู‰ ุชู‡ุฌูŠู†ู‡ ุŸ ูˆูƒูŠู ูŠูุทู† ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุงุนุชู„ุงู„ ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุชุบู„ุบู„ ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุงุญุชุฌุงุฌ ุนู†ู‡ุŒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุบุงูŠุงุช ุนู†ู‡ุŒ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุบุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ุจุนูŠุฏุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุนุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ู„ุทูŠูุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠูุทู† ู„ุธุงู‡ุฑ ู‚ุจุญู‡ุŒ ูˆุดู†ุงุนุฉ ุงุณู…ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฎู…ูˆู„ ุฐูƒุฑู‡ ูˆุณูˆุก ุฃุซุฑู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู‡ู„ู‡.
How can they display so much insight and eloquence, subtlety and wit to justify something they fail to grasp is demeaning, degrading, invidious and vile?
ูˆูƒูŠูุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุฌู…ุน ู„ู‡ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ูƒุฏุŒ ูˆู‚ู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฑุฒุฆุฉุŒ ูˆุจูŠู† ุงู„ุณู‡ุฑุŒ ูˆุฎุดูˆู†ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุถุฌุนุŒ ูˆุจูŠู† ุทูˆู„ ุงู„ุงุบุชุฑุงุจุŒ ูˆุทูˆู„ ู‚ู„ุฉ ุงู„ุงู†ุชูุงุนุŒ ูˆู…ุน ุนู„ู…ู‡ ุจุฃู† ูˆุงุฑุซู‡ ุฃุนุฏู‰ ู„ู‡ ู…ู† ุนุฏู‘ูˆู‡ุŒ ูˆุฃู†ู‡ ุฃุญู‚ู‘ ุจู…ุงู„ู‡ ู…ู† ูˆู„ูŠู‘ู‡.
The miser couples drabness with fatigue, sleeplessness with a scraping bed and permanent estrangement with a lifetimeโ€™s lack of ease, yet knowing that his own son fosters more hostility than his enemy and believes the estate to be rightfully his.
ุฃูˆู„ูŠุณ ู‡ูˆ ุฃุธู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุฌู‡ู„ ูˆุงู„ุบุจุงูˆุฉุŒ ูˆุงู†ุชุญู„ ุงู„ุบูู„ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุญู…ุงู‚ุฉุŒ ุซู… ุงุญุชุฌู‘ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุจุงู„ู…ุนุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ุดุฏุงุฏุŒ ูˆุจุงู„ุฃู„ูุงุธ ุงู„ุญุณุงู†ุŒ ูˆุฌูˆุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฅุฎุชุตุงุฑุŒ ูˆุจุชู‚ุฑูŠุจ ุงู„ู…ุนู†ู‰ุŒ ูˆุจุณู‡ูˆู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฎุฑุฌุŒ ูˆุฅุตุงุจุฉ ุงู„ู…ูˆุถุนุŒ ููƒุงู† ู…ุง ุธู‡ุฑ ู…ู† ู…ุนุงู†ูŠู‡ ูˆุจูŠุงู†ู‡ ู…ูƒุฐู‘ุจุง ู„ู…ุง ุธู‡ุฑ ู…ู† ุฌู‡ู„ู‡ ูˆู†ู‚ุตุงู†ู‡.
And does he not pretend ignorance or stupidity he then seeks to excuse with well-chosen words and apposite phrasing, expressed with a clarity and precision that only belie his false pretence?
ูˆู„ู… ุฌุงุฒ ุฃู† ูŠุจุตุฑ ุจุนู‚ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุจุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ุบุงู…ุถุŒ ูˆูŠุบุจู‰ ุนู† ุงู„ู‚ุฑูŠุจ ุงู„ุฌู„ูŠู„ุŸ!.
How is it possible to perceive, intellectually, the obscure and ambiguous yet be blind to the patently obvious?
ูˆู‚ู„ุช: ูุจูŠู‘ู† ู„ูŠ ู…ุง ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฎุจู‘ู„ ุนู‚ูˆู„ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุฃูุณุฏ ุฃุฐู‡ุงู†ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุฃุบุดู‰ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฃุจุตุงุฑุŒ ูˆู†ู‚ุถ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฅุนุชุฏุงู„ุŸ
You asked me to explain what has so warped their minds, clouded their perception, distorted their thinking and upset their natural balance.
ูˆู…ุง ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ู‡ ุนุงู†ุฏูˆุง ุงู„ุญู‚ุŒ ูˆุฎุงู„ููˆุง ุงู„ุฃู…ู… ุŸ ูˆู…ุง ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠุจ ุงู„ู…ุชุถุงุฏุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ุฒุงุฌ ุงู„ู…ุชู†ุงููŠุŸ ูˆู…ุง ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุบุจุงุก ุงู„ุดุฏูŠุฏ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุงู„ู‰ ุฌู†ุจู‡ ูุทู†ุฉ ุนุฌูŠุจุฉุŸ ูˆู…ุง ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุณุจุจ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฎููŠ ุจู‡ ุงู„ุฌู„ูŠู„ ุงู„ูˆุงุถุญุŒ ูˆุฃุฏุฑูƒ ุจู‡ ุงู„ุฌู„ูŠู„ ุงู„ุบุงู…ุถุŸ!
Why do they stubbornly resist what is right and proper and oppose standards of conduct universally approved? Just what is this contrarian mentality? How can such downright stupidity co-exist with such astonishing mental facility? What makes the obvious so obscure to them yet the obscure so obvious?
ูˆู‚ู„ุช: ูˆู„ูŠุณ ุนุฌุจูŠ ู…ู…ู† ุฎู„ุน ุนุฐุงุฑู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุจุฎู„ุŒ ูˆุฃุจุฏู‰ ุตูุญุชู‡ ู„ู„ุฐู…ู‘ุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠุฑุถ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ูˆู„ ุฅู„ุง ุจู…ู‚ุงุฑุนุฉ ุงู„ุฎุตู…ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฅุญุชุฌุงุฌ ุฅู„ุง ุจู…ุง ุฑุณู… ููŠ ุงู„ูƒุชุจุ› ูˆู„ุง ุนุฌุจูŠ ู…ู† ู…ุบู„ูˆุจ ุนู„ู‰ ุนู‚ู„ู‡ุŒ ู…ุณุฎู‘ุฑ ู„ุฅุธู‡ุงุฑ ุนูŠุจู‡.
You told me that it is not so much the incorrigible, uninhibited miser who interests you, or the type who becomes aggressive when challenged, or whose second-hand pretexts are picked up from books and, still less, the feeble man compelled to expose his vice instinctively.
ูƒุนุฌุจูŠ ู…ู…ู† ู‚ุฏ ูุทู† ู„ุจุฎู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุนุฑู ุฅูุฑุงุท ุดุญู‘ู‡ุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุฌุงู‡ุฏ ู†ูุณู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุบุงู„ุจ ุทุจุนู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุฑุจู…ุง ุธู† ุฃู† ู‚ุฏ ูุทู† ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุนุฑู ู…ุง ุนู†ุฏู‡ุŒ ูู…ูˆู‘ู‡ ุดูŠุฆุง ู„ุง ูŠู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ุชู…ูˆูŠู‡ุŒ ูˆุฑู‚ุน ุฎุฑู‚ุง ู„ุง ูŠู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ุฑู‚ุน.
What really interests, you said, is the man who is all too aware of the extent of his avarice, who struggles against himself, trying to resist his own nature and, suspecting he has been found out, will try to cover up what cannot be concealed โ€“ like patching an old, worn-out shirt that can be patched no more.
ูู„ูˆ ุฃู†ู‡ ูƒู…ุง ูุทู† ู„ุนูŠุจู‡ุŒ ูˆูุทู† ู„ู…ู† ูุทู† ู„ุนูŠุจู‡ุŒ ูุทู† ู„ุถุนูู‡ ุนู† ุนู„ุงุฌ ู†ูุณู‡ุŒ ูˆุนู† ุชู‚ูˆูŠู… ุฃุฎู„ุงู‚ู‡ุŒ ูˆุนู† ุงุณุชุฑุฌุงุน ู…ุง ุณู„ู ู…ู† ุนุงุฏุงุชู‡ุŒ ูˆุนู† ู‚ู„ุจู‡ ุฃุฎู„ุงู‚ู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฏุฎูˆู„ุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู† ุชุนูˆุฏ ุณู„ูŠู…ุฉุŒ ู„ุชุฑูƒ ุชูƒู„ู‘ู ู…ุง ู„ุง ูŠุณุชุทูŠุนู‡.
If he was only aware โ€“ just as he is aware of his vice and aware that others are aware of it, too โ€“ that he is beyond all cure and powerless to reform his character, unable to regain the good habits he may once have had or remedy the bad ones he has since acquired, he would stop attempting the impossible.
ูˆู„ุฑุจุญ ุงู„ุฅู†ูุงู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู† ูŠุฐู…ู‘ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ู…ุง ูˆุถุน ุนู„ู‰ ู†ูุณู‡ ุงู„ุฑู‚ุจุงุกุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฃุญุถุฑ ู…ุงุฆุฏุชู‡ ุงู„ุดุนุฑุงุกุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฎุงู„ุท ุจุฑุฏ ุงู„ุขูุงู‚ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู„ุงุจุณ ุงู„ู…ูˆูƒู„ูŠู† ุจุงู„ุฃุฎุจุงุฑุŒ ูˆู„ุงุณุชุฑุงุญ ู…ู† ูƒุฏู‘ ุงู„ูƒู„ูุฉุŒ ูˆุฏุฎู„ ููŠ ุบู…ุงุฑ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฉ.
He could then save the money he spends on buying a reputation among men who only criticise him. He would not need to endure the presence of those who watch his every move, invite poets to his table or associate with professional gossips and socialites. He could relax from the ordeal and retire into social anonymity.
ูˆุจุนุฏุŒ ูู…ุง ุจุงู„ู‡ ูŠูุทู† ู„ุนูŠูˆุจ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฅุฐุง ุฃุทุนู…ูˆู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠูุทู† ู„ุนูŠุจ ู†ูุณู‡ ุฅุฐุง ุฃุทุนู…ู‡ู…ุŸ ูˆุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุนูŠุจู‡ ู…ูƒุดูˆูุงุŒ ูˆุนูŠุจ ู…ู† ุฃุทุนู…ู‡ ู…ุณุชูˆุฑุงุŸ
Just what is going on in the mind of the skinflint who picks up on the faults of his hosts but fails to attend to his own vice when he entertains? His vice, after all, is on full display, while the faults of his hosts are concealed.
ูˆู„ู… ุณุฎุช ู†ูุณ ุฃุญุฏู‡ู… ุจุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุชุจุฑุŒ ูˆุดุญู‘ุช ุจุงู„ู‚ู„ูŠู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุทุนู…ุŸ ูˆู‚ุฏ ุนู„ู… ุฃู† ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู…ู†ุน ูŠุณูŠุฑ ููŠ ุฌู†ุจ ู…ุง ุจุฐู„ุŒ ูˆุฃู†ู‡ุŒ ู„ูˆ ุดุงุก ุฃู† ูŠุญุตู„ ุจุงู„ู‚ู„ูŠู„ ู…ู…ุง ุฌุงุฏ ุจู‡ ุฃุถุนุงู ู…ุง ุจุฎู„ ุจู‡ุŒ ูƒุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุนุชูŠุฏุงุŒ ูˆูŠุณูŠุฑุง ู…ูˆุฌูˆุฏุง.
How can a man scatter gold dust but deny one loaf of bread, knowing that what he stints with is as nothing beside his largesse? If he wished, just a little of what he dispenses so lavishly could cover many times the trifle he withholds.
ูˆู‚ู„ุช: ูˆู„ุง ุจุฏู‘ ู…ู† ุฃู† ุชุนุฑูู†ูŠ ุงู„ู‡ู†ุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ู…ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุชูƒู„ููŠู†ุŒ ูˆุฏู„ู‘ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุญู‚ุงุฆู‚ ุงู„ู…ุชู…ูˆู‡ู‘ูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู‡ุชูƒุช ุนุฒู‘ ุฃุณุชุงุฑ ุงู„ุฃุฏุนูŠุงุกุŒ ูˆูุฑู‘ู‚ุช ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฑูŠุงุกุŒ ูˆูุตู„ุช ุจูŠู† ุงู„ู…ู‚ู‡ูˆุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒุฌุฑุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ุทุจูˆุน ุงู„ู…ุจุชู‡ู„ุŒ ู„ุชู‚ูุŒ ูƒู…ุง ุฒุนู…ุชุŒ ุนู†ุฏู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุชุนุฑุถ ู†ูุณูƒ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง ูˆู„ุชุชูˆู‡ู‘ู… ู…ูˆุงู‚ุนู‡ุง ูˆุนูˆุงู‚ุจู‡ุง.
You told me to let you know of every little sign that gives these hypocrites away, every telling flaw that exposes their pretence and lays bare their affectation โ€“ everything, in fact, that distinguishes truth from dissimulation and sets apart the man whose generosity is spontaneous and natural from the one whose hospitality is rehearsed and insincere. This, you say, will allow you to confront these issues squarely, represent them to yourself and anticipate their occurrence and consequences.
ูุฅู† ู†ุจู‘ู‡ูƒ ุงู„ุชุตูู‘ุญ ุจู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุนูŠุจ ู‚ุฏ ุฃุบูู„ุชู‡ุŒ ุนุฑูุช ู…ูƒุงู†ู‡ ูุงุฌุชู†ุจุชู‡ุŒ ูุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุนุชูŠุฏุง ุธุงู‡ุฑุง ู…ุนุฑูˆูุง ุนู†ุฏูƒุŒ ู†ุธุฑุชุ› ูุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุงุญุชู…ุงู„ูƒ ูุงุถู„ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุจุฎู„ูƒ ุฏู…ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุฅุทุนุงู…ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุงูƒุชุณุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุญุจุฉ ุจู…ุคุงูƒู„ุชู‡ู…ุ› ูˆุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุงูƒุชุฑุงุซูƒ ุบุงู…ุฑ ุงู„ุฅุฌุชู‡ุงุฏุŒ ุณุชุฑุช ู†ูุณูƒ ูˆุงู†ูุฑุฏุช ุจุทูŠู‘ุจ ุฒุงุฏูƒุŒ ูˆุฏุฎู„ุช ู…ุน ุงู„ุบู…ุงุฑ ูˆุนุดุช ุนูŠุด ุงู„ู…ุณุชูˆุฑูŠู†.
If careful reflection drew your attention to some personal flaw you had missed, you could flag it and avoid it. Anything particularly striking, you might analyse and, if forbearance should exceed your cupidity, continue to offer hospitality and earn the admiration of your guests. However, were anxiety to outweigh enthusiasm, you ought then to withdraw into isolation and social anonymity, enjoy the pleasure of dining alone and live a life beyond reproach.
ูˆุฅู† ูƒุงู†ุช ุงู„ุญุฑูˆุจ ุจูŠู†ูƒ ูˆุจูŠู† ุทุจุงุนูƒ ุณุฌุงู„ุงุŒ ูˆูƒุงู†ุช ุฃุณุจุงุจูƒู…ุง ุฃู…ุซุงู„ุง ูˆุฃุดูƒุงู„ุงุŒ ุฃุฌุจุช ุงู„ุญุฒู… ุงู„ู‰ ุชุฑูƒ ุงู„ุชุนุฑู‘ุถุŒ ูˆุฃุฌุจุช ุงู„ุฅุญุชูŠุงุท ุฅู„ู‰ ุฑูุถ ุงู„ุชูƒู„ู‘ูุŒ ูˆุฑุฃูŠุช ุฃู†ู‘ ู…ู† ุญุตู‘ู„ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู…ุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฐู…ู‘ุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุบู†ู…ุ› ูˆุฃู†ู‘ ู…ู† ุขุซุฑ ุงู„ุซู‚ุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชุบุฑูŠุฑุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุญุฒู….
And were the struggle with your own nature to reach deadlock, you would defer to caution and restraint, give up taking risks and decline the assumption of further expense. You have realised that it is profit to play for safety from reproach and prudence to hedge against self-deception.
ูˆุฐูƒุฑุช ุฃู†ูƒ ุงู„ู‰ ู…ุนุฑูุฉ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุจุงุจ ุฃุญูˆุฌุŒ ูˆุฃู†ู‘ ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุฑูˆุกุฉ ุงู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุนู„ู… ุฃูู‚ุฑุ› ูˆุฅู†ูŠ ุฅู† ุญุตู‘ู†ุช ู…ู† ุงู„ุฐู…ู‘ ุนุฑุถูƒุŒ ุจุนุฏ ุฃู† ุญุตู‘ู†ุช ู…ู†ุงู„ู„ุตูˆุต ู…ุงู„ูƒุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุจู„ุบุช ู„ูƒ ู…ุง ู„ู… ูŠุจู„ุบู‡ ุฃุจ ุจุงุฑุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฃู… ุฑุคูˆู….
You declared a need for knowledge on this subject โ€“ of which the honourable man is typically ignorant โ€“ and that if I could safeguard your reputation from disgrace, as I had protected your money from thieves, I would have performed a service that no devoted father and loving mother could.
ูˆุณุฃู„ุช ุฃู† ุฃูƒุชุจ ู„ูƒ ุนู„ู‘ุฉ ยซุฎุจู‘ุงุจยป ููŠ ู†ููŠ ุงู„ุบูŠุฑุฉุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุจุฐู„ ุงู„ุฒูˆุฌุฉ ุฏุงุฎู„ ููŠ ุจุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุคุงุณุงุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฃุซุฑุฉุ› ูˆุฃู† ูุฑุฌ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงุฑูŠุฉุŒ ูƒุญูƒู… ุงู„ุฎุฏู…ุฉุ› ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุฒูˆุฌุฉ ููŠ ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ู…ุนุงู†ูŠู‡ุง ูƒุงู„ุฃู…ู‘ุฉุŒ ูˆุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฉ ู…ุงู„ ูƒุงู„ุฐู‡ุจ ูˆุงู„ูุถุฉ.
You asked me to note Khabbabโ€™s reason for rejecting jealousy and why he believed a manโ€™s offer of his own wife to another falls within the category of magnanimous, unselfish acts. He, in fact, held that sexual enjoyment of a female slave on loan is a legal consequence of her servitude; a slave is property, like gold and silver and, in many respects, a wife is like a slave.
ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ ุฃุญู‚ู‘ ุจุจู†ุชู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุบุฑูŠุจุŒ ูˆุฃูˆู„ู‰ ุจุฃุฎุชู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุนูŠุฏุ› ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุจุนูŠุฏ ุฃุญู‚ู‘ ุจุงู„ุบูŠุฑุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‚ุฑูŠุจ ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ุจุงู„ุฃู†ูุฉุŒ ูˆุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ุฅุณุชุฒุงุฏุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู†ุณู„ ูƒุงู„ุฅุณุชุฒุงุฏุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุญุฑุซุŒ ุฅู„ุง ุฃู† ุงู„ุนุงุฏุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃูˆุญุดุช ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฏูŠุงู†ุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุญุฑู‘ู…ุชู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุฃู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูŠุชุฒูŠู‘ุฏูˆู† ุฃูŠุถุง ููŠ ุงุณุชุนุธุงู…ู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠู†ุชุญู„ูˆู† ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู…ุง ุนู†ุฏู‡ู… ููŠ ุงุณุชุดู†ุงุนู‡.
He maintained that a man has more right to his own daughter and sister than a stranger because a stranger is more likely to arouse family jealousy, while a relative will preserve its solidarity. Increasing the size of oneโ€™s immediate family is no different from improving oneโ€™s crop yield, he argued. It is only custom that condemns this practice and religion which forbids it. Although folk make a great deal of fuss about incest, their abhorrence may be rather more professed than real, he claimed.
ูˆุนู„ู‘ุฉ ยซุงู„ุฌู‡ุฌุงู‡ยป ููŠ ุชุญุณูŠู† ุงู„ูƒุฐุจ ููŠ ู…ูˆุงุถุนุŒ ูˆููŠ ุชู‚ุจูŠุญ ุงู„ุตุฏู‚ ููŠ ู…ูˆุงุถุนุŒ ูˆููŠ ุฅู„ุญุงู‚ ุงู„ูƒุฐุจ ุจู…ุฑุชุจุฉ ุงู„ุตุฏู‚ุŒ ูˆููŠ ุญุทู‘ ุงู„ุตุฏู‚ ุงู„ู‰ ู…ูˆุถุน ุงู„ูƒุฐุจ.
You asked me why Jahjah2 approved of lying in some cases and disapproved of honesty in others, why he elevated lying to the status of truth and humbled truth to that of lying.
ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูŠุธู„ู…ูˆู† ุงู„ูƒุฐุจ ุจุชู†ุงุณูŠ ู…ู†ุงู‚ุจู‡ุŒ ูˆุชุฐูƒู‘ุฑ ู…ุซุงู„ุจู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุญุงุจูˆู† ุงู„ุตุฏู‚ ุจุชุฐูƒู‘ุฑ ู…ู†ุงูุนู‡ุŒ ูˆุจุชู†ุงุณูŠ ู…ุถุงุฑู‘ู‡.
He maintained that people wrongly judge mendacity by only ever referring to its shortcomings while conveniently forgetting its usefulness. Likewise is truth extolled for its benefits, while its drawbacks are generally ignored.
ูˆุฃู†ู‡ู… ู„ูˆ ูˆุงุฒู†ูˆุง ุจูŠู† ู…ุฑุงูู‚ู‡ู…ุงุŒ ูˆุนุฏู‘ู„ูˆุง ุจูŠู† ุฎุตุงู„ู‡ู…ุงุŒ ู„ู‘ู…ุง ูุฑู‘ู‚ูˆุง ุจูŠู†ู‡ู…ุง ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุชูุฑูŠู‚ุŒ ูˆู„ู…ุง ุฑุฃูˆู‡ู…ุง ุจู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนูŠูˆู†.
If the advantages of each were weighed and judged impartially, he claimed, people would not take such a prejudiced, one-sided view.
ูˆู…ุฐู‡ุจ ยซุตุญุตุญยป ููŠ ุชูุถูŠู„ ุงู„ู†ุณูŠุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฐูƒุฑุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุบุจุงุกุŒ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌู…ู„ุฉุŒ ุฃู†ูุน ู…ู† ุงู„ูุทู†ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌู…ู„ุฉ.
You asked me about Sahsahโ€™s theory of how it is better to forget than to remember too much and how, in general, it is better to be stupid than clever.
ูˆุฃู†ู‘ ุนูŠุด ุงู„ุจู‡ุงุฆู… ุฃุญุณู† ู…ูˆู‚ุนุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ููˆุณุŒ ู…ู† ุนูŠุด ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ุงุกุ› ูˆุฃู†ูƒ ู„ูˆ ุฃุณู…ู†ุช ุจู‡ูŠู…ุฉุŒ ูˆุฑุฌู„ุง ุฐุง ู…ุฑูˆุกุฉุŒ ุฃูˆ ุงู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุฐุงุช ุนู‚ู„ ูˆู‡ู…ู‘ุฉุŒ ูˆุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุฐุงุช ุบุจุงุก ูˆุบูู„ุฉุŒ ู„ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุดุญู… ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุจู‡ูŠู…ุฉ ุฃุณุฑุนุŒ ูˆุนู† ุฐุงุช ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ ูˆุงู„ู‡ู…ู‘ุฉ ุฃุจุทุฃ.
The psychological life of beasts, he believed, is happier than that of intellectuals. Fatten up a beast and a virtuous man or one serious, intelligent woman and another who is careless and stupid, and you will find that the beast and the stupid woman put on weight quickly, while the clever pair do so but slowly.
ูˆู„ุฃู† ุงู„ุนู‚ู„ ู…ู‚ุฑูˆู† ุจุงู„ุญุฐุฑ ูˆุงู„ุฅู‡ุชู…ุงู…ุŒ ูˆู„ุฃู† ุงู„ุบุจุงุก ู…ู‚ุฑูˆู† ุจูุฑุงุบ ุงู„ุจุงู„ ูˆุงู„ุฃู…ู†ุŒ ูู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุจู‡ูŠู…ุฉ ุชู‚ู†ูˆ ุดุญู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุฃูŠุงู… ุงู„ูŠุณูŠุฑุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชุฌุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุฐูŠ ุงู„ู‡ู…ุฉ ุงู„ุจุนูŠุฏุฉ.
Intelligence, he claimed, associates with worry and caution, stupidity with an empty mind and sense of security, which is why the beast puts on weight in a few days, unlike someone whose thoughts are always far away.
ูˆู…ุชูˆู‚ุน ุงู„ุจู„ุงุก ููŠ ุงู„ุจู„ุงุกุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุณู„ู… ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุบุงูู„ ููŠ ุงู„ุฑุฌุงุก ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃู† ูŠุฏุฑูƒู‡ ุงู„ุจู„ุงุก.
Disaster has already struck the man who lives in expectation of it, even if he is safe, while the dunce remains an optimist until disaster actually strikes.
ูˆู„ูˆู„ุง ุฃู†ูƒ ุชุฌุฏ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุจูˆุงุจ ูˆุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู†ู‡ุง ู…ุตูˆู‘ุฑุฉ ููŠ ูƒุชุงุจูŠ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุณู…ู‘ูŠ ยซูƒุชุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุณุงุฆู„ยป ู„ุฃุชูŠุช ุนู„ู‰ ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู†ู‡ ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ.
I would discuss these matters at greater length had I not already dealt with them โ€“ and more besides โ€“ in my Miscellaneous Issues.
ูุฃู…ุง ู…ุง ุณุฃู„ุช ู…ู† ุงุญุชุฌุงุฌ ุงู„ุฃุดุญู‘ุงุกุŒ ูˆู†ูˆุงุฏุฑ ุฃุญุงุฏูŠุซ ุงู„ุจุฎู„ุงุกุŒ ูุณุฃูˆุฌุฏูƒ ุฐู„ูƒ ููŠ ู‚ุตุตู‡ู…ุŒ ุฅู† ุดุงุก ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุชุนุงู„ู‰ุŒ ู…ูุฑู‘ู‚ุง ูˆููŠ ุงุญุชุฌุงุฌู‡ู… ู…ุฌู…ู„ุงุŒ ูู‡ูˆ ุฃุฌู…ุน ู„ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุจุงุจ ู…ู† ูˆุตู ู…ุง ุนู†ุฏูŠุŒ ุฏูˆู† ู…ุง ุงู†ุชู‡ู‰ ุฅู„ูŠู‘ ู…ู† ุฃุฎุจุงุฑู‡ู…ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุฌู‡ู‡ุง.
I trust you will find here the misersโ€™ arguments and the anecdotes about skinflints you asked for. The latter will be spread throughout the book, while the former will take the form of continuous narratives. This approach will permit a more comprehensive treatment of the theme than would a simple treatise based upon my own opinions, with no tales included.
ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุฃู† ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ุฃูŠุถุง ูŠุตูŠุฑ ุฃู‚ุตุฑุŒ ูˆูŠุตูŠุฑ ุงู„ุนุงุฑ ููŠู‡ ุฃู‚ู„.
Besides, the book would have been shorter and the pointers to shame less in number.
ูˆู†ุจุชุฏู‰ุก ุจุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ยซุณู‡ู„ ุจู† ู‡ุงุฑูˆู†ยป ุซู… ุจุทุฑู ุฃู‡ู„ ยซุฎุฑุงุณุงู†ยปุŒ ู„ุฅูƒุซุงุฑ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ููŠ ุฃู‡ู„ ุฎุฑุงุณุงู†.
We shall begin with Sahl ibn Harounโ€™s epistle then proceed to the eccentricities of the people of Khurasan,3 given that so much is said about them.
ูˆู„ูƒ ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ุซู„ุงุซุฉ ุฃุดูŠุงุก: ุชุจูŠู‘ู† ุญุฌู‘ุฉ ุทุฑูŠูุฉุŒ ุฃูˆ ุชุนุฑู‘ู ุญูŠู„ุฉ ู„ุทูŠูุฉุŒ ุฃูˆ ุงุณุชูุงุฏุฉ ู†ุงุฏุฑุฉ ุนุฌูŠุจุฉ. ูˆุฃู†ุช ููŠ ุถุญูƒ ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ุฅุฐุง ุดุฆุชุŒ ูˆููŠ ู„ู‡ูˆุŒ ุฅุฐุง ู…ู„ู„ุช ุงู„ุฌุฏู‘.
This book will offer you three things โ€“ a presentation of ingenious arguments, an insight into subtle footwork and illustrations in the form of entertaining anecdotes. You may find it will amuse you and divert, if you are bored with seriousness.
ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃุฒุนู… ุฃู† ุงู„ุจูƒุงุก ุตุงู„ุญ ู„ู„ุทุจุงุฆุนุŒ ูˆู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุงู„ู…ุบุจู‘ุฉุŒ ุฅุฐุง ูˆุงูู‚ ุงู„ู…ูˆุถุนุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠุฌุงูˆุฒ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠุนุฏู„ ุนู† ุงู„ุฌู‡ุฉุŒ ูˆุฏู„ูŠู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑู‚ุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุจุนุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ุณูˆุฉุŒ ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ุนุฏู‘ ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆูุงุกุŒ ูˆุดุฏู‘ุฉ ุงู„ูˆุฌุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ูŠุงุก.
Now, it is my contention that crying is beneficial and good for the constitution, as long as it is not inappropriate, out of place or excessive. It is a mark of gentleness and remote from cruelty. It may be considered a kind of redemption and akin to the intensity of feeling we experience towards those whom we love.
ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ู† ุฃุนุธู… ู…ุง ุชู‚ุฑุจ ุจู‡ ุงู„ุนุงุจุฏูˆู†ุŒ ูˆุงุณุชุฑุญู… ุจู‡ ุงู„ุฎุงุฆููˆู†.
It is one of the things that brings people closer together and by which those who live in fear seek mercy.
ูˆู‚ุงู„ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุญูƒู…ุงุก ู„ุฑุฌู„ ุงุดุชุฏ ุฌุฒุนู‡ ู…ู† ุจูƒุงุก ุตุจูŠู‘ ู„ู‡: ู„ุง ุชุฌุฒุนุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ุฃูุชุญ ู„ุฌุฑู…ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฃุตุญ ู„ุจุตุฑู‡.
There is the documented case of the doctor who told a man not to let his young sonโ€™s tears distress him; crying, he advised, helps develop the voice and strengthen the eyesight.
ูˆุถุฑุจ ยซุนุงู…ุฑ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ู‚ูŠุณยป ุจูŠุฏู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุนูŠู†ู‡ุŒ ูู‚ุงู„: ุฌุงู…ุฏุฉ ุดุงุฎุตุฉุŒ ู„ุง ุชู†ุฏู‰.
Striking his eye with his hand, โ€˜Amir ibn โ€˜Abd Qays cried that it was โ€œdull and glazed, never moistened by tearsโ€.
ูˆู‚ูŠู„: ยซู„ุตููˆุงู† ุจู† ู…ุญุฑุฒยปุŒ ุนู†ุฏ ุทูˆู„ ุจูƒุงุฆู‡ุŒ ูˆุชุฐูƒู‘ุฑ ุฃุญุฒุงู†ู‡: ยซุฅู† ุทูˆู„ ุงู„ุจูƒุงุก ูŠูˆุฑุซ ุงู„ุนู…ู‰ยปุ› ูู‚ุงู„: ยซุฐู„ูƒ ู„ู‡ุง ุดู‡ุงุฏุฉยป ูุจูƒู‰ ุญุชู‰ ุนู…ูŠ.
When he had been a long time lachrymose, in lamentation of his sorrows, Safwan ibn Muhriz was warned that too many tears may cause blindness. Replying that blindness would be his witness, he continued to weep until he did, in fact, go blind.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ู…ุฏุญ ุจุงู„ุจูƒุงุก ู†ุงุณ ูƒุซูŠุฑุŒ ู…ู†ู‡ู… ยซูŠุญูŠู‰ ุงู„ุจูƒู‘ุงุกยปุŒ ูˆู‡ูŠุซู… ุงู„ุจูƒู‘ุงุกยป. ูˆูƒุงู† ยซุตููˆุงู† ุจู† ู…ุญุฑุฒยป ูŠุณู…ู‰: ยซุงู„ุจูƒุงุกยป.
He was known asโ€˜Sobbing Safwanโ€™. Poets have celebrated the tears of many men, including โ€˜Weeping Yahyaโ€™ and โ€˜Tearful Haythamโ€™.
ูˆุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุจูƒุงุก (ูˆู…ุง ุฏุงู… ุตุงุญุจู‡ ููŠู‡ ูุฅู†ู‡ ููŠ ุจู„ุงุกุŒ ูˆุฑุจู…ุง ุฃุนู…ู‰ ุงู„ุจุตุฑุŒ ูˆุฃูุณุฏ ุงู„ุฏู…ุงุบุŒ ูˆุฏู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณู‘ุฎูุŒ ูˆู‚ุถูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุตุงุญุจู‡ ุจุงู„ู‡ู„ุนุŒ ูˆุดุจู‘ู‡ ุจุงู„ุฃู…ุฉ ุงู„ู„ูƒุนุงุก ูˆุจุงู„ุญุฏุซ ุงู„ุถู‘ุฑุน) ูƒุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูู…ุง ุธู†ูƒ ุจุงู„ุถุญูƒ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ุง ูŠุฒุงู„ ุตุงุญุจู‡ ููŠ ุบุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณุฑูˆุฑุŒ ุงู„ู‰ ุฃู† ูŠู†ู‚ุทุน ุนู†ู‡ ุณุจุจู‡.
Nevertheless, a man is dreadfully upset while he weeps and there is the danger of blindness or brain damage. It can be a sign of weakness and the crying man may be called a coward and likened to a silly girl or stupid boy.If such is the case with tears, what do you think about laughter, where the laugher experiences such boundless pleasure that he quite forgets why he is laughing?
ูˆู„ูˆ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุถุญูƒ ู‚ุจูŠุญุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุถุงุญูƒุŒ ูˆู‚ุจูŠุญุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุถุญูƒุŒ ู„ู…ุง ู‚ูŠู„ ู„ู„ุฒู‡ุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ุญุจุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ุญู„ูŠ ูˆุงู„ู‚ุตุฑ ุงู„ู…ุจู†ูŠู‘: ยซูƒุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุถุญูƒ ุถุญูƒุงยป.
If laughter was something offensive on the part of the laugher or of its cause, why should a flower, a pretty dress, jewellery or a fine house be said to beโ€˜as if laughingโ€™?
ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุงู„ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฌู„ ุฐูƒุฑู‡: ยซูˆุฃู†ู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุฃุถุญูƒ ูˆุฃุจูƒู‰ ูˆุฃู†ู‡ ู‚ุฏ ุฃู…ุงุช ูˆุฃุญูŠุงยปุŒ ููˆุถุน ุงู„ุถุญูƒ ุจุญุฐุงุก ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉุŒ ูˆูˆุถุน ุงู„ุจูƒุงุก ุจุญุฐุงุก ุงู„ู…ูˆุชุ›
The Word of God says, He it is who maketh laugh and cry. He it is who giveth life and death? Thus has the Lord linked laughter with life and coupled tears with death.
ูˆุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠุถูŠู ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฅู„ู‰ ู†ูุณู‡ ุงู„ู‚ุจูŠุญุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠู…ู† ุนู„ู‰ ุฎู„ู‚ู‡ ุจุงู„ู†ู‚ุต.
He does not ascribe unto Himself that which is repugnant or bestow imperfection on His creation.
ูˆูƒูŠู ู„ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ู…ูˆู‚ุนู‡ ู…ู† ุณุฑูˆุฑ ุงู„ู†ูุณ ุนุธูŠู…ุงุŒ ูˆู…ู† ู…ุตู„ุญุฉ ุงู„ุทุจุงุน ูƒุจูŠุฑุงุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุดูŠุก ููŠ ุฃุตู„ ุงู„ุทุจุงุน ูˆููŠ ุฃุณุงุณ ุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠุจุŸ ู„ุฃู† ุงู„ุถุญูƒ ุฃูˆู„ ุฎูŠุฑ ูŠุธู‡ุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุตุจูŠุŒ ูˆุจู‡ ุชุทูŠุจ ู†ูุณู‡ุŒ ูˆุนู„ูŠู‡ ูŠู†ุจุช ุดุญู…ู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠูƒุซุฑ ุฏู…ู‡ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‡ูˆ ุนู„ู‘ุฉ ุณุฑูˆุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆู…ุงุฏุฉ ู‚ูˆู‘ุชู‡.
How can laughter fail to play a major part in human happiness and physical well-being when it is something in the basic fabric of temperament and character? Laughter is the first fine thing to appear in an infant. It delights the childโ€™s soul, puts flesh on his ribs and increases the blood supply, which is the cause of happiness and the substance of good health.
ูˆู„ูุถู„ ุฎุตุงู„ ุงู„ุถุญูƒ ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุนุฑุจุŒ ุชุณู…ู‘ูŠ ุฃูˆู„ุงุฏู‡ุง ยซุจุงู„ุถุญู‘ุงูƒยป ูˆ ยซุจุจุณุงู…ยป ูˆ ยซุจุทู„ู‚ยป ูˆ ยซุจุทู„ูŠู‚ยป.
It is because they appreciate the benefits of laughter that the Arabs often nickname their children โ€˜smilerโ€™, โ€˜chucklerโ€™, โ€˜sparkyโ€™ and โ€˜easyโ€™.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ุถุญูƒ ุงู„ู†ุจูŠุŒ ุตู„ู‘ู‰ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ูˆุณู„ู‘ู…ุŒ ูˆู…ุฒุญุŒ ูˆุถุญูƒ ุงู„ุตุงู„ุญูˆู† ูˆู…ุฒุญูˆุงุŒ ูˆุฅุฐุง ู…ุฏุญูˆุง ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง: ยซู‡ูˆ ุถุญูˆูƒ ุงู„ุณู†ู‘ุŒ ูˆุจุณู‘ุงู… ุงู„ุนุดูŠู‘ุงุชุŒ ูˆู‡ุดู‘ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุถูŠูุŒ ูˆุฐูˆ ุฃุฑูŠุญูŠุฉ ูˆุงู‡ุชุฒุงุฒ.
The Prophet laughed and joked, as did all the righteous and the pious. Expressions like โ€˜he smiles from ear to earโ€™,โ€˜he has a smile of welcome in the eveningsโ€™, โ€˜he greets guests with a smileโ€™ and โ€˜a man with a generous smileโ€™ are accepted as compliments.
ูˆุฅุฐุง ุฐู…ูˆุง ู‚ุงู„ูˆุง: ยซู‡ูˆ ุนุจูˆุณุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ูƒุงู„ุญุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ู‚ุทูˆุจุŒ ูˆู‡ู… ุดุชู… ุงู„ู…ุญูŠุงุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ูƒูู‡ู‘ุฑ ุฃุจุฏุงุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ูƒุฑูŠู‡ุŒ ูˆู…ู‚ุจู‘ุถ ุงู„ูˆุฌู‡ุŒ ูˆุญุงู…ุถ ุงู„ูˆุฌู‡ุŒ ูˆูƒุฃู†ู…ุง ูˆุฌู‡ู‡ ุจุงู„ุฎุฌู„ ู…ู†ุถูˆุฌยป !.
Butโ€˜scowlerโ€™, โ€˜crabbitโ€™, โ€˜frosty-faceโ€™, โ€˜pinched-faceโ€™, โ€˜ugly-mugโ€™, โ€˜tom-faceโ€™, โ€˜sour-faceโ€™ and โ€˜vinegar-faceโ€™ are all expressions of reproach.
ูˆู„ู„ุถุญูƒ ู…ูˆุถุน ูˆู„ู‡ ู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑุŒ ูˆู„ู„ู…ุฒุญ ู…ูˆุถุน ูˆู„ู‡ ู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑุŒ ู…ุชู‰ ุฌุงุฒู‡ู…ุง ุฃุญุฏุŒ ูˆู‚ุตู‘ุฑ ุนู†ู‡ู…ุง ุฃุญุฏุŒ ุตุงุฑ ุงู„ูุงุถู„ ุฎุทู„ุงุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชู‚ุตูŠุฑ ู†ู‚ุตุง.
Fun and laughter have their proper place and limits. If these are exceeded, frivolity ensues and if curtailed, there is a sense of loss.
ูุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู„ู… ูŠุนูŠุจูˆุง ุงู„ุถุญูƒ ุฅู„ุง ุจู‚ุฏุฑุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠุนูŠุจูˆุง ุงู„ู…ุฒุญ ุฅู„ุง ุจู‚ุฏุฑุŒ ูˆู…ุชู‰ ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุจุงู„ู…ุฒุญ ุงู„ู†ูุนุŒ ูˆุจุงู„ุถุญูƒ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ู‡ ุฌุนู„ ุงู„ุถุญูƒุŒ ุตุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฒุญ ุฌุฏุงุŒ ูˆุงู„ุถุญูƒ ูˆู‚ุงุฑุง.
It is only inappropriate fun and laughter that people criticise, while if fun is had for profit or if laughter hides a motive, the fun turns serious and dismal and the laughter cracks. I have no wish to mislead you about this book; I do not seek to conceal its shortcomings.
ูˆู‡ุฐุง ูƒุชุงุจ ู„ุง ุฃุบุฑู‘ูƒ ู…ู†ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุฃุณุชุฑ ุนู†ูƒ ุนูŠุจู‡ุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠุฌูˆุฒ ุฃู† ูŠูƒู…ู„ ู„ู…ุง ุชุฑูŠุฏู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุฌูˆุฒ ุฃู† ูŠูˆูู‰ ุญู‚ู‘ู‡ุŒ ูƒู…ุง ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ู„ู‡.
It has simply not been possible to provide everything you asked for or for the book to fulfil its promise quite as fully as it might.
ู„ุฃู†ู‘ ู‡ู‡ู†ุง ุฃุญุงุฏูŠุซ ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉุŒ ู…ุชู‰ ุงุทู„ุนู†ุง ู…ู†ู‡ุง ุญุฑูุง ุนุฑู ุฃุตุญุงุจู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุฅู† ู„ู… ู†ุณู…ู‘ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆู„ู… ู†ุฑุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ุจู‡ู… ูˆุณูˆุงุก ุณู…ูŠู‘ู†ุงู‡ู…ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุฐูƒุฑู†ุง ู…ุง ูŠุฏู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุณู…ุงุฆู‡ู…ุŒ ู…ู†ู‡ู… ุงู„ุตุฏูŠู‚ ูˆุงู„ูˆู„ูŠู‘ ูˆุงู„ู…ุณุชูˆุฑ ูˆุงู„ู…ุชุฌู…ู‘ู„ุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุณ ูŠููŠ ุญุณู† ุงู„ูุงุฆุฏุฉ ู„ูƒู…ุŒ ุจู‚ุจุญ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงูŠุฉ ุนู„ูŠู‡ู….
Many stories exist in which the subjects would be instantly recognisable from the very first word, without even naming them โ€“ and there are those individuals whose identities I have no wish to disclose, either directly or by giving away clues. Among them are benefactors and friends, decent people I have a duty to protect and, even, my flatterers.
ูู‡ุฐุง ุจุงุจ ูŠุณู‚ุท ุงู„ุจุชู‘ุฉุŒ ูˆูŠุฎุชู„ู‘ ุจู‡ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ู„ุง ู…ุญุงู„ุฉุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฃูƒุซุฑู‡ุง ุจุงุจุงุŒ ูˆุฃุนุฌุจู‡ุง ู…ู†ูƒ ู…ูˆู‚ุนุง.
The bookโ€™s value to you would not compensate for the distress caused to them.
ูˆุฃุญุงุฏูŠุซ ุฃุฎุฑ ู„ูŠุณ ู„ู‡ุง ุดู‡ุฑุฉุŒ ูˆู„ูˆ ุดู‡ุฑุช ู„ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ููŠู‡ุง ุฏู„ูŠู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุฑุจุงุจู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู‡ูŠ ู…ู‚ูŠู‘ุฏุฉ ุฃุตุญุงุจู‡ุงุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุณ ูŠุชูˆูุฑ ุฃุจุฏุง ุญุณู†ู‡ุง ุฅู„ุง ุจุฃู† ูŠุนุฑู ุฃู‡ู„ู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุญุชู‰ ุชุชุตู„ ุจู…ุณุชุญู‚ู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุจู…ุนุงุฏู†ู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุงู„ู„ุงุฆู‚ูŠู† ุจู‡ุงุ› ูˆููŠ ู‚ุทุน ู…ุง ุจูŠู†ู‡ุง ูˆุจูŠู† ุนู†ุงุตุฑู‡ุง ูˆู…ุนุงู†ูŠู‡ุงุŒ ุณู‚ูˆุท ู†ุตู ุงู„ู…ู„ุญุฉุŒ ูˆุฐู‡ุงุจ ุดุทุฑ ุงู„ู†ุงุฏุฑุฉ.
Accordingly, such stories have been dropped altogether, although the book is undoubtedly the poorer. They would not only have formed its longest sections but also those you would have found the most amusing. Several other, lesser-known tales have also been omitted because the characters are anonymous. Even if it does have a certain celebrity, a story has little charm or depth unless you can recognise the characters (both major and minor) and appreciate the finer points of the situation. When the link between a story and its context has been broken, half the wit and entertainment value is lost.
ูˆู„ูˆ ุฃู† ุฑุฌู„ุง ุฃู„ุฒู‚ ู†ุงุฏุฑุฉ ยซุจุฃุจูŠ ุงู„ุญุงุฑุซ ุฌู…ู‘ูŠู†ยปุŒ ยซูˆุงู„ู‡ูŠุซู… ุจู† ู…ุทู‡ุฑยปุŒ ูˆ ยซุจู…ุฒุจู‘ุฏยปุŒ ูˆ ยซุงุจู† ุฃุญู…ุฑยปุŒ ุซู… ูƒุงู†ุช ุจุงุฑุฏุฉุŒ ู„ุฌุฑุช ุนู„ู‰ ุฃุญุณู† ู…ุง ูŠูƒูˆู†.
I mean, if someone attributed an otherwise dull story to a famous wit and raconteur like Abuโ€™l Harith Jummayn, Hay- tham ibn Mutahhar, Muzabbid or Ibn Ahmar, it would be on the lips of everyone.
ูˆู„ูˆ ูˆู„ู‘ุฏ ู†ุงุฏุฑุฉ ุญุงุฑู‘ุฉ ููŠ ู†ูุณู‡ุงุŒ ู…ู„ูŠุญุฉ ููŠ ู…ุนู†ุงู‡ุงุŒ ุซู… ุฃุถุงูู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ยซุตุงู„ุญ ุจู† ุญู†ูŠู†ยป ูˆุงู„ู‰ ยซุงุจู† ุงู„ู†ูˆุงุกยปุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‰ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุจุบุถุงุกุŒ ู„ุนุงุฏุช ุจุงุฑุฏุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุตุงุฑุช ูุงุชุฑุฉุŒ ูุงู† ุงู„ูุงุชุฑ ุดุฑู‘ ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุงุฑุฏ.
But make up an amusing and witty tale and attribute it to Salih ibn Hunayn, Ibn Nawwaโ€™ or some other appalling bore and it would receive a frosty or โ€“ even worse โ€“ a lukewarm, reception.
ูˆูƒู…ุง ุฃู†ูƒ ู„ูˆ ูˆู„ู‘ุฏุช ูƒู„ุงู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุฒู‡ุฏุŒ ูˆู…ูˆุนุธุฉ ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ุซู… ู‚ู„ุช: ู‡ุฐุง ู…ู† ูƒู„ุงู… ยซุจูƒุฑ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฒู†ู‰ู‘ยป ูˆ ยซุนุงู…ุฑ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ู‚ูŠุณ ุงู„ุนู†ุจุฑูŠยปุŒ ูˆ ยซู…ุคุฑู‚ ุงู„ุนุฌู„ูŠยป ูˆ ยซูŠุฒูŠุฏ ุงู„ุฑู‚ุงุดูŠยปุŒ ู„ุชุถุงุนู ุญุณู†ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุญุฏุซ ู„ู‡ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ู†ุณุจ ู†ุถุงุฑุฉ ูˆุฑูุนุฉ ู„ู… ุชูƒู† ู„ู‡.
Suppose you produced a sermon on abstinence and claimed it as the work of a pious ascetic like Bakr ibn โ€˜Abdullah Muzani, โ€˜Amir ibn โ€˜Abd Qays โ€˜Anbari, Muโ€˜ariq โ€˜Ijli or Yazid Raqqashi, its appeal would then be doubled. The attribution alone would acquire for your work a brilliance and esteem it might otherwise lack.
ูˆู„ูˆ ู‚ู„ุช: ู‚ุงู„ู‡ุง ยซุฃุจูˆ ูƒุนุจ ุงู„ุตูˆููŠยปุŒ ุฃูˆ ยซุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู…ุคู…ู†ยป ุฃูˆ ยซุฃุจูˆ ู†ูˆุงุณยป ุงู„ุดุงุนุฑ ุฃูˆ ยซุญุณูŠู† ุงู„ุฎู„ูŠุนยปุŒ ู„ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ู„ู‡ุง ุฅู„ุง ู…ุง ู„ู‡ุง ููŠ ู†ูุณู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุจุงู„ุญุฑูŠ ุฃู† ุชุบู„ุท ููŠ ู…ู‚ุฏุงุฑู‡ุงุŒ ูุชุจุฎุณ ู…ู† ุญู‚ู‘ู‡ุง.
But attribute it to a dissolute like Abu Kaโ€˜b Soufi, โ€˜Abd al-Muโ€™min, the poet Abu Nuwas or Hussayn the Debauched and the sermon would have no more than whatever intrinsic merit it might possess. Your miscalculation would most likely lower its appeal.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ูƒุชุจู†ุง ู„ูƒ ุฃุญุงุฏูŠุซ ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉ ู…ุถุงูุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุฑุจุงุจู‡ุงุŒ ูˆุฃุญุงุฏูŠุซ ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุถุงูุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุฑุจุงุจู‡ุงุŒ ุฃู…ุง ุจุงู„ุฎูˆู ู…ู†ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุฃู…ุง ุจุงู„ุฅูƒุฑุงู… ู„ู‡ู….
I have included many stories where the characters are named and many where they are not โ€“ out of respect in some cases and out of fear in others.
ูˆู„ูˆู„ุง ุฃู†ูƒ ุณุฃู„ุชู†ูŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจ ู„ู…ุง ุชูƒู„ู‘ูุชู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ู…ุง ูˆุถุนุช ูƒู„ุงู…ูŠ ู…ูˆุถุน ุงู„ุถูŠู… ูˆุงู„ู†ู‚ู…ุฉุŒ ูุฅู† ูƒุงู†ุช ู„ุงุฆู…ุฉ ุฃูˆ ุนุฌุฒุŒ ูุนู„ูŠูƒุŒ ูˆุฅู† ูƒุงู† ุนุฐุฑุŒ ูู„ูŠ ุฏูˆู†ูƒ.
Had you not asked me for it, I would not have gone to the trouble of writing this book and thereby risked exposing myself to denunciation and reprisal. So let it be on your head if the book is condemned or if it flops; if not, however, absolution will be mine alone!
ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ุณู‡ู„ ุจู† ู‡ุงุฑูˆู† ุงู„ู‰ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุฒูŠุงุฏ ูˆุงู„ู‰ ุจู†ูŠ ุนู…ู‡ ู…ู† ุขู„ ุฒูŠุงุฏ ุญูŠู† ุฐู…ูˆุง ู…ุฐู‡ุจู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุจุฎู„ ูˆุชุชุจุนูˆุง ูƒู„ุงู…ู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ูƒุชุจ.
A Letter from Sahl ibn Haroun to Muhammad ibn Ziyad & His Cousins, the Ziyads, in Response to Their Criticisms of His Doctrine of Avarice & Views on Wealth Acquisition.
ุจุณู… ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุญูŠู….
In the Name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
ุฃุตู„ุญ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฃู…ุฑูƒู…ุŒ ูˆุฌู…ุน ุดู…ู„ูƒู…ุŒ ูˆุนู„ู‘ู…ูƒู… ุงู„ุฎูŠุฑุŒ ูˆุฌุนู„ูƒู… ู…ู† ุฃู‡ู„ู‡.
May the Lord reform and reconcile you, teach you what is right and place you among His elect.
ู‚ุงู„ ุงู„ุฃุญู†ู ุจู† ู‚ูŠุณ: ูŠุง ู…ุนุดุฑ ุจู†ูŠ ุชู…ูŠู…ุŒ ู„ุง ุชุณุฑุนูˆุง ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ูุชู†ุฉุŒ ูุฅู† ุฃุณุฑุน ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‚ุชุงู„ุŒ ุฃู‚ู„ู‘ู‡ู… ุญูŠุงุก ู…ู† ุงู„ูุฑุงุฑ.
โ€œDo not rush into a fight! The quickest to take up arms is the least timid about running away.โ€- Ahnaf ibn Qays, addressing the tribe of Tamim.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู†: ุฅุฐุง ุฃุฑุฏุช ุฃู† ุชุฑู‰ ุงู„ุนูŠูˆุจ ุฌู…ู‘ุฉุŒ ูุชุฃู…ู‘ู„ ุนูŠู‘ุงุจุงุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ุฅู†ู…ุง ูŠุนูŠุจุŒ ุจูุถู„ ู…ุง ููŠู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนูŠุจุ› ูˆุฃูˆู„ ุงู„ุนูŠุจ ุฃู† ุชุนูŠุจ ู…ุง ู„ูŠุณ ุจุนูŠุจุ› ูˆู‚ุจูŠุญ ุฃู† ุชู†ู‡ูŠ ุนู† ู…ุฑุดุฏุŒ ุฃูˆ ุชุบุฑูŠ ุจู…ุดูู‚.
It is said that to observe human weakness in all its plenty, look no further than the faultfinder, whose behaviour is a reflection of his own flawed character. The worst sin of all is to condemn what is itself unstained by sin. It is a terrible thing to hound the conscientious man and turn others from his counsel.
ูˆู…ุง ุฃุฑุฏู†ุงุŒ ุจู…ุง ู‚ู„ู†ุงุŒ ุฅู„ุง ู‡ุฏุงูŠุชูƒู… ูˆุชู‚ูˆูŠู…ูƒู…ุŒ ูˆุฅู„ุง ุฅุตู„ุงุญ ูุณุงุฏูƒู…ุŒ ูˆุฅุจู‚ุงุก ุงู„ู†ุนู…ุฉ ุนู„ูŠูƒู….
Our one design has been to guide you and reform you, mend your improvidence and secure the maintenance of your prosperity.
ูˆู„ุฆู† ุฃุฎุทุฃู†ุง ุณุจูŠู„ ุฅุฑุดุงุฏูƒู…ุŒ ูู…ุง ุฃุฎุทุฃู†ุง ุณุจูŠู„ ุญุณู† ุงู„ู†ูŠุฉุŒ ููŠู…ุง ุจูŠู†ู†ุง ูˆุจูŠู†ูƒู…. ุซู… ู‚ุฏ ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู† ุฃู†ู‘ุง ู…ุง ุฃูˆุตูŠู†ุงูƒู… ุฅู„ุง ุจู…ุง ู‚ุฏ ุงุฎุชุฑู†ุงู‡ ู„ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง ู‚ุจู„ูƒู…ุŒ ูˆุดู‡ุฑู†ุง ุจู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุขูุงู‚ ุฏูˆู†ูƒู….
If we have erred, it has not been for want of good intentions towards the ties of family that bind us. Besides, you may know that we would counsel you with nothing we had not already acted on ourselves and for which we have, indeed, achieved widespread renown.
ูู…ุง ูƒุงู† ุฃุญู‚ู‘ูƒู…ุŒ ููŠ ุชู‚ุฏูŠู… ุญุฑู…ุชู†ุง ุจูƒู…- ุฃู† ุชุฑุนูˆุง ุญู‚ ู‚ุตุฏู†ุง ุจุฐู„ูƒ ุฅู„ูŠูƒู…ุŒ ูˆุชู†ุจูŠู‡ู†ุง ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุง ุฃุบูู„ู†ุง ู…ู† ูˆุงุฌุจ ุญู‚ูƒู…ุŒ ูู„ุง ุงู„ุนุฐุฑ ุงู„ู…ุจุณูˆุท ุนุฑูุชู…ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุจูˆุงุฌุจ ุงู„ุญุฑู…ุฉ ู‚ู…ุชู….
If you had valued the bond between us, you would have acknowledged our good intentions by drawing attention to any oversight on our part. Inexcusably, however, you have failed to honour your obligations.
ูˆู„ูˆ ูƒุงู† ุฐูƒุฑ ุงู„ุนูŠูˆุจ ุจุฑู‘ุง ูˆูุถู„ุงุŒ ู„ุฑุฃูŠู†ุง ุฃู† ููŠ ุฃู†ูุณู†ุง ุนู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุดุบู„ุง.
Although it is a virtuous and sterling act to point out error and shortcomings, I am unwilling to indulge.
ูˆุฅู†ู‘ ู…ู† ุฃุนุธู… ุงู„ุดู‘ู‚ูˆุฉุŒ ูˆุฃุจุนุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณุนุงุฏุฉุŒ ุฃู„ู‘ุง ูŠุฒุงู„ ูŠุชุฐูƒุฑ ุฒู„ู„ ุงู„ู…ุนู„ู…ูŠู†ุŒ ูˆูŠุชู†ุงุณู‰ ุณูˆุก ุงุณุชู…ุงุน ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู…ูŠู†ุŒ ูˆูŠุณุชุนุธู… ุบุงุท ุงู„ุนุงุฐู„ูŠู† ูˆู„ุง ูŠุญูู„ ุจุนู…ุฏ ุงู„ู…ุนุฐูˆู„ูŠู†.
Nevertheless, it is a travesty that a teacherโ€™s errors are remembered long after the studentsโ€™ inattention is forgotten and that so much is made of the slip of one who reprimands while the bad faith of miscreants is ignored.
ุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุจู‚ูˆู„ูŠ ู„ุฎุงุฏู…ูŠ: ุฃุฌูŠุฏูŠ ุนุฌู†ู‡ ุฎู…ูŠุฑุง ูƒู…ุง ุฃุฌุฏุชู‡ ูุทูŠุฑุงุŒ ู„ูŠูƒูˆู† ุฃุทูŠุจ ู„ุทุนู…ู‡ุ› ูˆุฃุฒูŠุฏ ููŠ ุฑูŠุนู‡. ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุงู„ ุนู…ุฑ ุจู† ุงู„ุฎุทู‘ุงุจุŒ ุฑุถูŠ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู†ู‡ ูˆุฑุญู…ู‡ุŒ ู„ุฃู‡ู„ู‡: ุงู…ู„ูƒูˆุง ุงู„ุนุฌูŠู†ุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ุฃุฑูŠุน ุงู„ุทุญูŠู†ูŠู†.
You ridiculed me for telling the maid to knead leavened dough just as thoroughly as unleavened, to make the bread rise and taste better. Yet did not โ€˜Umar ibn Khattab8 tell his household to โ€œgive the leavened dough a good kneading because it will go a longer wayโ€?
ูˆุนุจุชู… ุนู„ูŠู‘ ู‚ูˆู„ูŠ: ู…ู† ู„ู… ูŠุนุฑู ู…ูˆุงู‚ุน ุงู„ุณุฑู ููŠ ุงู„ู…ูˆุฌูˆุฏ ุงู„ุฑุฎูŠุตุŒ ู„ู… ูŠุนุฑู ู…ูˆุงู‚ุน ุงู„ุฅู‚ุชุตุงุฏ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู…ุชู†ุน ุงู„ุบุงู„ูŠ.
You mocked me for saying that the man who does not know how to economise with inexpensive things will be ignorant of thrift when it comes to items hors de prix.
ูู„ู‚ุฏ ุฃุชูŠุช ู…ู† ู…ุงุก ุงู„ูˆุถูˆุก ุจูƒูŠู„ุฉ ูŠุฏู„ู‘ ุญุฌู…ู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุจู„ุบ ุงู„ูƒูุงูŠุฉ ูˆุฃุดูู‘ ู…ู† ุงู„ูƒูุงูŠุฉุŒ ูู„ู…ุง ุตุฑุช ุงู„ู‰ ุชูุฑูŠู‚ ุฃุฌุฒุงุฆู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุนุถุงุกุŒ ูˆุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชูˆููŠุฑ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง ู…ู† ูˆุธูŠูุฉ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ูˆุฌุฏุช ููŠ ุงู„ุฃุนุถุงุก ูุถู„ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
Now, there was once an occasion when I drew what I thought was more than enough water to wash with for prayer but, soon after starting to wash, I discovered there was more of me than water to go around.
ูุนู„ู…ุช ุฃู† ู„ูˆ ูƒู†ุช ู…ูƒู‘ู†ุช ุงู„ุฅู‚ุชุตุงุฏ ููŠ ุฃูˆุงุฆู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุฑุบุจุช ุนู† ุงู„ุชู‡ุงูˆู† ุจู‡ ููŠ ุฅุจุชุฏุงุฆู‡ุŒ ู„ุฎุฑุฌ ุขุฎุฑู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒูุงูŠุฉ ุฃูˆู‘ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒุงู† ู†ุตูŠุจ ุงู„ุนุถูˆ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ูƒู†ุตูŠุจ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑุ› ูุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุจุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูˆุดู†ู‘ุนุชู…ูˆู‡ ุจุฌู‡ุฏูƒู… ูˆู‚ุจู‘ุญุชู…ูˆู‡.
I realised then that, had I only been more economical and less casual with the water at the start, I would have been left with quite sufficient at the end and the share for my last limb would have been the same as the share for my first. For that, I was ridiculed. In fact, you denounced me with a vengeance.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุงู„ ุงู„ุญุณู† ุนู†ุฏ ุฐูƒุฑ ุงู„ุณู‘ุฑู: ุฅู†ู‡ ู„ูŠูƒูˆู† ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุนูˆู†ูŠู†: ุงู„ู…ุงุก ูˆุงู„ูƒู„ุฃุŒ ูู„ู… ูŠุฑุถ ุจุฐูƒุฑ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ุญุชู‰ ุฃุฑุฏูู‡ ุจุงู„ูƒู„ุฃ.
Yet did not Hasan Basri9 observe of waste that it exists โ€œwith even those two most basic things, water and animal fodderโ€? It was not enough for him to mention only water, so he added straw as well.
ูˆุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุญูŠู† ุฎุชู…ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุณุฏู‘ ุนุธูŠู…ุŒ ูˆููŠู‡ ุดูŠุก ุซู…ูŠู† ู…ู† ูุงูƒู‡ุฉ ู†ููŠุณุฉ ูˆู…ู† ุฑุทุจุฉ ุบุฑูŠุจุฉุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุนุจุฏ ู†ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆุตุจูŠ ุฌุดุนุŒ ูˆุฃู…ุฉ ู„ูƒุนุงุกุŒ ูˆุฒูˆุฌุฉ ุฎุฑู‚ุงุก.
You sneered at my sealing a bushel of expensive fruit and costly dates, as a precaution against the grasping slave, the greedy boy, the thieving maid and clumsy wife.
ูˆู„ูŠุณ ู…ู† ุฃุตู„ ุงู„ุฃุฏุจุŒ ูˆู„ุง ููŠ ุชุฑุชูŠุจ ุงู„ุญูƒู…ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ููŠ ุนุงุฏุงุช ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ููŠ ุชุฏุจูŠุฑ ุงู„ุณุงุฏุฉุŒ ุฃู† ูŠุณุชูˆูŠ ููŠ ู†ููŠุณ ุงู„ู…ุฃูƒูˆู„ุŒ ูˆุบุฑูŠุจ ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุจุŒ ูˆุซู…ูŠู† ุงู„ู…ู„ุจูˆุณุŒ ูˆุฎุทูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฑูƒูˆุจุŒ ูˆุงู„ู†ุงุนู… ู…ู† ูƒู„ ูู†ู‘ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู„ุจุงุจ ู…ู† ูƒู„ ุดูƒู„.
Yet there is nothing in law, custom, convention or the practice of the great and the good about fine food, vintage wine, smart clothes, pedigree horses, superior craftsmanship or anything of excellence and value being equally available to all and sundry.
ุงู„ุชุงุจุน ูˆุงู„ู…ุชุจูˆุนุŒ ูˆุงู„ุณูŠุฏ ูˆุงู„ู…ุณูˆุฏุŒ ูƒู…ุง ู„ุง ุชุณุชูˆูŠ ู…ูˆุงุถุนู‡ู… ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฌู„ุณุŒ ูˆู…ูˆุงู‚ุน ุฃุณู…ุงุฆู‡ู… ููŠ ุงู„ุนู†ูˆุงู†ุงุชุŒ ูˆู…ุง ูŠุณุชู‚ุจู„ูˆู† ุจู‡ ู…ู† ุงู„ุชุญูŠุงุช.
The master and servant are not on the same level. They do not sit together at table and they are greeted and addressed in quite different ways.
ูˆูƒูŠู ูˆู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠูู‚ุฏูˆู†ุŒ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูˆู…ุง ูŠูู‚ุฏ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏุฑุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠูƒุชุฑุซูˆู† ู„ู‡ ุงูƒุชุฑุงุซ ุงู„ุนุงุฑู. ู…ู† ุดุงุก ุฃุทุนู… ูƒู„ุจู‡ ุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌ ุงู„ู…ุณู…ู‘ู† ูˆุฃุนู„ู ุญู…ุงุฑู‡ ุงู„ุณู…ุณู… ุงู„ู…ู‚ุดู‘ุฑ.
How could it be otherwise when it is not the servant who needs to be concerned about the loss of status? Anyone who wants to can feed his dog with corn-fed chicken or throw husked sesame to his donkey.
ูุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุจุงู„ุฎุชู…ุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฎุชู… ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃุฆู…ุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุฒูˆุฏ ุณูˆูŠู‚ุŒ ูˆุฎุชู… ุนู„ู‰ ูƒูŠุณ ูุงุฑุบุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„: ยซุทูŠู†ุฉ ุฎูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุทู†ู‘ุฉ ยป.
You may criticise me for sealing a basket yet there was one of our religious leaders who sealed up sacks of cheap barley โ€“ and even empty sacks โ€“ with the comment, โ€œRather dust than weevilsโ€.
ูุฃู…ุณูƒุชู… ุนู…ู† ุฎุชู… ุนู„ู‰ ู„ุง ุดูŠุกุŒ ูˆุนุจุชู… ู…ู† ุฎุชู… ุนู„ู‰ ุดูŠุก.
You are silent about someone who seals up nothing but miscall the man who, at least, seals up something.
ูˆุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุญูŠู† ู‚ู„ุช ู„ู„ุบู„ุงู…: ุฅุฐุง ุฒุฏุช ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฑู‚ ูุฒุฏ ููŠ ุงู„ุฅู†ุถุงุฌุŒ ู„ู†ุฌู…ุน ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุชุฃุฏู‘ู… ุจุงู„ู„ุญู… ูˆุงู„ู…ุฑู‚ุŒ ูˆู„ู†ุฌู…ุนุŒ ู…ุน ุงู„ุงุฑุชูุงู‚ุŒ ุจุงู„ู…ุฑู‚ ุงู„ุทูŠุจุ› ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุจูŠ ุตู„ู‰ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ูˆุณู„ู…: ุฅุฐุง ุทุจุฎุชู… ู„ุญู…ุง ูุฒูŠุฏูˆุง ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ูุฅู† ู„ู… ูŠุตุจ ุฃุญุฏูƒู… ู„ุญู…ุงุŒ ุฃุตุงุจ ู…ุฑู‚ุง.
You jeered at my telling my servant to thin the stew when he thinned the sauce, simply to ensure that I have plenty of each and so the stew will not run out before the sauce. Well, you may criticise but did not the Prophet (Godโ€™s peace and blessings upon him) advise, โ€œWhen you cook meat, be generous with the water so that if anyone does not get meat, he can have gravy insteadโ€ ?
ูˆุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุจุฎุตู ุงู„ู†ุนุงู„ุŒ ูˆุจุชุตุฏูŠุฑ ุงู„ู‚ู…ูŠุตุŒ ูˆุญูŠู† ุฒุนู…ุช ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุฎุตูˆูุฉ ุฃุจู‚ู‰ ูˆุฃูˆุทุฃ ูˆุฃูˆู‚ู‰ุŒ ูˆุฃู†ูู‰ ู„ู„ูƒุจุฑุŒ ูˆุฃุดุจู‡ ุจุงู„ู†ุณูƒุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุชุฑู‚ูŠุน ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุฒู…ุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุฅุฌุชู…ุงุน ู…ุน ุงู„ุญูุธุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุชูุฑู‚ ู…ุน ุงู„ุชุถูŠูŠุน.
You pilloried me for double-stitching my sandals and lining the front of my shirt. You laughed at me for claiming that double-stitched sandals are stronger, more comfortable and durable, and a sure sign of piety. You jeered when I maintained that patching a shirt is a prudent act. You ridiculed me for saying that to keep something whole is to preserve it, while to let it disintegrate is deliberate waste.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู†ุจูŠ ุตู„ู‘ู‰ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ูˆุณู„ู‘ู… ูŠุฎุตู ู†ุนู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุฑู‚ุน ุซูˆุจู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠู„ุทุน ุฅุตุจุนู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠู‚ูˆู„: ู„ูˆ ุฃุชูŠุช ุจุฐุฑุงุน ู„ุฃูƒู„ุชุŒ ูˆู„ูˆุฏุนูŠุช ุงู„ู‰ ูƒุฑุงุน ู„ุฃุฌุจุช.
Yet the Prophet repaired his sandals and patched holes in his tunic. Licking his fingers after a meal, he would say, โ€œIf Iโ€™m given leg of lamb, I eat and if served trotters, I accept.
ูˆู„ู‚ุฏ ู„ูู‘ู‚ุช ุณุนุฏู‰ ุฅุจู†ุฉ ุนูˆู ุฅุฒุงุฑ ุทู„ุญุฉุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฌูˆุงุฏ ู‚ุฑูŠุดุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุทู„ุญุฉ ุงู„ููŠุงุถ.
โ€˜Awf s daughter, Sawda, used to dam Talhaโ€™s underwear for him, although he was one of the biggest spendthrifts of Quraysh. 10โ€˜Talha the Bountifulโ€™ he was called.
ูˆูƒุงู† ููŠ ุซูˆุจ ุนู…ุฑ ุฑู‚ุงุน ุฃุฏู…. ูˆู‚ุงู„: ู…ู† ู„ู… ูŠุณุชุญูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุญู„ุงู„ุŒ ุฎูู‘ุช ู…ุคูˆู†ุชู‡ุŒ ูˆู‚ู„ู‘ ูƒุจุฑู‡.
โ€˜Umar ibn Khattab, whose tunic had leather patches, said, โ€œThe needs and the pride of the man unashamed of his clothes are reduced.
ูˆู‚ุงู„ูˆุง: ยซู„ุง ุฌุฏูŠุฏ ู„ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠู„ุจุณ ุงู„ุฎู„ู‚ยป.
โ€ And there is the saying that โ€œthe man who wonโ€™t wear patched clothes never will get newโ€.
ูˆุจุนุซ ุฒูŠุงุฏ ุฑุฌู„ุง ูŠุฑุชุงุฏ ู„ู‡ ู…ุญุฏู‘ุซุงุŒ ูˆุงุดุชุฑุท ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑุงุฆุฏ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุนุงู‚ู„ุง ู…ุณุฏู‘ุฏุงุŒ ูุฃุชุงู‡ ุจู‡ ู…ูˆุงูู‚ุงุŒ ูู‚ุงู„: ยซุฃูƒู†ุช ุฐุง ู…ุนุฑูุฉ ุจู‡ยปุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ยซู„ุง ูˆู„ุง ุฑุฃูŠุชู‡ ู‚ุจู„ ุณุงุนุชู‡ยป.
Ziyad ibn Abihi11 dispatched a man to find him a discerning and reliable transmitter of prophetic traditions. When he returned with a suitable candidate, Ziyad asked the scout what he knew about the man.โ€œNothing, Iโ€™ve never seen him before.
ู‚ุงู„: ยซุฃูู†ุงู‚ู„ุชู‡ ุงู„ูƒู„ุงู… ูˆูุงุชุญุชู‡ ุงู„ุฃู…ูˆุฑุŒ ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู† ุชูˆุตู„ู‡ ุฅู„ูŠู‘ยปุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ยซู„ุงยป.
โ€œBut didnโ€™t you talk and discuss matters with him before bringing him here ?โ€ โ€œNo.
ู‚ุงู„: ยซูู„ู… ุงุฎุชุฑุชู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุฌู…ูŠุน ู…ู† ุฑุฃูŠุชู‡ยปุŸ ู‚ุงู„: ยซูŠูˆู…ู†ุง ูŠูˆู… ู‚ุงุฆุธุŒ ูˆู„ู… ุฃุฒู„ ุฃุชุนุฑู‘ู ุนู‚ูˆู„ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุจุทุนุงู…ู‡ู… ูˆู„ุจุงุณู‡ู… ููŠ ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ูˆุฑุฃูŠุช ุซูŠุงุจ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฌุฏุฏุง ูˆุซูŠุงุจู‡ ู„ุจุณุงุŒ ูุธู†ู†ุช ุจู‡ ุงู„ุญุฒู…ยป. ูˆู‚ุฏ ุนู„ู…ู†ุง ุฃู† ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุฏ ููŠ ู…ูˆุถุนู‡ ุฏูˆู† ุงู„ุฎู„ู‚.
โ€œThen out of everyone you saw, why did you choose him ?โ€โ€œIt was a scorcher of a day and you can tell peopleโ€™s character by observing the food they eat and the clothes they wear on a day like that. I noticed that everyone was wearing new clothes except him so here, I reckoned, was a man possessed of judgement and discrimination. There is a time to wear old clothes and a time to wear new.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฌุนู„ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุนุฒู‘ ูˆุฌู„ู‘ ู„ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ู‚ุฏุฑุง ูˆุจูˆู‘ุฃ ู„ู‡ ู…ูˆุถุนุงุŒ ูƒู…ุง ุฌุนู„ ู„ูƒู„ ุฏู‡ุฑ ุฑุฌุงู„ุงุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู„ ู…ู‚ุงู… ู…ู‚ุงู„ุงุ› ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฃุญูŠุง ุจุงู„ุณู…ู‘ุŒ ูˆุฃู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุบุฐุงุกุŒ ูˆุฃุบุตู‘ ุจุงู„ู…ุงุกุŒ ูˆู‚ุชู„ ุจุงู„ุฏูˆุงุก.
The Lord has set a measure for everything and given all things their proper place. Likewise, has He appointed men for every age and words for every occasion. He may revive a man with poison or cause his death with food. He may kill with medication and make drinking water choke.
ูุชุฑู‚ูŠุน ุงู„ุซูˆุจ ูŠุฌู…ุนุŒ ู…ุน ุงู„ุฅุตู„ุงุญ ุงู„ุชูˆุงุถุนุŒ ูˆุฎู„ุงู ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุฌู…ุนุŒ ู…ุน ุงู„ุฅุณุฑุงูุŒ ุงู„ุชูƒุจุฑ.
The act of patching a tunic combines economy with humility; the failure to do so links prodigality with pride.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฒุนู…ูˆุง ุฃู† ู‚ู„ุฉ ุงู„ุนูŠุงู„ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ูŠุณุงุฑูŠู†ุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฌุจุฑ ุงู„ุฃุญู†ู ูŠุฏ ุนู†ุฒุŒ ูˆุฃู…ุฑ ุจุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ู†ุนู…ุงู†.
Repair, men say, is one of two paths to success, just as having a small family is one of two ways to prosper. Ahnaf once set a goatโ€™s broken leg and Nuโ€™man gave the order to do likewise.
ูˆู‚ุงู„ ุนู…ุฑ: ู…ู† ุฃูƒู„ ุจูŠุถุฉ ูู‚ุฏ ุฃูƒู„ ุฏุฌุงุฌุฉุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„ ุฑุฌู„ ู„ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุณุงุฏุฉ: ุฃู‡ุฏูŠ ุฅู„ูŠูƒ ุฏุฌุงุฌุฉุŒ ู‚ุงู„: ุฅู† ูƒุงู† ู„ุง ุจุฏู‘ ูุงุฌุนู„ู‡ุง ุจูŠู‘ุงุถุฉ. ูˆุนุฏ ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ุฏุฑุฏุงุก ุงู„ุนุฑุงู‚ ุฌุฒุฑ ุงู„ุจู‡ูŠู…ุฉ.
โ€œWhoever eats an egg has eaten a chicken,โ€ announced โ€˜Umar ibn Khattab. (A dignitary was asked if he would accept a chicken as a gift and quipped, โ€œIf you must send me one, make sure itโ€™s a good egg-layer!โ€) And there was the pious Abuโ€™l Dardaโ€™ who thought of bones like a donkey thinks of carrots!
ูˆุนุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุญูŠู† ู‚ู„ุช: ยซู„ุง ูŠุบุชุฑู‘ู†ู‘ ุฃุญุฏ ุจุทูˆู„ ุนู…ุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆุชู‚ูˆู‘ุณ ุธู‡ุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆุฑู‚ุฉ ุนุธู…ู‡ุŒ ูˆูˆู‡ู† ู‚ูˆุชู‡ุŒ ุฃู† ูŠุฑู‰ ุฃูƒุฑูˆู…ุชู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠุฎุฑุฌู‡ ุฐู„ูƒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฅุฎุฑุงุฌ ู…ุงู„ู‡ ู…ู† ูŠุฏูŠู‡ุŒ ูˆุชุญูˆูŠู„ู‡ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู„ูƒ ุบูŠุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ุชุญูƒูŠู… ุงู„ุณุฑู ููŠู‡ุŒ ูˆุชุณู„ูŠุท ุงู„ุดู‡ูˆุงุช ุนู„ูŠู‡ุŒ ูู„ุนู„ู‘ู‡ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ู…ุนู…ุฑู‘ุง. ูˆู‡ูˆ ู„ุง ูŠุฏุฑูŠุŒ ูˆู…ู…ุฏูˆุฏุง ู„ู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุณู† ูˆู‡ูˆ ู„ุง ูŠุดุนุฑ.
You reviled me for saying that the old man whose back is bent, whose bones are brittle and whose faculties are weak should not be seduced into displays of generosity. Age should not tempt him to part with his wealth, transfer authority to anyone else, allow extravagance to direct it or let passion take control. He does not know how many years he may yet have to live.
ูˆู„ุนู„ู‡ ุฃู† ูŠุฑุฒู‚ ุงู„ูˆู„ุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ูŠุฃุณุŒ ุฃูˆ ูŠุญุฏุซ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุจุนุถ ู…ุฎุจู‘ุงุช ุงู„ุฏู‡ูˆุฑุŒ ู…ู…ุง ู„ุง ูŠุฎุทุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุจุงู„ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุชุฏุฑูƒู‡ ุงู„ุนู‚ูˆู„ุŒ ููŠุณุชุฑุฏู‘ู‡ ู…ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุฑู‘ุฏู‡ุŒ ูˆูŠุธู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุดูƒูˆู‰ ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู† ู„ุง ูŠุฑุญู…ู‡ุŒ ุฃุถุนู ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ุนู† ุงู„ุทู„ุจ ูˆุฃู‚ุจุญ ู…ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ุจู‡ ุงู„ูƒุณุจยป. ูุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุจุฐู„ูƒ.
He may be blessed with a child just when he thought he was past it or some random blow of fate may unexpectedly confound him. He will then have to try to recover his money from someone who refuses to return it or appeal to a man who shows him no pity. He will be too frail to earn a living, the very thought of which will appal him. Nevertheless, you criticised me.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุงู„ ุนู…ุฑูˆ ุจู† ุงู„ุนุงุต: ยซุงุนู…ู„ ู„ุฏู†ูŠุงูƒ ุนู…ู„ ู…ู† ูŠุนูŠุด ุฃุจุฏุงุŒ ูˆุงุนู…ู„ ู„ุขุฎุฑุชูƒ ู…ู† ูŠู…ูˆุช ุบุฏุงยป.
โ€œAttend to the matters of this life as if you would live forever and to matters of the hereafter as if you would die tomorrow,โ€ โ€˜Amr ibn al-โ€˜As advised.
ูˆุนุจุชู…ูˆู†ูŠ ุญูŠู† ุฒุนู…ุช ุฃู† ุงู„ุชุจุฐูŠุฑ ุงู„ู‰ ู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงุฑุŒ ูˆู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู…ูŠุฑุงุซุŒูˆุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุงู„ ุงู„ุฅู„ุชู‚ุงุทุŒ ูˆุญุจุงุก ุงู„ู…ู„ูˆูƒุŒ ุฃุณุฑุนุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุญูุธ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู…ูƒุชุณุจ ูˆุงู„ุบู†ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู„ุจุŒ ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุง ูŠุนุฑุถ ููŠู‡ ู„ุฐู‡ุงุจ ุงู„ุฏูŠู†ุŒ ูˆุงู‡ุชุถุงู… ุงู„ุนุฑุถุŒ ูˆู†ุตุจ ุงู„ุจุฏู†ุŒ ูˆุงู‡ุชู…ุงู… ุงู„ู‚ู„ุจ ุฃุณุฑุน.
You reproached me for claiming that gambling winnings, inheritance, windfalls and the largesse of princes are all quickly squandered but that men keep a tight grip on the money they have worked for and earned, expenditure that risks offending faith or damaging reputation and any outlay that involves physical exertion or emotional stress.
ูˆุฃู† ู…ู† ู„ู… ูŠุญุณุจ ุฐู‡ุงุจ ู†ูู‚ุชู‡ุŒ ู„ู… ูŠุญุณุจ ุงู„ุฏุฎู„ุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุฃุถุงุน ุงู„ุฃุตู„ุŒ ูˆุฃู† ู…ู† ู„ู… ูŠุนุฑู ู‚ุฏุฑู‡ุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุฃุฐู† ุจุงู„ูู‚ุฑ ูˆุทุงุจ ู†ูุณุง ุจุงู„ุฐู‘ู„.
You criticised me for saying that the man who fails to keep account of expenses will fail to keep account of his income and if he fails to keep account of income, he will squander all his capital. The man who is ignorant of the sum of his wealth will soon learn of penury and know the comforts of disgrace.
ูˆุฒุนู…ุช ุฃู† ูƒุณุจ ุงู„ุญู„ุงู„ ู…ุถู…ู‘ู† ุจุงู„ุฅู†ูุงู‚ ููŠ ุงู„ุญู„ุงู„ุ› ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุฎุจูŠุซ ูŠู†ุฒุน ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฎุจูŠุซุ› ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุทูŠู‘ุจ ูŠุฏุนูˆ ุงู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทูŠู‘ุจุ› ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุฅู†ูุงู‚ ููŠ ุงู„ู‡ูˆู‰ุŒ ุญุฌุงุจ ุฏูˆู† ุงู„ุญู‚ูˆู‚ุ› ูˆุฃู† ุงู„ุฅู†ูุงู‚ ููŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูˆู‚ุŒ ุญุฌุงุฒ ุฏูˆู† ุงู„ู‡ูˆู‰.
I claimed that legitimate gain involves legitimate expenditure. Evil attracts evil just as good attracts good. Improper spending denies the rights of others, while honouring oneโ€™s obligations puts a curb upon the passions.
ูุนุจุชู… ุนู„ูŠู‘ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‚ูˆู„ุ› ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุงู„ ู…ุนุงูˆูŠุฉ: ู„ู… ุฃุฑ ุชุจุฐูŠุฑุง ู‚ุท ุฅู„ุง ูˆุงู„ู‰ ุฌุงู†ุจู‡ ุญู‚ ู…ุถูŠู‘ุน.
You criticised me for stating that, yet Muโ€˜awiya ibn abi Sufyan14 claimed never to have seen money squandered without a duty being neglected.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุงู„ ุงู„ุญุณู†: ุฅุฐุง ุฃุฑุฏุชู… ุฃู† ุชุนุฑููˆุง ู…ู† ุฃูŠู† ุฃุตุงุจ ู…ุงู„ู‡ุŒ ูุงู†ุธุฑูˆุง ููŠ ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ูŠู†ูู‚ู‡ุŒ ูุฅู† ุงู„ุฎุจูŠุซ ูŠู†ูู‚ ููŠ ุงู„ุณู‘ุฑู.
And Hasan Basri said, โ€œTo know how a man acquired his money, simply look at how he spends it. Ill-gotten gains are spent waste- fullyโ€.
ูˆู‚ู„ุช ู„ูƒู…ุŒ ุจุงู„ุดูู‚ุฉ ู…ู†ูŠ ุนู„ูŠูƒู…ุŒ ูˆุจุญุณู† ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ู„ูƒู… ูˆุจุญูุธูƒู… ู„ุขุจุงุฆูƒู…ุŒ ูˆู„ู…ุง ูŠุญุจ ููŠ ุฌูˆุงุฑูƒู…ุŒ ูˆููŠ ู…ู…ุงู„ุญุชูƒู…ุŒ ูˆู…ู„ุงุจุณุชูƒู…: ยซุฃู†ุชู… ููŠ ุฏุงุฑ ุงู„ุขูุงุชุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฌูˆุงุฆุญ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุฃู…ูˆู†ุงุช.
I have appealed to you out of kindness and concern, lest you squander your birthright and because you have social obligations to neighbours and friends. You dwell in a vale of misfortune with no insurance should disaster strike.
ูุฅู† ุฃุญุงุทุช ุจู…ุงู„ ุฃุญุฏูƒู… ุขูุฉุŒ ู„ู… ูŠุฑุฌุน ุงู„ู‰ ุจู‚ูŠุฉุ› ูุฃุญุฑุฒูˆุง ุงู„ู†ุนู…ุฉ ุจุงุฎุชู„ุงู ุงู„ุฃู…ูƒู†ุฉุŒ ูุฅู† ุงู„ุจู„ูŠู‘ุฉ ู„ุง ุชุฌุฑูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฅู„ุง ู…ุน ู…ูˆุช ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน.
If disaster struck the wealth of any one of you, there would be nothing to fall back on. You must safeguard your capital by spreading it around; only the death of all would then be the ruin of all.