Apology
Apologizing necessitates pardoning
الْإِعْذَارُ يُوجِبُ الِاعْتِذَارَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Forgiveness is the evidence of intelligence
الْمَعْذِرَةُ بُرْهَانُ الْعَقْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Seeking pardon (or taking lesson) is a sincere warner
الِاعْتِذَارُ مُنْذِرٌ نَاصِحٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being needless of offering an excuse is more honourable than truthfulness [in your excuse]
الِاسْتِغْنَاءُ عَنِ الْعُذْرِ أَعَزُّ مِنَ الصِّدْقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The person most deserving of having his request granted is one who seeks forgiveness
أَحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِالْإِسْعَافِ طَالِبُ الْعَفْوِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The interceder of a criminal is his humility in seeking pardon
شَافِعُ الْمُجْرِمِ خُضُوعُهُ بِالْمَعْذِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who apologizes has sought pardon
مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ فَقَدِ اسْتَقَالَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How good an intercessor seeking pardon is!
نِعْمَ الشَّفِيعُ الِاعْتِذَارُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no intercessor more successful than apology
لَا شَافِعَ أَنْجَحُ مِنَ الِاعْتِذَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Accept the excuses of people and you will enjoy their brotherhood; meet them with cheerfulness and you will cause their malice [and grudges against you] to die away
اقْبَلْ أَعْذَارَ النَّاسِ تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِإِخَائِهِمْ وَالْقَهُمْ بِالْبِشْرِ تُمِتْ أَضْغَانَهُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Accepting the excuse of a wrongdoer is from the acts that bring honour and the [is] the most excellent of traits
قَبُولُ عُذْرِ الْمُجْرِمِ مِنْ مَوَاجِبِ الْكَرَمِ وَمَحَاسِنِ الشِّيَمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be slow in getting angry, quick in calming down and ready to accept excuses
كُنْ بَطِيءَ الْغَضَبِ سَرِيعَ الْفَيْءِ مُحِبّاً لِقَبُولِ الْعُذْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst misdeed is refusing to accept an excuse [that is valid]
أَعْظَمُ الْوِزْرِ مَنْعُ قَبُولِ الْعُذْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst person is one who neither accepts excuses nor pardons offences
شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ لَا يَقْبَلُ الْعُذْرَ وَلَا يُقِيلُ الذَّنْبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Repeating the apology is a reminder of the sin
إِعَادَةُ الِاعْتِذَارِ تَذْكِيرٌ بِالذَّنْبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Repeating the apology is a reminder of the [past] sins
إِعَادَةُ الِاعْتِذَارِ تَذْكِيرٌ بِالذُّنُوبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Too much apology magnifies the sins
كَثْرَةُ الِاعْتِذَارِ تُعَظِّمُ الذُّنُوبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks pardon without having sinned has imposed the sin upon his soul
مَنِ اعْتَذَرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ فَقَدْ أَوْجَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الذَّنْبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not offer an excuse to the one who would like to find you without an excuse
لَا تَعْتَذِرْ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ لَا يَجِدَ لَكَ عُذْراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Pardon bears more fruit with admission [of one’s guilt] than it does with giving excuses
يُسْتَثْمَرُ الْعَفْوُ بِالْإِقْرَارِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا يُسْتَثْمَرُ بِالاعْتِذَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech