The grave is better than poverty
الْقَبْرُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Deprivation is abandonment
الْحِرْمَانُ خِذْلَانٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Indeed destitution is an affliction, and worse than destitution is sickness of the body, and worse than bodily ailment is the sickness of the heart
أَلَا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ الْفَاقَةَ وَأَشَدُّ مِنَ الْفَاقَةِ مَرَضُ الْبَدَنِ وَأَشَدُّ مِنْ مَرَضِ الْبَدَنِ مَرَضُ الْقَلْبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Poverty causes forgetfulness
الْفَقْرُ يُنْسِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Adversity corrupts morals
الْعُسْرُ يُفْسِدُ الْأَخْلَاقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Adversity degrades morals and alienates friends
الْعُسْرُ يَشِينُ الْأَخْلَاقَ وَيُوحِشُ الرِّفَاقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily poverty is disgracer for the soul, a confounder of the intellect, and a bringer of sorrows
إِنَّ الْفَقْرَ مَذَلَّةٌ لِلنَّفْسِ مَدْهَشَةٌ لِلْعَقْلِ جَالِبٌ لِلْهُمُومِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He (‘a) said about the one whom he censured: if he becomes poor, he despairs
إِنِ افْتَقَرَ قَنَطَ وَوَهَنَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Three things break one’s spirit and cause downfall: poverty after wealth, humiliation after dignity and loss of loved ones
ثَلَاثٌ هُنَّ الْمُحْرِقَاتُ الْمُوبِقَاتُ فَقْرٌ بَعْدَ غِنًى وَذُلٌّ بَعْدَ عِزٍّ وَفَقْدُ الْأَحِبَّةِ [الْأَحِبَّاءِ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The plight of poverty impels one towards a despicable affair
ضَرُورَةُ الْفَقْرِ تَبْعَثُ عَلَى فَظِيعِ [قَطْعِ] الْأَمْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Poverty disables the astute one from [presenting] his argument
الْفَقْرُ يُخْرِسُ الْفَطِنَ عَنْ حُجَّتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The poor person is [like] a stranger (or is scorned) in his hometown
الْفَقِيرُ فِي الْوَطَنِ مُمْتَهَنٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Poverty in one’s homeland is like being a stranger in it
الْفَقْرُ فِي الْوَطَنِ غُرْبَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The needy person is a stranger in his own homeland
الْمُقِلُّ غَرِيبٌ فِي بَلْدَتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no shame in being far away from one’s hometown; the only shame is being indigent in one’s one hometown
لَيْسَ فِي الْغُرْبَةِ عَارٌ إِنَّمَا الْعَارُ فِي الْوَطَنِ الِافْتِقَارُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech