3. Forty Hadith of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي
أربعون شاه ولي الله الدهلوي
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The report is not like witnessing.
لَیْسَ الْخَبَرُ کَالْمُعَایَنَةِ
War is deception.
الْحَرْبُ خُدَعَةٌ
A Muslim is a mirror of the Muslim.
الْمُسْلِمُ مِرْآةُ الْمُسْلِمِ
Someone whose advice is sought is in a position of trust.
الْمُسْتَشَارُ مُؤتَمَنٌ
The person guiding (someone) to do a good deed, is like the one performing the good deed.
الدَّالُّ عَلَی الْخَیْرِ کَفَاعِلِهِ
Seek help for any needs discreetly.
إِسْتَعِیْنُوْا عَلَی الْحَوَائِجِ بِالْکِتْمَانِ
Protect yourself from the fire even with a part of a date.
إِتَّقُوْا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ
The world is the believer’s prison and the disbeliever’s paradise.
الدُّنْیَا سِجْنُ الْمُؤمِنِ وَ جَنَّةُ الْکَافِرِ
Modesty is entirely good.
الْحَیَاءُ خَیْرٌ کُلُّهُ
The word of the believer is like seizing of the hand.
عِدَةُ الْمُؤمِنِ کَاَخْذِ الْکَفِّ
It is unlawful for a believer to sever relations with his brother for more than three days.
لَا یَحِلُّ لِمُؤمِنٍ اَنْ یَّجُهْرَ أخَاهُ فَوقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أیَّامٍ
He is not one of us who cheats us.
لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ غَشَّنَا
A little that suffices is better than an abundance that distracts.
مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَى خَيْرٌ مِمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَى
Someone who takes back his gift is like someone who eats his vomit.
الرَّاجِعُ فِيْ هِبَتِهِ کَالرَّاجِعِ فِيْ قَیْئِهِ
Affliction comes from (loose) talk.
الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ
People are like the teeth of a comb.
النَّاسُ کَأسْنَانِ الْمُشْطِ
Richness lies in the richness of the soul.
الْغِنَى غِنَى النَّفْسِ
The felicitous person takes lessons from (the actions of) others.
الْسَّعِیْدُ مَنْ وُّعِظَ بِغَیْرِهِ
Indeed, in poetry there is wisdom and in eloquence there is magic.
وَ إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ لَحِکْمَةً وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْبَیَانِ لَسِحْرًا
The king’s pardon preserves the kingdom.
عَفْوُ الْمُلُوْكِ إِبْقَاءٌ لِلْمُلْكِ
A man will be with whom he loves.
اَلْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ
A man who knows his worth will not be ruined.
مَا هَلَكَ إمْرُؤٌ عَرَفَ قَدْرَهُ
The child belongs to the bed and stoning is for the adulterer.
اَلْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَ لِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ
The upper hand is superior to the lower hand.
الْیَدُ الْعُلْیَا خَیْرٌ مِّنَ الْیَدِ السُّفْلَی
He does not thank Allah who does not thank people.
لَا شَکَرَ اللهَ مَنْ لَّا یَشْکُرُ النَّاسَ
Your love of something can blind and deafen (you).
حُبُّكَ الشَّيْءَ یُعْمِيْ وَ یُصِمُّ
Hearts are predisposed to love someone who does them good and detest someone who does them harm.
جُبِلَتِ الْقُلُوبُ عَلی حُبَّ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ اِلَیْهَا وَ بُغْضِ مَنْ اَسَاءَ اِلَیْهَا
One who repents from sin is like someone without sin.
الْتَّائِبُ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ کَمَنْ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ
The person who actually witnesses an (event) sees that which one who is absent does not.
الشَّاهِدُ یَرَی مَا لَا یَرَاهُ الْغَائِبُ
If the nobleman of a people comes to you, honour him.
اِذا جَاءَکُمْ کَرِیْمُ قَوْمٍ فَاَکْرِمُوهُ
False oaths lay waste to home (lands).
الْیَمِینُ الْفَاجِرَةُ تَدَعُ الدِّیَارَ الْبَلَاقِعَ
Whoever is killed attempting to save his property is a martyr.
مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِیْدٌ
Actions are through intentions.
الْاَعْمَالُ بِالنِّیَّةِ
The leader of a people is their servant.
سَیِّدُ الْقَوْمِ خَادِمُهُمْ
The best of affairs is that which is balanced.
خَیْرُ الْأُمُوْرِ أَوْسَطُهَا
O Allah, bless my nation in its early rising on Thursdays!
اَللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ فِیْ أُمَّتِیْ فِی بُکُوْرِهَا یَوْمَ الْخَمِیْسِ
Poverty can almost turn into disbelief.
کَادَ الْفَقْرُ أَنْ یَکُوْنَ کُفْرًا
Travelling is a portion of punishment.
الْسَّفَرُ قِطْعَةٌ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ
The best of provision is God-Consciousness (taqwa).
خَیْرُ زَّادِ الْتَّقْوَی
Meetings are under trust.
الْمَجَالِسُ بِالْاَمَانَةِ