Secrecy is the basis of confidential conversations
الْكِتْمَانُ مِلَاكُ النَّجْوَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Man is more protective of his secret
الْمَرْءُ أَحْفَظُ لِسِرِّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Protect your affair and do not give away your secret in marriage to whoever proposes!
احْفَظْ أَمْرَكَ وَلَا تُنْكِحْ خَاطِباً [خَاطِئاً] سِرَّكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keep your secret to yourself and neither entrust it to a judicious one who may err nor to an ignorant one who may betray [your trust]
انْفَرِدْ بِسِرِّكَ وَلَا تُودِعْهُ حَازِماً فَيَزِلَّ وَلَا جَاهِلًا فَيَخُونَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Your secret is a source of happiness for you if you conceal it but if you divulge it, it is your destruction
سِرُّكَ سُرُورُكَ إِنْ كَتَمْتَهُ وَإِنْ أَذَعْتَهُ كَانَ ثُبُورَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Your secret is your prisoner but if you divulge it, you become its prisoner
سِرُّكَ أَسِيرُكَ فَإِنْ أَفْشَيْتَهُ صِرْتَ أَسِيرَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The chest of an intelligent person is the strongbox of his secret
صَدْرُ الْعَاقِلِ صُنْدُوقُ سِرِّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be stingy with your secrets and do not divulge the secret that has been entrusted to you, for indeed divulging [it] is betrayal
كُنْ بِأَسْرَارِكَ بَخِيلًا وَلَا تُذِعْ سِرّاً أُودِعْتَهُ فَإِنَّ الْإِذَاعَةَ خِيَانَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every time the keepers of secrets increase, [chances of] its divulgence becomes greater
كُلَّمَا كَثُرَ خُزَّانُ الْأَسْرَارِ كَثُرَ ضِيَاعُهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who conceals the secret [that has been entrusted to him] is loyal and trustworthy
كَاتِمُ السِّرِّ وَفِيٌّ أَمِينٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Not every fault is manifested
لَيْسَ كُلُّ عَوْرَةٍ تَظْهَرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who conceals his secret has the choice [of doing as he wills with it] in his hand
مَنْ كَتَمَ سِرَّهُ كَانَتِ الْخِيَرَةُ بِيَدِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who entrusts his secret to an unreliable person has forfeited his secret
مَنْ أَسَرَّ إِلَى غَيْرِ ثِقَةٍ ضَيَّعَ سِرَّهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
From the success of a man is putting his secret in the hands of one who conceals it and [placing] his goodness with one who spreads it [and makes it known to others]
مِنْ تَوْفِيقِ الرَّجُلِ وَضْعُ سِرِّهِ عِنْدَ مَنْ يَسْتُرُهُ وَإِحْسَانُهُ عِنْدَ مَنْ يَنْشُرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The basis of a secret is its concealment
مِلَاكُ السِّرِّ سَتْرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not entrust your secret to one who has no trustworthiness
لَا تُودِعَنَّ سِرَّكَ مَنْ لَا أَمَانَةَ لَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not inform your wife and your servant about your secret as they will [use it to] subjugate you
لَا تُطْلِعْ زَوْجَكَ وَعَبْدَكَ عَلَى سِرِّكَ فَيَسْتَرِقَّاكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not undertake acts of disobedience to Allah, the Glorified, and act with obedience to Him, as this will be a provision for you [in the Hereafter]
لَا تَهْتِكُوا أَسْتَارَكُمْ عِنْدَ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ أَسْرَارَكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not confide in the ignorant one with any secret that he is unable to conceal
لَا تُسِرَّ إِلَى الْجَاهِلِ شَيْئاً لَا يُطِيقُ كِتْمَانَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not mention your secret to anyone but the trustworthy and loyal
وَلَا تُودِعْ سِتْرَكَ إِلَّا مُؤْمِناً وَفِيّاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose breast cannot accommodate his secret has no preservation (or prudence)
لَا حِرْزَ لِمَنْ لَا يَسَعُ سِرَّهُ صَدْرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech