Glory is the attainment of [the power to exact] revenge
الْعِزُّ إِدْرَاكُ الِانْتِصَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
When you are deprived of something in this world, take comfort in the fact that it would have been with you [only] for a little while
تَعَزَّ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ إِذَا مُنِعْتَهُ بِقِلَّةِ مَا يَصْحَبُكَ إِذَا أُوتِيتَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
An hour of humiliation is not compensated for by a lifetime of honour
سَاعَةُ ذُلٍّ لَا تَفِي بِعِزِّ الدَّهْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks honour through [anyone] other than Allah is abased
مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ ذَلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks glory through [anyone] other than Allah is destroyed by [the] glory
مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ أَهْلَكَهُ الْعِزُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks honour through truth will be honoured by truth
مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِالْحَقِّ أَعَزَّهُ الْحَقُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks glory without having any right to it gets humiliated
مَنْ يَطْلُبِ الْعِزَّ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ يَذِلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks glory through [anything] other than truth, Allah humiliates him with [the] truth
مَنِ اعْتَزَّ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ أَذَلَّهُ اللَّهُ بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech