Good does not perish

الْخَيْرُ لَا يَفْنَى

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Hasten towards good and you will be guided

بَادِرِ الْخَيْرَ تَرْشُدْ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Hasten towards good and you will be guided

بَاكِرِ [بَادِرِ] الْخَيْرَ تَرْشُدْ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Be optimistic and you will become successful

تَفَأَّلْ بِالْخَيْرِ تَنْجَحْ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The consolidation of good is in making friendship for the sake of Allah and making enmity for the sake of Allah; [in] loving for the sake of Allah and hating for the sake of Allah

جِمَاعُ الْخَيْرِ فِي الْمُوَالاةِ فِي اللَّهِ وَالْمُعَادَاةِ فِي اللَّهِ وَالْمَحَبَّةِ فِي اللَّهِ وَالْبُغْضِ فِي اللَّهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The best matters are those that are easy to initiate, end well and give praiseworthy results

خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ مَا سَهُلَتْ مَبَادِيهِ وَحَسُنَتْ خَوَاتِمُهُ وَحُمِدَتْ عَوَاقِبُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The best matters are those that give the quickest benefit and the most praiseworthy results

خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ أَعْجَلُهَا عَائِدَةً وَأَحْمَدُهَا عَاقِبَةً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The best affair (of this ummah) is [taking] the middle course; to it return those who have gone to the extreme and with it join those who have lagged behind

خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ النَّمَطُ الْأَوْسَطُ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُ الْغَالِي وَبِهِ يَلْحَقُ التَّالِي

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Verily that which you send forth of good actions will be preserved for you and that which you delay [or postpone] will benefit other than you

إِنَّ مَا تُقَدِّمُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَكُنْ له [لَكَ ذُخْرُهُ وَمَا تُؤَخِّرُهُ يَكُنْ لِغَيْرِكَ خَيْرُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Sometimes good may come upon you from where you least expect it

رُبَّ خَيْرٍ وَافَاكَ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرْتَقِبُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The determination to do good extinguishes the fire of evil

عَزِيمَةُ الْخَيْرِ تُطْفِئُ نَارَ الشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The planter of the tree of good reaps the sweetest fruit

غَارِسُ شَجَرَةِ الْخَيْرِ تَجْتَنِيهَا أَحْلَى ثَمَرَةٍ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Whoever wears [the garment of] virtue disrobes himself of evil

مَنْ لَبِسَ الْخَيْرَ تَعَرَّى مِنَ الشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who does not know the benefit of a good action will not be capable of performing it

مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ مَنْفَعَةَ الْخَيْرِ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The ‘evil’ that is followed by Paradise is not [really] evil

مَا شَرٌّ بَعْدَهُ الْجَنَّةُ بِشَرٍّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Never count as evil that through which you realized good

لَا تَعُدَّنَّ شَرّاً مَا أَدْرَكْتَ بِهِ خَيْراً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Never count as good that by which you attain evil

لَا تَعُدَّنَّ خَيْراً مَا أَدْرَكْتَ بِهِ شَرّاً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Do good and do not commit evil acts, for the one who performs a good deed is better than it and the one who commits an evil act is more evil than it

افْعَلِ الْخَيْرَ وَلَا تَفْعَلِ الشَّرَّ فَخَيْرٌ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَنْ يَفْعَلُهُ وَشَرٌّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ مَنْ يَأْتِيهِ بِفِعْلِهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Indeed, the most perceptive of seers is one whose gaze penetrates into good actions

أَلَا إِنَّ أَبْصَرَ الْأَبْصَارِ مَنْ نَفَذَ فِي الْخَيْرِ طَرْفُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The most enviable person is the one who rushes to perform good deeds

أَغْبَطُ النَّاسِ الْمُسَارِعُ إِلَى الْخَيْرَاتِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The person who gains the most felicity from [that which is] good is the one who acts upon it

أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِالْخَيْرِ الْعَامِلُ بِهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

When you witness [a] good [deed] then take to it

إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْخَيْرَ فَخُذُوا بِهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

If you rush towards good whenever you see it, distance yourself from evil when you see it, act obediently [upon the commandments of Allah] and vie to acquire noble traits, then you are righteous and successful

إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْخَيْرَ فَسَارَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَرَأَيْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فَتَبَاعَدْتُمْ عَنْهُ وَكُنْتُمْ بِالطَّاعَاتِ عَامِلِينَ وَفِي الْمَكَارِمِ مُتَنَافِسِينَ كُنْتُمْ مُحْسِنِينَ فَائِزِينَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Expediting good turns is the basis of righteousness

تَعْجِيلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ مِلَاكُ الْمَعْرُوفِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

He who seeks good will triumph by it

ظَفِرَ بِالْخَيْرِ مَنْ طَلَبَهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

You must perform virtuous actions and hasten towards them, and let not others become more worthy of them than you

عَلَيْكُمْ بِأَعْمَالِ الْخَيْرِ فَتَبَادَرُوهَا وَلَا يَكُنْ غَيْرُكُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهَا مِنْكُمْ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

It is enough of a righteous act to have a good habit

كَفَى بِفِعْلِ الْخَيْرِ حُسْنُ عَادَةٍ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Indeed, being a follower in good is [much] better for you than being a leader in evil

لَأَنْ تَكُونَ تَابِعاً فِي الْخَيْرِ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَتْبُوعاً فِي الشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who does good has [actually] started with [gaining its benefit] himself

مَنْ فَعَلَ الْخَيْرَ فَبِنَفْسِهِ بَدَأَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The essential prerequisite of good action is taking the initiative in [performing] it

مِلَاكُ الْخَيْرِ مُبَادَرَتُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

None of you should ever say: ‘indeed there is one who is more worthy of doing the good action than me,’ for it will, by Allah, become that wayVerily for good and evil there are adherents, so whenever you leave it, its adherents perform it in your place

لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنَّ أَحَداً أَوْلَى بِفِعْلِ الْخَيْرِ مِنِّي فَيَكُونَ وَاللَّهِ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّ لِلْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ أَهْلًا فَمَهْمَا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ كَفَاكُمُوهُ أَهْلُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Seek goodness in the hoofs of the camel when driven away and when coming back

اطْلُبُوا الْخَيْرَ فِي أَخْفَافِ الْإِبِلِ طَارِدَةً وَوَارِدَةً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is [a cause of] regret

الشَّرُّ نَدَامَةٌ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil makes its rider fall

الشَّرُّ يَكْبُو بِرَاكِبِهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is the ugliest of gates

الشَّرُّ أَقْبَحُ الْأَبْوَابِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is pestilent speech

الشَّرُّ مَنْطِقٌ وَبِيٌّ [وَنِيٌ‏]

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is the symbol of destruction

الشَّرُّ حَمَّالُ [جَالِبُ‏] الْآثَامِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil degrades and strikes down

الشَّرُّ يُزْرِي وَيُرْدِي

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is punishable and brings dishonour (or is requited)

الشَّرُّ يُعَاقَبُ عَلَيْهِ وَيُخْزِي [يجزى‏]

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is the riding mount of greed and vain desire is the riding mount of discord

الشَّرُّ [الشَّرَهُ‏] مَرْكَبُ الْحِرْصِ وَالْهَوَى مَرْكَبُ الْفِتْنَةِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The wicked person does not think good of anyone because he does not see them except through [the lenses of] his own nature

الشَّرِيرُ لَا يَظُنُّ بِأَحَدٍ خَيْراً لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا بِطَبْعِ نَفْسِهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is concealed in everyone’s nature, so if its possessor overcomes it, it remains hidden and if he doesn’t overcome it, it is manifested

الشَّرُّ كَامِنٌ فِي طَبِيعَةِ كُلِّ أَحَدٍ فَإِنْ غَلَبَهُ صَاحِبُهُ بَطَنَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَغْلِبْهُ ظَهَرَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Beware of surrounding yourself with evil, for you will be affected by it yourself before [harming] your enemy and you will destroy your religion by it before conveying it to others

إِيَّاكَ وَمُلَابَسَةَ الشَّرِّ فَإِنَّكَ تُنِيلُهُ نَفْسَكَ قَبْلَ عَدُوِّكَ وَتُهْلِكُ بِهِ دِينَكَ قَبْلَ إِيصَالِهِ إِلَى غَيْرِكَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The most severely punished thing is evil

أَشَدُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عِقَاباً الشَّرُّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Verily in evil there is impudence

إِنَّ فِي الشَّرِّ لَوَقَاحَةً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Many an evil may suddenly come upon you from whence you least expect it

رُبَّ شَرٍّ فَاجَاكَ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَحْتَسِبُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The most evil of all is one who is not ashamed of [his actions in front of] the people and does not fear Allah, the Glorified

شَرُّ الْأَشْرَارِ مَنْ يَتَبَجَّحُ بِالشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The worst person is one whom people are cautious about out of fear of his evil

شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّقِيهِ النَّاسُ مَخَافَةَ شَرِّهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Obedience to the calls of the wicked corrupts the outcome of matters

طَاعَةُ دَوَاعِي الشُّرُورِ تُفْسِدُ عَوَاقِبَ الْأُمُورِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

He who does not wear the gown of good has not disrobed from evil

لَمْ يَتَعَرَّ مِنَ الشَّرِّ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَجَلْبَبِ الْخَيْرَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who plunges into the depths of evil meets with danger [and adversity]

مَنِ اقْتَحَمَ لُجَجَ الشُّرُورِ لَقِيَ الْمَحْذُورَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who does evil has [actually] transgressed against his soul

مَنْ فَعَلَ الشَّرَّ فَعَلَى نَفْسِهِ اعْتَدَى

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who hates evil is safeguarded [from it]

مَنْ كَرِهَ الشَّرَّ عُصِمَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The good deed that is followed by hellfire is not a good deed

مَا خَيْرٌ بَعْدَهُ النَّارُ بِخَيْرٍ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Considering evil to be loathsome impels one to refrain from it

اسْتِفْتَاحُ الشَّرِّ يَحْدُو عَلَى تَجَنُّبِهِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Efface evil from your heart, [and as a result] your soul will be purified and your actions will be accepted

امْحُ الشَّرَّ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ تَتَزَكَّ نَفْسُكَ وَيُتَقَبَّلْ عَمَلُكَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Evil is the ugliest of gates and its doer is the worst of companions

الشَّرُّ أَقْبَحُ الْأَبْوَابِ وَفَاعِلُهُ شَرُّ الْأَصْحَابِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Scythe the evil from the breasts of others be uprooting it from your [own] breast

احْصُدِ الشَّرَّ مِنْ صَدْرِ غَيْرِكَ بِقَلْعِهِ مِنْ صَدْرِكَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Keep away from evil, for verily more evil than the evil [itself] is its doer

اجْتَنِبُوا الشَّرَّ فَإِنَّ شَرّاً مِنَ الشَّرِّ فَاعِلُهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

When you see evil then distance yourselves from it

إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فَابْعُدُوا عَنْهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The one who gains victory by evil is [in actual fact] defeated

الْغَالِبُ بِالشَّرِّ مَغْلُوبٌ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

He who embarks on evil is successful in attaining it

ظَفِرَ بِالشَّرِّ مَنْ رَكِبَهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Every victor who gains victory by evil is [in actual fact] defeated

كُلُّ غَالِبٍ بِالشَّرِّ مَغْلُوبٌ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who does not know the harmfulness of evil is not capable of desisting from it

مَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ مَضَرَّةَ الشَّرِّ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى الِامْتِنَاعِ مِنْهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Good is easier [to do] than an evil action

الْخَيْرُ أَسْهَلُ مِنْ فِعْلِ الشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Indeed these natural dispositions are different, and the best of them is the furthest of them from evil

إِنَّ هَذِهِ الطَّبَائِعَ مُتَبَايِنَةٌ وَخَيْرَهَا أَبْعَدُهَا مِنَ الشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Delaying of evil is advantageous to good

تَأْخِيرُ الشَّرِّ إِفَادَةُ خَيْرٍ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

An evil [action] that does not last is better than a good [deed] that does not last

شَرٌّ لَا يَدُومُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَيْرٍ لَا يَدُومُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The worst person is one from whom good is not expected and from whose evil people do not feel secure

شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ لَا يُرْجَى خَيْرُهُ وَلَا يُؤْمَنُ شَرُّهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Counter evil with good

ضَادُّوا الشَّرَّ بِالْخَيْرِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

You will never realize good until you renounce evil

لَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ الْخَيْرَ حَتَّى تَتَبَرَّأَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Whoever abandons evil, the doors of good are opened for him

مَنْ تَرَكَ الشَّرَّ فُتِحَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَبْوَابُ الْخَيْرِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who does no evil to others, [then] expect good from him

مَنْ كَفَّ شَرَّهُ فَارْجُ خَيْرَهُ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who is cautious of evil is like the one who does good

مُتَّقِي الشَّرِّ كَفَاعِلِ الْخَيْرِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The key to goodness is renouncing evil

مِفْتَاحُ الْخَيْرِ التَّبَرِّي مِنَ الشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Never count as evil that through which you realized good

لَا تَعُدَّنَّ شَرّاً مَا أَدْرَكْتَ بِهِ خَيْراً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Never count as good that by which you attain evil

لَا تَعُدَّنَّ خَيْراً مَا أَدْرَكْتَ بِهِ شَرّاً

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Be careful not to be deceived by the good act that the wicked one does by mistake

إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَغْتَرَّ بِغَلْطَةِ شِرِّيرٍ بِالْخَيْرِ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Be careful not to be repelled by the evil act that the righteous one does by mistake

إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَسْتَوْحِشَ مِنْ غَلْطَةِ خَيْرٍ بِالشَّرِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The one who seeks goodness through evil action, his mind and senses are corrupt

طَالِبُ الْخَيْرِ بِعَمَلِ الشَّرِّ فَاسِدُ الْعَقْلِ وَالْحِسِّ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who repels evil with good, triumphs?

مَنْ دَفَعَ الشَّرَّ بِالْخَيْرِ غَلَبَ

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech