Deviation is insolence
الْغَيُّ أَشَرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Times of happiness are short-lived
أَوْقَاتُ السُّرُورِ خُلْسَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Happiness opens up the spirit and stimulates vitality
السُّرُورُ يَبْسُطُ النَّفْسَ وَيُثِيرُ النَّشَاطَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Sometimes an outing may turn into a bitter experience
رُبَّ نُزْهَةٍ عَادَتْ نُغْصَةً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Perhaps [the joy of] happiness may turn bitter
قَدْ يَتَنَغَّصُ السُّرُورُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
No one puts joy in a [believer’s] heart except that Allah creates a grace from that joy, so whenever any calamity befalls him, it (the grace) flows over it just like the flowing of water until it expels the calamity from him just as the unfamiliar camel is expelled from the group of camels
مَا أَوْدَعَ أَحَدٌ قَلْباً سُرُوراً إِلَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ السَّرُورِ لُطْفاً فَإِذَا نَزَلَتْ بِهِ نَائِبَةٌ جَرَى إِلَيْهَا كَالْمَاءِ فِي انْحِدَارِهِ حَتَّى يَطْرُدَهَا عَنْهُ كَمَا تُطْرَدُ الْغَرِيبَةُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How many a joyful [person] has been driven by his joy towards perpetual sorrow
كَمْ مِنْ فَرَحٍ أَفْضَى بِهِ فَرَحُهُ إِلَى حُزْنٍ مُخَلَّدٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech