Truth is an incisive sword
الْحَقُّ سَيْفٌ قَاطِعٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Truth is the best way
الْحَقُّ أَفْضَلُ سَبِيلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Truth is the strongest supporter
الْحَقُّ أَقْوَى ظَهِيرٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Truth is the clearest course
الْحَقُّ أَوْضَحُ سَبِيلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is overcome [while he is] on the right, is victorious
الْمَغْلُوبُ بِالْحَقِّ غَالِبٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Truth is a sword [to fight] against the followers of falsehood
الْحَقُّ سَيْفٌ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The truth is illuminated and free from prejudice and hypocrisy
الْحَقُّ أَبْلَجٌ مُنَزَّهٌ عَنِ الْمُحَابَاةِ وَالْمُرَايَاةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Through truth, the petitioner gets support
بِالْحَقِّ يَسْتَظْهِرُ الْمُحْتَجُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
For truth there is stability
لِلْحَقِّ دَوْلَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best matters are those that reveal the truth
خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ مَا أَسْفَرَ عَنِ الْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no adviser more sincere than the truth
لَا نَاصِحَ أَنْصَحُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no companion who is dearer than the truth
لَا صَاحِبَ أَعَزُّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who takes the support of truth is not defeated
لَا يُغْلَبُ مَنْ يَسْتَظْهِرُ بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who elevates himself by truth is not overtaken (or abased)
لَا يُدْرَكُ مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily Allah, the Glorified, has illuminated the path of truth and has clarified its ways, so [there is] either inescapable wretchedness or eternal felicity
إِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ قَدْ أَنَارَ سَبِيلَ الْحَقِّ وَأَوْضَحَ طُرُقَهُ فَشِقْوَةٌ لَازِمَةٌ أَوْ سَعَادَةٌ دَائِمَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is truth and falsehood, and each has its followers
حَقٌّ وَبَاطِلٌ وَلِكُلٍّ أَهْلٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Truth that harms is better than falsehood that brings joy
حَقٌّ يَضُرُّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَاطِلٍ يَسُرُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Take to the highway of illumination [and truth] and follow it, otherwise Allah will replace you with others
عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمَحَجَّةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فَاسْلُكُوهَا وَإِلَّا اسْتَبْدَلَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ غَيْرَكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The goal of one who is on the right is [following or remaining on] the right course
غَرَضُ الْمُحِقِّ الرَّشَادُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Indeed, the highway of truth has been made manifest for those who seek it
قَدْ وَضَحَتْ مَحَجَّةُ الْحَقِّ لِطُلَّابِهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Little truth repels much falsehood, just as a little fire burns a lot of firewood
قَلِيلُ الْحَقِّ يَدْفَعُ كَثِيرَ الْبَاطِلِ كَمَا أَنَّ الْقَلِيلَ مِنَ النَّارِ يُحْرِقُ كَثِيرَ الْحَطَبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is not saved by the truth is destroyed by falsehood
مَنْ لَمْ يُنْجِهِ الْحَقُّ أَهْلَكَهُ الْبَاطِلُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever makes the truth his goal, difficult things are made easy for him and distant things are brought nearer to him
مَنْ جَعَلَ الْحَقَّ مَطْلَبَهُ لَانَ لَهُ الشَّدِيدُ وَقَرُبَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَعِيدُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is careless in his religion becomes lowly and one who fights with the truth, is forced to yield [to it]
مَنْ تَهَاوَنَ بِالدِّينِ هَانَ وَمَنْ غَالَبَ الْحَقَّ لَانَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose goal is the truth will attain it, even if he is very uncertain
مَنْ كَانَ مَقْصَدُهُ الْحَقَّ أَدْرَكَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ كَثِيرَ اللَّبْسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Falsehood and truth do not go together
لَا يَجْتَمِعُ الْبَاطِلُ وَالْحَقُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A man cannot be faulted for taking his right, rather he can only be censured for taking that which is not [rightfully] his
لَا يُعَابُ الرَّجُلُ بِأَخْذِ حَقِّهِ وَإِنَّمَا يُعَابُ بِأَخْذِ مَا لَيْسَ لَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A little truth repels much falsehood
يَسِيرُ الْحَقِّ يَدْفَعُ كَثِيرَ الْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If falsehood dominates, it has [always] been so in the past, and if truth diminishes, that too has often occurred and may [again] happenIt is seldom that a thing lags behind and remains behind
لَئِنْ أُمِّرَ الْبَاطِلُ لَقَدِيماً فَعَلَ لَئِنْ قَلَّ الْحَقُّ لَرُبَّمَا وَلَعَلَّ لَقَلَّمَا أَدْبَرَ شَيْءٌ فَأَقْبَلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sagacious person’s friend is truth and his enemy is falsehood
الْكَيِّسُ صَدِيقُهُ الْحَقُّ وَعَدُوُّهُ الْبَاطِلُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Oppose the one who opposes the truth for falsehood; and leave him and that which he has chosen for himself
خَالِفْ مَنْ خَالَفَ الْحَقَّ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ وَدَعْهُ وَمَا رَضِيَ لِنَفْسِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Your return to the truth is better than your persisting in falsehood
عَوْدُكَ إِلَى الْحَقِّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ تَمَادِيكَ فِي الْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Abandon the one who has abandoned the truth for other than it, and leave him and that which he has preferred for himself
فَارِقْ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْحَقَّ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ وَدَعْهُ وَمَا رَضِيَ لِنَفْسِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be generous with the truth and miserly with falsehood
كُنْ جَوَاداً بِالْحَقِّ بَخِيلًا بِالْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be knowledgeable about the truth and act upon it, [and through this] Allah, the Glorified, will save you
كُنْ عَالِماً بِالْحَقِّ عَامِلًا بِهِ يُنْجِكَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let the most beloved matters to you be the most universal in justice and the most equitable with [regards to the] rights [of others]
لِيَكُنْ أَحَبُّ الْأُمُورِ إِلَيْكَ أَعَمَّهَا فِي الْعَدْلِ وَ أَقْسَطَهَا بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let your refuge be the truth, for verily truth is the strongest supporter
لِيَكُنْ مَوْئِلُكَ إِلَى الْحَقِّ فَإِنَّ الْحَقَّ أَقْوَى مُعِينٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let your recourse be to the truth, for indeed truth is the best companion
لِيَكُنْ مَرْجِعُكَ إِلَى الْحَقِّ فَمَنْ فَارَقَ الْحَقَّ هَلَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How good a guide truth is!
نِعْمَ الدَّلِيلُ الْحَقُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let nothing make you feel at ease but the truth and let nothing make you uneasy except falsehood
لَا يُؤْنِسَنَّكَ إِلَّا الْحَقُّ وَلَا يُوحِشَنَّكَ إِلَّا الْبَاطِلُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let not your attention towards the rights of a person [who is close to you] prevent you from establishing justice against him
لَا تَمْنَعَنَّكُمْ رِعَايَةُ الْحَقِّ لِأَحَدٍ عَنْ إِقَامَةِ الْحَقِّ عَلَيْهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no messenger more conveying than the truth
لَا رَسُولَ أَبْلَغُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who argues by truth is not defeated
لَا يُخْصَمُ مَنْ يَحْتَجُّ بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The truth is worthier of being followed
الْحَقُّ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُتَّبَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Truth is a refuge for every worker (and an argument for every speaker)
الْحَقُّ مَنْجَاةٌ لِكُلِّ عَامِلٍ وَحُجَّةٌ لِكُلِّ قَائِلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The closest of servants to Allah, the Glorified, is one who speaks the truth even if it is against him and one who acts upon the truth even if there is something he dislikes in it
أَقْرَبُ الْعِبَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَقْوَلُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ كُرْهُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who acts upon the truth, gains [from it]
مَنْ عَمِلَ بِالْحَقِّ غَنِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever acts upon the truth, the creation incline towards him
مَنْ عَمِلَ بِالْحَقِّ مَالَ إِلَيْهِ الْخَلْقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Act upon the truth even if is against your desires and do not sell your Hereafter for this world
ارْكَبِ الْحَقَّ وَإِنْ خَالَفَ [خَالَفَتْ] هَوَاكَ وَلَا تَبِعْ آخِرَتَكَ بِدُنْيَاكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Cling to the truth and it will take you to the place of the followers of truth, on the day when judgment will not be made except with truth
الْزَمِ الْحَقَّ يُنْزِلْكَ مَنَازِلَ أَهْلِ الْحَقِّ يَوْمَ لَا يُقْضَى إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Cling to the truth and salvation will cling to you
الْزَمُوا الْحَقَّ تَلْزَمْكُمُ النَّجَاةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most just among the creation is one who judges best according to the truth
أَعْدَلُ الْخَلْقِ أَقْضَاهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Cling to the things that necessitate the [establishment of] truth and beware of the things that transpose falsities [to make them seem true]
عَلَيْكُمْ بِمُوجِبَاتِ الْحَقِّ فَالْزَمُوهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحَالاتِ التُّرَّهَاتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever surrenders to the truth and follows the rightful [leader] is [considered to be] among the righteous
مَنِ اسْتَسْلَمَ لِلْحَقِّ وَأَطَاعَ الْمُحِقَّ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How numerous are those who admit to the truth but do not follow it!
مَا أَكْثَرَ مَنْ يَعْتَرِفُ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يُطِيعُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let not the greatest thing that you achieve in this world be the attainment of pleasures and the quelling of rage, rather let it be the enlivening of truth and the annihilation of falsehood
لَا يَكُونَنَّ أَفْضَلُ مَا نِلْتَ مِنْ دُنْيَاكَ بُلُوغَ لَذَّةٍ وَشِفَاءَ غَيْظٍ وَلْيَكُنْ إِحْيَاءَ حَقٍّ وَإِمَاتَةَ بَاطِلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best of creation are those who judge more with truth, and the most beloved among them in the sight of Allah are those who are more truthful in speech
أَفْضَلُ الْخَلْقِ أَقْضَاهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ وَأَحَبُّهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ أَقْوَلُهُمْ لِلصِّدْقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is salvation in three things: espousing truth, shunning falsehood and working hard
ثَلَاثٌ فِيهِنَّ النَّجَاةُ لُزُومُ الْحَقِّ وَتَجَنُّبُ الْبَاطِلِ وَرُكُوبُ الْجِدِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who assists the truth shall be successful
مَنْ نَصَرَ الْحَقَّ أَفْلَحَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever helps the truth, benefits
مَنْ نَصَرَ الْحَقَّ غَنِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
By clinging to the truth, support is received
بِلُزُومِ الْحَقِّ يَحْصُلُ الِاسْتِظْهَارُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Seeking assistance to establish the truth is [a sign of] faith and uprightness
طَلَبُ التَّعَاوُنِ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ الْحَقِّ دِيَانَةٌ وَأَمَانَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Three things that are not to be ashamed of [are]: for a person to serve his guest, and for him to stand up from his place for his father or his teacher, and [for him] to seek the right even if it is little
ثَلَاثٌ لَا يُسْتَحْيَا مِنْهُنَّ خِدْمَةُ الرَّجُلِ ضَيْفَهُ وَقِيَامُهُ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ لِأَبِيهِ وَمُعَلِّمِهِ وَطَلَبُ الْحَقِّ وَإِنْ قَلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
May Allah have mercy on the person who supports truth when he sees it, repels injustice when he sees it and assists his companion by truth
رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً رَأَى حَقّاً فَأَعَانَ عَلَيْهِ وَرَأَى جَوْراً فَرَدَّهُ وَكَانَ عَوْناً بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
May Allah have mercy of the person who enlivens the truth, causes falsehood to die, fights against oppression and establishes justice
رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً أَحْيَا حَقّاً وَأَمَاتَ بَاطِلًا وَأَدْحَضَ الْجَوْرَ وَأَقَامَ الْعَدْلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If you must be fanatical, then be fanatical in assisting the truth and aiding the aggrieved
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا مَحَالَةَ مُتَعَصِّبِينَ فَتَعَصَّبُوا لِنُصْرَةِ الْحَقِّ وَإِغَاثَةِ الْمَلْهُوفِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
When Allah honours a servant, He helps him to establish justice
إِذَا أَكْرَمَ اللَّهُ عَبْداً أَعَانَهُ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ الْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If you had not turned away from assisting the truth, you would not have felt weakness in overpowering falsehood
لَوْ لَمْ تَتَخَاذَلُوا عَنْ نُصْرَةِ الْحَقِّ لَمْ تَهِنُوا عَنْ تَوْهِينِ الْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever seeks support from Allah attains a glorious victory
مَنِ انْتَصَرَ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ نَصْرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The biggest loser is one who is able to speak the truth but still does not speak it
أَخْسَرُ النَّاسِ مَنْ قَدَرَ عَلَى أَنْ يَقُولَ الْحَقَّ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Speak the truth and you will benefit; do not utter falsehood and you will be safe
قُولُوا الْحَقَّ تَغْنَمُوا وَاسْكُتُوا عَنِ الْبَاطِلِ تَسْلَمُوا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who speaks truthfully is believed
مَنْ قَالَ بِالْحَقِّ صَدَقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who feels ashamed of speaking the truth is really a fool
مَنِ اسْتَحْيَا مِنْ قَوْلِ الْحَقِّ فَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Deaf is the ear that does not hear the call [of guidance]
وَقِرَ سَمْعٌ لَمْ تَسْمَعِ الدَّاعِيَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not hold back from presenting the truth when you find those who are worthy of it
لَا تُمْسِكْ عَنْ إِظْهَارِ الْحَقِّ إِذَا وَجَدْتَ لَهُ أَهْلًا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no good in remaining silent from the truth just as there is no benefit in speech with ignorance
لَا خَيْرَ فِي السُّكُوتِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَا خَيْرَ فِي الْقَوْلِ بِالْجَهْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most veracious speech is that which conforms to the truth
أَصْدَقُ الْقَوْلِ مَا طَابَقَ الْحَقَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be patient with the bitterness of truth and beware of being deceived by the sweetness of falsehood
اصْبِرْ عَلَى مَرَارَةِ [مَضَضِ] الْحَقِّ وَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَنْخَدِعَ لِحَلَاوَةِ الْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
None is patient in the face of truth except the judicious and intelligent one
لَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الْحَازِمُ الْأَرِيبُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
None is patient with the truth except the one who knows its merit
لَا يَصْبِرُ لِلْحَقِّ إِلَّا مَنْ يَعْرِفُ فَضْلَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Your returning to the truth, even if you get exhausted, is better than your comfort while clinging to falsehood
عَوْدُكَ إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِنْ تَعِبْتَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رَاحَتِكَ مَعَ لُزُومِ الْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who wages war against the truth is ruined
الْمُحَارِبُ لِلْحَقِّ مَحْرُوبٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Indeed, one who is not benefitted by the truth is harmed by falsehood, and one who is not set straight by guidance is dragged down by misguidance
أَلَا وَإِنَّ مَنْ لَا يَنْفَعُهُ [مَنْ يَنْفَعُهُ] الْحَقُّ يَصُرُّهُ [يَضُرُّهُ] الْبَاطِلُ وَمَنْ لَا يَسْتَقِيمُ بِهِ الْهُدَى يَجُرُّ بِهِ الضَّلَالُ إِلَى الرَّدَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How can he who resents the truth taste the sweetness of faith?
كَيْفَ يَجِدُ حَلَاوَةَ الْإِيمَانِ مَنْ يُسْخِطُ الْحَقَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who fights against the truth is thrown down
مَنْ صَارَعَ الْحَقَّ صُرِعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who tries to prevail against the truth is overpowered [by it]
مَنْ غَالَبَ الْحَقَّ غُلِبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who battles against the truth is ruined
مَنْ حَارَبَ الْحَقَّ هرب [حُرِبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who opposes the truth is killed by it
مَنْ عَانَدَ الْحَقَّ قَتَلَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who opposes the truth is thrown down by it
مَنْ عَانَدَ الْحَقَّ صَرَعَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who opposes the truth is seized by powerlessness
مَنْ عَانَدَ الْحَقَّ لَزِمَهُ الْوَهْنُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who opposes the truth has taken Allah as his adversary
مَنْ عَانَدَ الْحَقَّ كَانَ اللَّهُ خَصْمَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who transgresses the truth, his path becomes narrowed
مَنْ تَعَدَّى الْحَقَّ ضَاقَ مَذْهَبُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who shows his face [in opposition] to the truth is destroyed
مَنْ أَبْدَى صَفْحَتَهُ لِلْحَقِّ هَلَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who transgresses the truth, his path becomes narrowed
مَنْ تَعَدَّى الْحَقَّ ضَاقَ مَذْهَبُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who deviates from the truth, his end is dispraised
مَنْ نَكَبَ عَنِ الْحَقِّ ذَمَّ عَاقِبَتَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever weakens the truth and forsakes it is destroyed by falsehood and killed by it
مَنْ أَضْعَفَ الْحَقَّ وَخَذَلَهُ أَهْلَكَهُ الْبَاطِلُ وَقَتَلَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever opposes the truth, it kills him and whoever tries to overpower it, it humiliates him
مَنْ عَانَدَ الْحَقَّ قَتَلَهُ وَمَنْ تَعَزَّزَ عَلَيْهِ ذَلَّلَهُ [زاله]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
What is there after truth except error?
مَا ذَا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الضَّلَالُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who contends with the truth is defeated
مُنَازِعُ الْحَقِّ مَخْصُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who sells certitude for doubt, truth for falsehood, and the Hereafter for this world is destroyed
هَلَكَ مَنْ بَاعَ الْيَقِينَ بِالشَّكِّ وَالْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَالْآجِلَ بِالْعَاجِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You will never know rectitude until you know the one who has abandoned it
لَنْ تَعْرِفُوا الرُّشْدَ حَتَّى تَعْرِفُوا الَّذِي تَرَكَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Falsehood is the opposer of truth
الْبَاطِلُ مُضَادُّ الْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Falsehood is a deceptive beguiler
الْبَاطِلُ غُرُورٌ خَادِعٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Falsehood is the weakest supporter
الْبَاطِلُ أَضْعَفُ نَصِيرٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Collaborating in support of falsehood is vileness and treachery
التَّظَافُرُ [التَّظَفُّرُ] عَلَى نَصْرِ الْبَاطِلِ لُؤْمٌ وَخِيَانَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who helps falsehood has oppressed the truth
ظَلَمَ الْحَقَّ مَنْ نَصَرَ الْبَاطِلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The aim of the falsifier is [to cause] corruption
غَرَضُ الْمُبْطِلِ الْفَسَادُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How can one separate from falsehood when he has not attached [himself] to the truth?
كَيْفَ يَنْفَصِلُ عَنِ الْبَاطِلِ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَّصِلْ بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Falsehood has a [fixed] circuit
لِلْبَاطِلِ جَوْلَةٌ [دَوْلَةٌ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose goal is falsehood will not perceive the truth even if it is more manifest than the sun
مَنْ كَانَ غَرَضُهُ الْبَاطِلَ لَمْ يُدْرِكِ الْحَقَّ وَلَوْ كَانَ أَشْهَرَ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How ugly falsehood is!
مَا أَقْبَحَ الْبَاطِلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Falsehood [is like a mount that] makes its rider stumble
الْبَاطِلُ يَزِلُّ بِرَاكِبِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Falsehoods hurl one into deviations
الْأَبَاطِيلُ مُوقِعَةٌ فِي الْأَضَالِيلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who embarks on falsehood, regrets
مَنْ رَكِبَ الْبَاطِلَ نَدِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who assists falsehood faces loss
مَنْ نَصَرَ الْبَاطِلَ خَسِرَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who supports falsehood, regrets
مَنْ نَصَرَ الْبَاطِلَ نَدِمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who rides on falsehood, his mount will destroy him
مَنْ رَكِبَ الْبَاطِلَ أَهْلَكَهُ مَرْكَبُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who embarks on falsehood, his feet will slip
مَنْ رَكِبَ الْبَاطِلَ زَلَّ قَدَمُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever seeks support from the enemies of Allah deserves to be forsaken
مَنِ انْتَصَرَ بِأَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ اسْتَحَقَّ الْخِذْلَانَ [اسْتَوْجَبَ الْخِذْلَانَ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who employs falsehood is chastised and condemned
مُسْتَعْمِلُ الْبَاطِلِ مُعَذَّبٌ مَلُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who resorts to falsehood does not become powerful
لَا يَعِزُّ مَنْ لَجَأَ إِلَى الْبَاطِلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech