تَوَقُّوا الْمَعَاصِيَ وَاحْبِسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ عَنْهَا فَإِنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ أَطْلَقَ فِيهَا عِنَانَهُ
Exalted is Allah, the Mighty, [yet] how lenient is He! And you are lowly and weak yet how bold you are in your disobedience to Him!
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
أَنْصَفُ النَّاسِ مَنْ أَنْصَفَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَاكِمٍ عَلَيْهِ
The most equitable of people is one who shows fairness himself, without being compelled to do so by any authority
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
ثَمَرَةُ الْمُحَاسَبَةِ [الْمُحَاسَنَةِ] صَلَاحُ النَّفْسِ
The fruit of self-appraisal is reformation of the soul
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
جَاهِدْ نَفْسَكَ وَحَاسِبْهَا مُحَاسَبَةَ الشَّرِيكِ شَرِيكَهُ وَطَالِبْهَا بِحُقُوقِ اللَّهِ مُطَالَبَةَ الْخَصْمِ خَصْمَهُ فَإِنَّ أَسْعَدَ النَّاسِ مَنِ انْتَدَبَ لِمُحَاسَبَةِ نَفْسِهِ
Struggle against your [lower] self and call it to account the way a partner would hold his partner accountable, and demand from it the right of Allah the way an adversary would demand from his foe, for verily the most felicitous of people is the one who undertakes to hold his self to account
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
حَاسِبُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ تَأْمَنُوا مِنَ اللَّهِ الرَّهَبَ وَتُدْرِكُوا عِنْدَهُ الرَّغَبَ
Hold yourselves to account [for your deeds] and you will be safe from the fear of Allah and will attain what you desire [from that which is] with Him
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
حَاسِبْ نَفْسَكَ لِنَفْسِكَ فَإِنَّ غَيْرَهَا مِنَ الْأَنْفُسِ لَهَا حَسِيبٌ غَيْرُكَ
Hold yourself to account for your [own] soul for indeed other souls have someone else who will hold them to account
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
حَاسِبُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِأَعْمَالِهَا طَالِبُوهَا بِأَدَاءِ الْمَفْرُوضِ عَلَيْهَا وَالْأَخْذِ مِنْ فَنَائِهَا لِبَقَائِهَا وَتَزَوَّدُوا وَتَأَهَّبُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُبْعَثُوا
Hold your souls to account for their deeds and seek from them the fulfilment of what is obligatory on them and their taking from the evanescent for the eternal; and gather provisions and make preparations before you are resurrected [on the Day of Reckoning]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
حَاسِبُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُحَاسَبُوا وَوَازِنُوهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوَازَنُوا
Hold your souls to account before they are held to account and weigh them before they are weighed
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
زِنُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُوَازَنُوا [تُوزَنُوا] وَحَاسِبُوهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تُحَاسَبُوا وَتَنَفَّسُوا مِنْ ضِيقِ الْخِنَاقِ قَبْلَ عُنْفِ السِّيَاقِ
Weigh your souls before they are weighed and hold them to account before they are held to account, and breathe before the throat is constricted, and follow submissively before you are driven by force
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
قَيِّدُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِالْمُحَاسَبَةِ وَامْلِكُوهَا بِالْمُخَالَفَةِ
Restrict your souls by holding them accountable and control them by opposition [to their whims]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ حَاسَبَ نَفْسَهُ سَعِدَ
One who holds himself to account becomes felicitous
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ حَاسَبَ نَفْسَهُ رَبِحَ
One who holds himself to account, gains
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ تَعَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ بِالْحَذَرِ أَمِنَ
Whoever takes care of his soul with vigilance, remains safe
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ تَعَاهَدَ نَفْسَهُ بِالْمُحَاسَبَةِ أَمِنَ فِيهَا الْمُدَاهَنَةَ
One who undertakes to hold his soul to account is safe from flattery [and deceit]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ حَاسَبَ نَفْسَهُ وَقَفَ عَلَى عُيُوبِهِ وَأَحَاطَ بِذُنُوبِهِ وَاسْتَقَالَ الذُّنُوبَ وَأَصْلَحَ الْعُيُوبَ
One who holds himself to account becomes aware of his faults and realizes his sins so he seeks forgiveness for his sins and tries to correct his faults
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَا أَحَقَّ الْإِنْسَانَ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ سَاعَةٌ لَا يَشْغَلُهُ عَنْهَا شَاغِلٌ يُحَاسِبُ فِيهَا نَفْسَهُ فَيَنْظُرُ فِيمَا اكْتَسَبَ لَهَا وَعَلَيْهَا فِي لَيْلِهَا وَنَهَارِهَا
How befitting it is for a person to have a fixed time, when he is not distracted by anything, in which he holds his soul to account and looks at what he has earned for and against it in its night-time and daytime
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَا الْمَغْبُوطُ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَتْ هِمَّتُهُ نَفْسَهُ لَا يُغِبُّهَا عَنْ مُحَاسَبَتِهَا وَمُطَالَبَتِهَا وَمُجَاهَدَتِهَا
None is enviable except the one whose endeavour is [to purify] his soul and who does not neglect to regularly hold it to account, demand answers from it and struggle against it
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ وَثِقَ بِنَفْسِهِ خَانَتْهُ
Whoever trusts his [carnal] soul is betrayed by it
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ أَهْمَلَ نَفْسَهُ أَهْلَكَهَا
One who neglects his soul destroys it
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ أَهْمَلَ نَفْسَهُ خَسِرَ
Whoever neglects his soul incurs loss
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ أَهْمَلَ نَفْسَهُ أَفْسَدَ أَمْرَهُ
Whoever neglects his soul corrupts his affair
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ سَامَحَ نَفْسَهُ فِيمَا يُحِبُّ طَالَ شَقَاؤُهَا فِيمَا لَا تُحِبُّ
Whoever indulges his soul in that which it loves, its wretchedness in that which it does not love gets prolonged
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا يَسْلَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مَنْ لَا يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ
One who cannot control his [carnal] soul is not safe from [the wrath and punishment of] Allah.
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
غَايَةُ الْعَدْلِ أَنْ يَعْدِلَ الْمَرْءُ فِي نَفْسِهِ
The pinnacle of justice is for a person to be just with himself
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
غَايَةُ الْحَيَاءِ أَنْ يَسْتَحْيِيَ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ
The pinnacle of modesty is for a man to feel ashamed of himself
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ كَثُرَ احْتِرَاسُهُ سَلِمَ غَيْبُهُ
One whose carefulness increases, his unseen [future] becomes sound
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مِنْ تَمَامِ الْمُرُوءَةِ أَنْ تَسْتَحْيِيَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ
From the completeness of magnanimity is for one to feel ashamed of himself
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم