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2. The honourable soul does not find it difficult to [spend wealth in order to] acquire provisions.
3. The ignoble soul does not separate from [its] vile attributes.
6. One who is pleased with himself is cheated and one who is overconfident is faced with affliction.
4. A person’s upbraiding of his own soul is evidence of the gravity of his intellect and the symbol of his abundant merit.
5. Souls are free but the hands of the intellects hold their reins and protect them from [wretchedness and] misfortune.
7. The one who is pleased with himself cannot see his own faults but if he were to know the merits of others, he would cover up (and feel ashamed of) the faults and flaws that are in him.
7. The one who is pleased with himself cannot see his own faults but if he were to know the merits of others, he would cover up (and feel ashamed of) the faults and flaws that are in him.
7 اَلرَّاضِي عَنْ نَفْسِهِ مَسْتُورٌ عَنْهُ عَيْبُهُ، ولَوْ عَرَفَ فَضْلَ غَيْرِهِ كَساهُ (لَساءَهُ) ما بِهِ مِنَ النَّقْصِ والخُسْرانِ.
8. The refractory, alluring soul flatters as the hypocrite flatters and feigns the attribute of an assenting friend, until such a time when it deceives and gains mastery, then it dominates as an enemy would dominate and dictates as the tyrant would dictate, thereby taking one into the places of evil.
8. The refractory, alluring soul flatters as the hypocrite flatters and feigns the attribute of an assenting friend, until such a time when it deceives and gains mastery, then it dominates as an enemy would dominate and dictates as the tyrant would dictate, thereby taking one into the places of evil.
8 اَلنَّفْسُ الأمّارَةُ المُسَوِّلَةُ تَتَمَلَّقُ تَمَلُّقَ الْمُنافِقِ، وتَتَصَنَّعُ بِشِيمَةِ الصَّدِيقِ المُوافِقِ، حَتّى إذا خَدَعتْ وتَمَكَّنَتْ تَسَلَّطَتْ تَسَلُّطَ العَدُوِّ، وَتَحَكَّمَتْ تَحَكُّمَ الْعُتُوِّ، فَأَوْرَدَتْ مَوارِدَ السُّوءِ.