Rewarding good with evil is [the highest form of] ingratitude
الْجَزَاءُ عَلَى الْإِحْسَانِ بِالْإِسَاءَةِ كُفْرَانٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily ingratitude for blessings is vileness and accompanying the ignorant is [a cause of] misfortune
إِنَّ كُفْرَ النِّعْمَةِ لُؤْمٌ وَمُصَاحَبَةَ الْجَاهِلِ شُؤْمٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The bane of blessings is ingratitude
آفَةُ النِّعَمِ الْكُفْرَانُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst person is one who does not give thanks for blessings and does not respect the inviolable boundaries [of others]
شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ لَا يَشْكُرُ النِّعْمَةَ وَلَا يَرْعَى الْحُرْمَةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ungratefulness for a blessing is vileness, and accompanying a fool is [a cause of] misfortune
كُفْرُ النِّعْمَةِ لُؤْمٌ وَصُحْبَةُ الْأَحْمَقِ شُؤْمٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who is unthankful for blessings is ungrateful for the bounty of Allah
كَافِرُ النِّعْمَةِ كَافِرُ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ingratitude for blessings is the thing that brings [divine] retribution
كُفْرُ النِّعَمِ مَجْلَبَةٌ لِحُلُولِ النِّقَمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The one who is ungrateful for blessings is dispraised in the sight of the Creator and the creation
كَافِرُ النِّعْمَةِ مَذْمُومٌ عِنْدَ الْخَالِقِ وَالْخَلَائِقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ingratitude for blessings is not a success [rather it is a failure]
لَيْسَ مِنَ التَّوْفِيقِ كُفْرَانُ النِّعَمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who takes the help of a blessing [in order] to sin is indeed an ingrate
مَنِ اسْتَعَانَ بِالنِّعْمَةِ عَلَى الْمَعْصِيَةِ فَهُوَ الْكَفُورُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is ungrateful for a good turn deserves an ugly separation
مَنْ كَفَرَ حُسْنَ الصَّنِيعَةِ اسْتَوْجَبَ قُبْحَ الْقَطِيعَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who bestows a favour on the ungrateful one prolongs his rage
مَنْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَى الْكَفُورِ طَالَ غَيْظُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever is ungrateful for blessings, [divine] retribution comes upon him
مَنْ كَفَرَ النِّعَمَ حَلَّتْ بِهِ النِّقَمُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not waste any of the blessings that Allah, the Glorified, has blessed you with, and let the effect of what He has blessed you with be visible on you
لَا تُضِعْ نِعْمَةً مِنْ نِعَمِ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ عِنْدَكَ وَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ أَثَرُ مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no blessing with ingratitude
لَا نِعْمَةَ مَعَ كُفْرٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Blessings are stripped away by ingratitude
النِّعَمُ يَسْلُبُهَا الْكُفْرَانُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Many an utterance has taken away a blessing
رُبَّ كَلِمَةٍ سَلَبَتْ نِعْمَةً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The cause of cessation of a blessing is ingratitude
سَبَبُ زَوَالِ النِّعَمِ الْكُفْرَانُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The cause of alteration [and removal] of blessings is ingratitude
سَبَبُ تَحَوُّلِ النِّعَمِ الْكُفْرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In ungratefulness for blessings is [the cause of] its removal
فِي كُفْرِ النِّعَمِ زَوَالُهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being ungrateful for a blessing causes it to be taken away and being thankful for it causes it to last
كُفْرُ النِّعْمَةِ مُزِيلُهَا وَشُكْرُهَا مُسْتَدِيمُهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ingratitude for blessings makes one stumble and strips away the blessings
كُفْرَانُ النِّعَمِ يُزِلُّ الْقَدَمَ وَيَسْلُبُ النِّعَمَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Being ungrateful for a blessing is the cause of its removal
كُفْرُ النِّعْمَةِ مُزِيلُهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Ingratitude for favours leads to deprivation
كُفْرَانُ الْإِحْسَانِ يُوجِبُ الْحِرْمَانَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who does not show gratitude for a blessing is punished by its cessation
مَنْ لَمْ يَشْكُرِ النِّعْمَةَ عُوقِبَ بِزَوَالِهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Allah has not bestowed any blessing on a servant who then does injustice with it but that he becomes deserving of it being taken away from him by Allah
مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى عَبْدٍ نِعْمَةً فَظَلَمَ فِيهَا إِلَّا كَانَ حَقِيقاً [أَنْ يُزِيلَهَا عَنْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Allah has not bestowed any blessing on a servant who then does injustice with it but that he becomes deserving of it being taken away from him by Allah
مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ عَلَى عَبْدٍ نِعْمَةً فَظَلَمَ فِيهَا إِلَّا كَانَ حَقِيقاً أَنْ يُزِيلَهَا عَنْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not help [anyone] against the one who has favoured you, for the one who helps against the one who has favoured him is stripped of his ability
لَا تُعِنْ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْكَ فَمَنْ أَعَانَ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْهِ سُلِبَ الْإِمْكَانَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech