The intelligent one is grieved, sorrowful
الْعَاقِلُ مَهْمُومٌ مَغْمُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Gulp down the agonies, for indeed I have not seen any drink that is sweeter than this in outcome, nor more tasteful in effect
تَجَرَّعِ الْغُصَصَ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَرَ جُرْعَةً أَحْلَى مِنْهَا عَاقِبَةً وَلَا أَلَذَّ مَغَبَّةً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How many a sorrowful person has been driven to perpetual bliss by his sorrow
كَمْ مِنْ حَزِينٍ وَفَدَ بِهِ حُزْنُهُ عَلَى سُرُورِ الْأَبَدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
For every distress there is a relief
لِكُلِّ هَمٍّ فَرَجٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
It behoves the one who knows himself not to separate [himself] from sadness and caution
يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ أَنْ لَا يُفَارِقَهُ الْحُزْنُ وَالْحَذَرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Grief emaciates the body
الْهَمُّ يُنْحِلُ الْبَدَنَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Grief is an ailment of the soul
الْغَمُّ مَرَضُ النَّفْسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Sorrow destroys the body
الْحُزْنُ يَهْدِمُ الْجَسَدَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Sorrows are the ailment of the hearts
الْأَحْزَانُ سُقْمُ الْقُلُوبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Grief wears away the body
الْهَمُّ يُذِيبُ الْجَسَدَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Grief is one of the two senilities
الْهَمُّ أَحَدُ الْهِرَمَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Grief makes one dispirited and ends one’s joy
الْغَمُّ يَقْبِضُ النَّفْسَ وَيَطْوِي الِانْبِسَاطَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst inarticulateness is [that which is caused by] irritation
أَقْبَحُ الْعِيِّ الضَّجَرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who continuously worries is overpowered by sorrow
مَنِ اسْتَدَامَ الْهَمَّ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْحُزْنُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose grief increases, his sorrow becomes permanent
مَنْ كَثُرَ غَمُّهُ تَأَبَّدَ حُزْنُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose grief increases, his body becomes sick
مَنْ كَثُرَ هَمُّهُ سَقِمَ بَدَنُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not allow yourself to feel sorrow for what you have lost such that it preoccupies you from what is [yet] to come
لَا تُشْعِرْ قَلْبَكَ الْهَمَّ عَلَى مَا فَاتَ فَيَشْغَلَكَ [عَنِ الِاسْتِعْدَادِ] عَمَّا هُوَ آتٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no pleasure with trouble
لَا لَذَّةَ بِتَنْغِيصٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech