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بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا رَفَعَهُ عَنْ مُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:
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يَا مُفَضَّلُ لَا يُفْلِحُ مَنْ لَا يَعْقِلُ وَ لَا يَعْقِلُ مَنْ لَا يَعْلَمُ وَ سَوْفَ يَنْجُبُ مَنْ يَفْهَمُ وَ يَظْفَرُ مَنْ يَحْلُمُ وَ الْعِلْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَ الصِّدْقُ عِزٌّ وَ الْجَهْلُ ذُلٌّ وَ الْفَهْمُ مَجْدٌ وَ الْجُودُ نُجْحٌ وَ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ مَجْلَبَةٌ لِلْمَوَدَّةِ وَ الْعَالِمُ بِزَمَانِهِ لَا تَهْجُمُ عَلَيْهِ اللَّوَابِسُ وَ الْحَزْمُ مَسَاءَةُ الظَّنِ وَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَ الْحِكْمَةِ نِعْمَةُ الْعَالِمِ وَ الْجَاهِلُ شَقِيٌّ بَيْنَهُمَا وَ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ مَنْ عَرَفَهُ وَ عَدُوُّ مَنْ تَكَلَّفَهُ وَ الْعَاقِلُ غَفُورٌ وَ الْجَاهِلُ خَتُورٌ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُكْرَمَ فَلِنْ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تُهَانَ فَاخْشُنْ وَ مَنْ كَرُمَ أَصْلُهُ لَانَ قَلْبُهُ وَ مَنْ خَشُنَ عُنْصُرُهُ غَلُظَ كَبِدُهُ وَ مَنْ فَرَّطَ تَوَرَّطَ وَ مَنْ خَافَ الْعَاقِبَةَ تَثَبَّتَ عَنِ التَّوَغُّلِ فِيمَا لَا يَعْلَمُ وَ مَنْ هَجَمَ عَلَى أَمْرٍ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ جَدَعَ أَنْفَ نَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ لَمْ يَفْهَمْ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَفْهَمْ لَمْ يَسْلَمْ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْلَمْ لَمْ يُكْرَمْ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يُكْرَمْ يُهْضَمْ وَ مَنْ يُهْضَمْ كَانَ أَلْوَمَ وَ مَنْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ أَحْرَى أَنْ يَنْدَمَ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar
Chain: Certain persons of our people have narrated in a marfu’ manner from Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following:
“O Mufaddal one can never gain success until he understands and one can never understand until he acquires knowledge. One who understands can very soon excel. One who exercises patience can very soon triumph. Knowledge serves one as a shield, truth is honor, ignorance is humility, sharp-wittedness is glory, generosity is success and moral excellence attracts friendship. One who possesses the wisdom of his time does not become frustrated by confusion. Strong determination creates pessimism. In the task of connecting a man and wisdom the existence of the scholar is the blessing. The ignorant ones face misfortunes in between: without wisdom and the scholar. Allah is the guardian of those who know Him. He is the enemy of those who pretend to know Him. A person of Intelligence is forgiving and an ignorant person is treacherous. If you like to be honored you must become kindhearted. If you like to be insulted then show harshness in your manners. One whose origin is noble is kindhearted. One whose element is rough, his liver is thick. The extremist falls into crisis. One who is afraid of the consequences desists from involvement in what he has no knowledge of. One who engages in an affair without knowing anything about it is headed to his own loss. One who does not know does not understand; and one who does not understand, does not agree to become peaceful. One who does not agree and submit is not respected; and one who is not respected is broken. One who is so broke is blamable; and one who is in such a condition must become regretful for his own self.”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·The Arabic above is the original.
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[2]النجيب: الفاضل النفيس في نوعه. و المراد انه من يكون ذا فهم فهو قريب من أن يصير عالما بما يجب عليه و ما ينبغي، بعقله و التدبر فيه.( آت).ص 26
[1]النجح بالضم: الظفر بالحوائج.ص 27
[2]الحزم: احكام الامر و ضبطه و الاخذ بالثقة، و المساءة مصدر ميمى( فى).ص 27
[3]في بعض النسخ« يسعى بينهما».ص 27
[4]من تكلفه أي أظهر من معرفته ما ليس له.ص 27
[5]ختور من الختر بمعنى المكر و الخديعة.ص 27
[6]أي من قصر في طلب الحق و فعل الطاعات أوقع نفسه في ورطات المهالك.ص 27
[7]في بعض النسخ« تهضم» من باب التفعل.ص 27