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21. Indeed there is a piece of flesh that has been placed inside this human being which is the most amazing thing in him, and that is his heart; it has sources of wisdom and things contrary to it. If hope enters it, covetousness humiliates it and if covetousness increases in it then greed destroys it. If despair takes control over it, grief kills it. If anger comes over it, its rage intensifies. If it is blessed with pleasure, it forgets precaution. If it is overcome by fear, it becomes preoccupied with caution. If peace prevails around it, it becomes neglectful. If a hardship befalls it, impatience disgraces it. If it gains wealth, affluence makes it oppressive. If it faces indigence, distress overtakes it. If hunger attacks it, weakness disables it. If its eating increases, the heaviness of his stomach pains it. Thus every curtailment is harmful to it and every excess is injurious to it.
21. Indeed there is a piece of flesh that has been placed inside this human being which is the most amazing thing in him, and that is his heart; it has sources of wisdom and things contrary to it. If hope enters it, covetousness humiliates it and if covetousness increases in it then greed destroys it. If despair takes control over it, grief kills it. If anger comes over it, its rage intensifies. If it is blessed with pleasure, it forgets precaution. If it is overcome by fear, it becomes preoccupied with caution. If peace prevails around it, it becomes neglectful. If a hardship befalls it, impatience disgraces it. If it gains wealth, affluence makes it oppressive. If it faces indigence, distress overtakes it. If hunger attacks it, weakness disables it. If its eating increases, the heaviness of his stomach pains it. Thus every curtailment is harmful to it and every excess is injurious to it.
21 لَقَدْ عُلِّقَ بِنياطِ هذا الإنْسانِ بَضْعَةٌ هِيَ أعْجَبُ ما فيهِ وذلِكَ القَلْبُ، ولَهُ مَوادٌّ مِنَ الحِكْمَةِ وأضْدادٌ مِنْ خِلافِها فَإنْ سَنَحَ لَهُ الرَّجاءُ أذَلَّهُ الطَّمَعُ، وإنْ هاجَ بِهِ الطَّمَعُ أهْلَكَهُ الحِرْصُ وإنْ مَلَكَهُ اليَأْسُ قَتَلَهُ الأسَفُ،وإنْ عَرَضَ لَهُ الغَضَبُ اِشْتَدَّ بِهِ الغَيْظُ وإنْ أسْعَدَهُ الرِّضا نَسِيَ التَّحَفُّظَ، وإنْ غالَهُ الخَوْفُ شَغَلَهُ الحَذَرُ، وإنِ اتَّسَعَ لَهُ الأمْنُ اسْتَلَبَتْهُ الغِرَّةُ وإنْ أصابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فعضَحَهُ الجَزَعُ، وإنْ أفادَ مالاً أطْغاهُ الْغِنى، وإنْ عَضَّتْهُ الفاقَةُ شَغَلَهُ البَلاءُ، وإنْ جَهَدَهُ الجُوعُ قَعَدَ بِهِ الضَّعْفُ وإنْ أفْرَطَ بِهِ الشِّبَعُ كَظَّتْهُ البِطْنَةُ، فَكُلُّ تَقْصير بِهِ مُضِرٌّ، وكُلُّ إفْراط لَهُ مُفْسِدٌ.
30. Verily hearts have desire and aversion, an advancing and a retreating, so approach them from whence they advance and desire, for indeed when the heart is forced [to do anything] it becomes blind.
30. Verily hearts have desire and aversion, an advancing and a retreating, so approach them from whence they advance and desire, for indeed when the heart is forced [to do anything] it becomes blind.
30 إنَّ لِلْقُلُوبِ شَهْوَةً وكِراهَةً، وإقْبالاً وإدْباراً، فَأتُوها مِنْ إقْبالِها، وَشَهْوَتِها، فَإنَّ القَلْبَ إذا أُكْرِهَ عَمِيَ.
