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On Rules for Conduct of Life the patched garment of Moses, and the former is [like] the bejewelled beard of Pharao. Nevertheless good men retain a cheerful countenance in adversity, whilst the rich droop their heads [even] in prosperity.

Who possesses wealth and dignity, but therewith succours not those whose minds are distressed, inform him that no kind of wealth and dignity will he enjoy in the mansion of the next world.

An envious man is avaricious with the wealth of God, and hates the guiltless as foes.

Forbear to wish evil to an envious man, because the ill-starred fellow is an evil to himself; what needest thou to show enmity to him who has such a foe on the nape of his neck?

without intention is a lover without money; a traveller without knowledge is a bird without wings; a scholar without practice is a tree without fruit; and a devotee without science is a house without a door. The Quran was revealed for the acquisition of a good character, not for chanting written chapters. A pious, unlettered man [is like one who] travels on