Astuteness is [gained] through discernment
الْفِطْنَةُ بِالْبَصِيرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Understanding is [achieved] though intelligence
الْفَهْمُ بِالْفِطْنَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Alertness is illumination, negligence is delusion
الْيَقْظَةُ نُورٌ الْغَفْلَةُ غُرُورٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Astuteness is [a means of attaining] guidance
الْفِطْنَةُ هِدَايَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Alertness is perspicacity
الْيَقْظَةُ اسْتِبْصَارٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Alertness is [a cause of] grief
الْيَقْظَةُ كَرْبٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A man is [to be gauged] by his astuteness not by his appearance
الْمَرْءُ [الرَّجُلَ] بِفِطْنَتِهِ لَا بِصُورَتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Counter negligence with attentiveness
ضَادُّوا الْغَفْلَةَ بِالْيَقْظَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Counter imbecility with astuteness
ضَادُّوا الْغَبَاوَةَ بِالْفِطْنَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Indeed you have been alerted so become vigilant, and you have been guided so follow the guidance
قَدْ يُقِّظْتُمْ فَتَيَقَّظُوا وَهُدِيتُمْ فَاهْتَدُوا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever reflects with astuteness, wisdom gets established for him and he understands the lesson [of the past]
مَنْ تَبَصَّرَ فِي الْفِطْنَةِ ثَبَتَتْ لَهُ الْحِكْمَةُ وَعَرَفَ الْعِبْرَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever is incapable of using his own present intellect, then he is more helpless with regards to the far-off intelligence [of others] and the one who is absent from him is more useless [to him]
مَنْ عَجَزَ عَنْ حَاضِرِ لُبِّهِ فَهُوَ عَنْ غَائِبِهِ أَعْجَزُ وَمِنْ غَائِبِهِ أَعْوَزُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech