A noble-minded person rejects disgrace and honours his neighbour
الْكَرِيمُ يَأْبَى الْعَارَ وَيُكْرِمُ الْجَارَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst of neighbours is the wicked neighbour
بِئْسَ الْجَارُ جَارُ السَّوْءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be a neighbour to one from whose evil you are safe and whose goodness does not turn away from you
جَاوِرْ مَنْ تَأْمَنُ شَرَّهُ وَلَا يَعْدُوكَ خَيْرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A wicked neighbour is the greatest adversity and the most serious tribulation
جَارُ السَّوْءِ أَعْظَمُ الضَّرَّاءِ وَأَشَدُّ الْبَلَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ask about the neighbour before the house
سَلْ عَنِ الْجَارِ قَبْلَ الدَّارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being a bad neighbour and offending the virtuous are the worst forms of vileness
سُوءُ الْجِوَارِ وَالْإِسَاءَةُ إِلَى الْأَبْرَارِ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ اللُّؤْمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is neighbourly gets many neighbours
مَنْ حَسُنَ جِوَارُهُ كَثُرَ جِيرَانُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is good to his neighbours gets many helpers
مَنْ أَحْسَنَ إِلَى جِيرَانِهِ كَثُرَ خَدَمُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks to learn about the secrets of his neighbour, his [own] curtains [of secrets] are torn apart
مَنْ تَطَلَّعَ عَلَى [إِلَى] أَسْرَارِ جَارِهِ انْهَتَكَتْ [انتهكت] أَسْتَارُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Taking care of one’s neighbour is an act of magnanimity
مِنَ الْمُرُوَّةِ تَعَهُّدُ الْجِيرَانِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being a bad neighbour is from the signs of vileness
مِنْ عَلَامَةِ اللُّؤْمِ سُوءُ الْجِوَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He whose neighbours are abased is not honoured
مَا عَزَّ مَنْ ذَلَّ جِيرَانُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The order of chivalry is being tolerant of the mistakes of one’s brothers and fulfilling one’s obligation towards his neighbours
نِظَامُ الْفُتُوَّةِ احْتِمَالُ عَثَرَاتِ الْإِخْوَانِ وَحُسْنُ تَعَهُّدِ الْجِيرَانِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech