Selections from the classical Arabic literature
مختارات من ادب العرب

The Great Prophet peace be upon him

وصايا و حكم

للرسول الاعظم

قال عليه الصلاة و السلام فيما ادب به امته

أوصانى ربى بتسع، وأنا أوصيكم بها: بالإخلاص فى السر والعلانية، والعدل فى الرضا والغضب، والقصد فى الغنى والفقر، وأن أعفو عمّن ظلمني، وأعطى من حرمني، وأصل من قطعني، وأن يكون صمتى فكرا، ونطقى ذكرا، ونظرى عبرا"

The Prophet peace be upon him said while teaching his community.

“I convey the advice of my Lord to you about nine things. He advised me to be sincere in privacy as well as in public. He advised me to be just in states of happiness and anger, and to be moderate whether I am rich or poor. He advised me to forgive whoever transgressed against me, to give to him who deprived me and to connect with whomever

 severed ties with me. He advised me to make my silence a period of thinking, my speech a means of his remembrance, and to look at things with the intent of learning a lesson.

VOCABULARY:

وصايا	Pieces of advice	صمت	silence
حكم	wisdom	نطق	speech
ادب	taught	عبر	Take warning, learn a lession
اوصاني	Advised me
قصد	moderation