Wise sayings

إِذَا الْمَرْءُ أَفْشَى سِرِّهُ بِلِسَانِهِ * وَلاَمَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرَهُ فَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ
إِذَا ضَاقَ صَدْرُ المَرْءِ عَنْ سِرِّ نَفْسِهِ * فَصَدْرُ الَّذِي يُسْتَودْعُ السِّرَّ أَضْيَقُ
if a man spreads his secret with his own tounge, and blames another..then he is a fool.
if his own breast is too narrow to contain his own secrets, then then the breast of the one whom he places his trust is even narrower

عَرَفْتُ شَرْ لَا لِشَرْ **** لَكِنْ تُلَا فِيْهِ

وَ مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمْ أَلشَرْ**** جَدِيْر أَنْ يَقَعَ فِيْهِ

“I learned evil not to indulge in it,

rather to abstain from it,

and whoever does not know what evil is,

it is likely that he will fall into it.”

كل العداوات قد ترجى مودتها *** إلا عداوة من عاداك من حسدِ

Every type of enmity can be turned into love,

Except the enmity of he who hates you out of envy.

يريد المرء أن يعطى منـاه *** ويأبـى الله إلا مــا أرادا

يقول المرء فائدتي ومالـي *** وتقوى الله أفضل ما استفادا

A person wants to be given their lot of fate,

But Allah refuses it to be except what He wishes.

A person will say ‘My profits! My wealth!’

But the fear of Allah is the best of all profits.