The best reserve is true guidance
أَفْضَلُ الذُّخْرِ الْهُدَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best of paths is [the path of] right guidance
أَفْضَلُ السُّبُلِ الرُّشْدُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Through true guidance discernment increases
بِالْهُدَى يَكْثُرُ الِاسْتِبْصَارُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Blessed is the one who hastens towards true guidance before its doors are closed
طُوبَى لِمَنْ بَادَرَ الْهُدَى قَبْلَ أَنْ تُغْلَقَ أَبْوَابُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Blessed is the one who embarks on the way of the honorable and sticks to the highway of illumination [and truth]; and [one who] is infatuated with the Hereafter and turns away from this world
طُوبَى لِمَنْ رَكِبَ الطَّرِيقَةَ الْغَرَّاءَ وَلَزِمَ الْمَحَجَّةَ [الْحُجَّةَ] الْبَيْضَاءَ وَتَوَلَّهَ بِالْآخِرَةِ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Following true guidance leads to salvation
طَاعَةُ الْهُدَى تُنْجِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Adopt the way of steadfastness, for indeed it will earn you honour and save you from reproach
عَلَيْكَ بِمَنْهَجِ الِاسْتِقَامَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْسِبُكَ الْكَرَامَةَ وَيَكْفِيكَ الْمَلَامَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let your garment be true guidance
لِيَكُنْ شِعَارُكُ الْهُدَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is guided attains salvation
مَنِ اهْتَدَى نَجَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no deviation with true guidance
لَا ضَلَالَ مَعَ هُدًى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no guide better than true guidance
لَا دَلِيلَ أَرْشَدُ مِنَ الْهُدَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who wears the garment of piety and certitude is [truly] guided
هُدِيَ [هَدَى اللَّهُ] مَنِ ادَّرَعَ لِبَاسَ الصَّبْرِ وَالْيَقِينِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Guided is the one who puts on the garment of religion
هُدِيَ مَنْ تَجَلْبَبَ جِلْبَابَ الدِّينِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who practices Islam properly is [truly] guided
هُدِيَ [هَدَى اللَّهُ] مَنْ حَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Guided is the one who submits to the guidance of Allah and His Prophet and the one vested with His authority
هُدِيَ مَنْ سَلَّمَ مَقَادَتَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَوَلِيِّ أَمْرِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who purifies his faith is guided
هُدِيَ مَنْ أَخْلَصَ إِيمَانَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Guided is the one who obeys his Lord and fears his sins
هُدِيَ مَنْ أَطَاعَ رَبَّهُ وَخَافَ ذَنْبَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
When you are guided to your goal then be most submissive in front of your Lord
إِذَا أَنْتَ هَدَيْتَ لِقَصْدِكَ فَكُنْ أَخْشَعَ مَا تَكُونُ لِرَبِّكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
May Allah have mercy on the servant who hears a ruling so he heeds it, is invited to the right path so he approaches it, and holds on to the guide so he is saved
رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عَبْداً سَمِعَ حُكْماً فَوَعَى وَدُعِيَ [فَدُعِيَ] إِلَى رَشَادٍ فَدَنَى وَأَخَذَ بِحُجْزَةِ هَادٍ فَنَجَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Blessed is he who follows the course of peace by the sight of the one who shows him the way and by obeying the guide who instructs him
طُوبَى لِمَنْ سَلَكَ طَرِيقَ السَّلَامَةِ بِبَصَرِ مَنْ بَصَّرَهُ وَطَاعَةِ هَادٍ أَمَرَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Successful is the one who gets illumination from the lamp of guidance, opposes the calls of [his] vain desire, makes faith the equipage for his Hereafter and [makes] God-wariness his reserve and provision
فَازَ مَنِ اسْتَصْبَحَ بِنُورِ الْهُدَى وَخَالَفَ دَوَاعِيَ الْهَوَى وَجَعَلَ [جمل] الْإِيمَانَ عُدَّةَ مَعَادِهِ وَالتَّقْوَى ذُخْرَهُ وَزَادَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You have been guided if you seek guidance and have been admonished if you seek admonishment and have been advised if you seek advice
قَدْ دُلِلْتُمْ إِنِ اسْتَدْلَلْتُمْ وَوُعِظْتُمْ إِنِ اتَّعَظْتُمْ وَنُصِحْتُمْ إِنِ انْتَصَحْتُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
It suffices for your intellect to distinguish for you right guidance from error
كَفَاكَ مِنْ عَقْلِكَ مَا أَبَانَ لَكَ رُشْدَكَ مِنْ غَيِّكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
You are shown if you observe, made to hear if you listen, and guided if you seek guidance
لَقَدْ بُصِّرْتُمْ إِنْ أَبْصَرْتُمْ وَأُسْمِعْتُمْ إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ وَهُدِيتُمْ إِنِ اهْتَدَيْتُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Lessons [from events] have indeed become evident for you, and you have been deterred by what is in it of a deterrence; and after the Prophet of Allah, none have conveyed [the message] from Allah like the Warners
لَقَدْ جَاهَرَتْكُمُ الْعِبَرُ وَزَجَرَكُمْ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ وَمَا بَلَّغَ عَنِ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مِثْلُ النُّذُرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He will direct desires towards guidance when [people] will have turned guidance towards desires, and he will turn his opinion towards the Qur’an when they turn the Qur’an towards their opinions
يَعْطِفُ الْهَوَى عَلَى الْهُدَى إِذَا عَطَفُوا الْهُدَى عَلَى الْهَوَى وَيَعْطِفُ الرَّأْيَ عَلَى الْقُرْآنِ إِذَا عَطَفُوا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى الرَّأْيِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever seeks true guidance through the guidance of Allah is guided to the right path by Him
مَنِ اهْتَدَى بِهُدَى اللَّهِ أَرْشَدَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who seeks true guidance through the guidance of Allah disassociates [himself] from the opponents [who oppose His command]
مَنِ اهْتَدَى بِهُدَى اللَّهِ فَارَقَ الْأَضْدَادَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The guidance of Allah is the best guidance
هُدَى اللَّهِ أَحْسَنُ الْهُدَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Allah, the Glorified, never leaves His servants without a necessary proof or an established, clear path
لَمْ يُخْلِ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ عِبَادَهُ مِنْ حُجَّةٍ لَازِمَةٍ أَوْ مَحَجَّةٍ قَائِمَةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Allah, the Glorified, never lets His servants remain without a divinely appointed Prophet or a revealed book [to guide them]
لَمْ يُخْلِ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ عِبَادَهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ مُرْسَلٍ وَكِتَابٍ مُنْزَلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Allah, the Glorified, has not created you in vain, and has not abandoned you to wander aimlessly, and He has not left you alone in misguidance and blindness
لَمْ يَخْلُقْكُمُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ عَبَثاً وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْكُمْ سُدًى وَلَمْ يَدَعْكُمْ فِي ضَلَالَةٍ وَلَا عَمًى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Allah, the Glorified, does not misguide anyone and Allah is not unjust to the servants
مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ لِيُضِلَّ أَحَداً وَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The thing with the worst outcome is deviation [from the right path]
أَسْوَءُ شَيْءٍ عَاقِبَةً الْغَيُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most destructive thing is persistent deviation
أَهْلَكُ شَيْءٍ اسْتِدَامَةً الضَّلَالُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily restraint during the confusion of misguidance is better than embarking on terrors
إِنَّ الْكَفَّ عِنْدَ حَيْرَةِ الضَّلَالِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رُكُوبِ الْأَهْوَالِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Straying of the intellect distances one from right guidance and corrupts his Hereafter
ضَلَالُ الْعَقْلِ أَشَدُّ ضَلَّةٍ وَذِلَّةُ الْجَهْلِ أَعْظَمُ ذِلَّةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How can one who is himself astray guide others to the right?!
كَيْفَ يَهْدِي غَيْرَهُ مَنْ يُضِلُّ نَفْسَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no joy in a flash of lightening for one who is immersed in darkness
لَيْسَ فِي الْبَرْقِ اللَّامِعِ مُسْتَمْتَعٌ لِمَنْ يَخُوضُ الظُّلْمَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever deviates from the truth, good becomes evil for him and evil becomes good, and he gets intoxicated with the intoxication of misguidance
مَنْ زَاغَ سَاءَتْ عِنْدَهُ الْحَسَنَةُ وَحَسُنَتْ عِنْدَهُ السَّيِّئَةُ وَسَكَرَ سُكْرَ الضَّلَالَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Woe be to the one who persists in his deviation and does not return to the right path
وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ تَمَادَى فِي غَيِّهِ وَلَمْ يَفِئْ إِلَى الرُّشْدِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
No declaration can be made with inarticulateness
لَا بَيَانَ مَعَ عِيٍّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Where are the different paths taking you?
أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ بِكُمُ الْمَذَاهِبُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Hold back from [traversing] a path when you fear its deviation
أَمْسِكْ عَنْ طَرِيقٍ إِذَا خِفْتَ ضَلَالَتَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
It is by turning away from the truth that misguidance comes about
بِالْعُدُولِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ تَكُونُ الضَّلَالَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Many a cognizance leads to misguidance
رُبَّ مَعْرِفَةٍ أَدَّتْ إِلَى تَضْلِيلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The alms-tax of knowledge is its dissemination
رُبَّ عِلْمٍ أَدَّى إِلَى مَضَلَّتِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who takes guidance from other than the guidance of Allah has gone astray
ضَلَّ مَنِ اهْتَدَى بِغَيْرِ هُدَى اللَّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Lost is the one who has a goal other than Allah
ضَاعَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَقْصَدٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The misguidance of souls is between the impulses of lust and anger
ضَلَالُ النُّفُوسِ بَيْنَ دَوَاعِي الشَّهْوَةِ وَالْغَضَبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How many a deviation has been embellished by a verse from the Book of Allah just as a bronze dirham is embellished by a coat of silver
كَمْ مِنْ ضَلَالَةٍ زُخْرِفَتْ بِآيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ كَمَا يُزَخْرَفُ الدِّرْهَمُ النُّحَاسُ بِالْفِضَّةِ الْمُمَوِّهَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A person will never go astray until his doubt overcomes his certainty
لَنْ يَضِلَّ الْمَرْءُ حَتَّى يَغْلِبَ شَكُّهُ يَقِينَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks right guidance from the deviated, goes astray
مَنِ اسْتَرْشَدَ غَوِيّاً ضَلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever turns aside from truth, his path becomes narrow
مَنْ جَارَ [جَازَ] عَنِ الصِّدْقِ ضَاقَ مَذْهَبُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who takes guidance from other than the guidance of Allah, the Glorified, has gone astray
مَنِ اهْتَدَى بِغَيْرِ هُدَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ ضَلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks guidance from those who do not possess it is led astray
مَنْ يَطْلُبُ الْهِدَايَةَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَهْلِهَا يَضِلُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who seeks guidance from the misguided becomes blinded to the course of true guidance
مَنِ اسْتَهْدَى الْغَاوِيَ عَمِيَ عَنْ نَهْجِ الْهُدَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who deviates from the clear tracks ends up following the courses of destruction
مَنْ عَدَلَ عَنْ وَاضِحِ الْمَسَالِكِ سَلَكَ سُبُلَ الْمَهَالِكِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who slips from the highway of the course falls into the perplexity of narrowness
مَنْ زَلَّ عَنْ مَحَجَّةِ الطَّرِيقِ وَقَعَ فِي حَيْرَةِ الْمَضِيقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who deviates from the clear highway drowns in the depths of the sea
مَنَ عَدَلَ عَنْ وَاضِحِ الْمَحَجَّةِ [الْحُجَّةِ] غَرِقَ فِي اللُّجَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Where are your minds straying and your souls deviating [to]? Do you seek to substitute facts for lies and exchange truth for falsehood?
أَيْنَ تَضِلُّ عُقُولُكُمْ وَتَزِيغُ نُفُوسُكُمْ أَ تَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الْكَذِبَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَتَعْتَاضُونَ الْبَاطِلَ بِالْحَقِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
For every deviation there is a cause
لِكُلِّ ضَلَّةٍ عِلَّةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech