Gluttony prevents astuteness
الْبِطْنَةُ تَمْنَعُ الْفِطْنَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Overeating corrupts wisdom
التُّخَمَةُ تُفْسِدُ الْحِكْمَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Gluttony obstructs astuteness
الْبِطْنَةُ تَحْجُبُ الْفِطْنَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
When the stomach gets filled with the permissible, the heart becomes blind to righteousness
إِذَا مُلِئَ الْبَطْنُ مِنَ الْمُبَاحِ عَمِيَ الْقَلْبُ عَنِ الصَّلَاحِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How can the thought of one who is always sated be pure?
كَيْفَ تَصْفُو فِكْرَةُ مَنْ يَسْتَدِيمُ الشِّبَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no astuteness with gluttony
لَا فِطْنَةَ مَعَ بِطْنَةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Gluttony and astuteness do not go together
لَا تَجْتَمِعُ الْفِطْنَةُ وَالْبِطْنَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Overeating and performing one’s obligation do not go together
لَا تَجْتَمِعُ الشِّبَعُ وَالْقِيَامُ بِالْمُفْتَرَضِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Eating to one’s fill increases maladies
الشِّبَعُ يُكْثِرُ الْأَدْوَاءَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Habitual overeating leads to a variety of ailments
إِدْمَانُ الشِّبَعِ يُورِثُ أَنْوَاعَ [أَصْنَافَ] الْوَجَعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be wary of gluttony, for whoever persists in it, his maladies increase and his dreams get corrupted
إِيَّاكَ وَالْبِطْنَةَ فَمَنْ لَزِمَهَا كَثُرَتْ أَسْقَامُهُ وَفَسُدَتْ أَحْلَامُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You must avoid habitual overeating, for verily it induces maladies and foments diseases
إِيَّاكَ وَإِدْمَانَ الشِّبَعِ فَإِنَّهُ يُهَيِّجُ الْأَسْقَامَ وَيُثِيرُ الْعِلَلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Few are those who increase their consumption of food and don’t fall ill [because of it]
قَلَّ مَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ فَلَمْ يَسْقَمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Overeating and oversleeping corrupt the soul and bring about impairment
كَثْرَةُ الْأَكْلِ وَالنَّوْمِ تُفْسِدَانِ النَّفْسَ وَتَجْلِبَانِ الْمَضَرَّةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Overeating causes bad [body] odour
كَثْرَةُ الْأَكْلِ تُذَفِّرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who increases his overeating is cloyed by his gluttony
مَنْ زَادَ شِبَعُهُ كَظَّتْهُ الْبِطْنَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is cloyed by gluttony is obstructed by it from astuteness
مَنْ كَظَّتْهُ الْبِطْنَةُ حَجَبَتْهُ عَنِ الْفِطْنَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who eats excessively, his health deteriorates and his expenses become heavy for him to bear
مَنْ كَثُرَ أَكْلُهُ قَلَّتْ صِحَّتُهُ وَثَقُلَتْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مَئُونَتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Eating to one’s fill corrupts piety
الشِّبَعُ يُفْسِدُ الْوَرَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
What an evil companion of piety overeating is!
بِئْسَ قَرِينُ الْوَرَعِ الشِّبَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is deep in sleep is belied by his dreams
الْمُسْتَثْقِلُ النَّائِمُ تُكَذِّبُهُ أَحْلَامُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be wary of gluttony, for indeed it causes hardening of the heart, sluggishness in prayer and corruption of the body
إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْبِطْنَةَ فَإِنَّهَا مَقْسَاةٌ لِلْقَلْبِ مَكْسَلَةٌ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ وَمَفْسَدَةٌ لِلْجَسَدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most detested servant in the sight of Allah, the Glorified, is the one whose concern (and effort) is [solely] for his stomach and his private parts
أَمْقَتُ الْعِبَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ مَنْ كَانَ هِمَّتُهُ بَطْنَهُ وَفَرْجَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily the [only] concern of quadrupeds [ieanimals with four legs] is their stomachs
إِنَّ الْبَهَائِمَ هَمُّهَا بُطُونُهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A man’s stomach is his enemy
بَطْنُ الْمَرْءِ عَدُوُّهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Eating less is from self-restraint and overeating is from indulgence
قِلَّةُ الْأَكْلِ مِنَ الْعَفَافِ وَكَثْرَتُهُ مِنَ الْإِسْرَافِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Overeating is from gluttony, and gluttony is the worst flaw
كَثْرَةُ الْأَكْلِ مِنَ الشَّرَهِ وَالشَّرَهُ شَرُّ الْعُيُوبِ [مِنَ الْعُيُوبِ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How helpful to sins overeating is!
نِعْمَ عَوْنُ الْمَعَاصِي الشِّبَعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Overeating brings about insolence and corrupts piety
الشِّبَعُ يُورِثُ الْأَشَرَ وَيُفْسِدُ الْوَرَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech