«35»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قِيلَ لَهُ عليه السلام صِفْ لَنَا الْعَاقِلَ فَقَالَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَضَعُ الشَّيْ ءَ مَوَاضِعَهُ قِيلَ لَهُ فَصِفْ لَنَا الْجَاهِلَ قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ.
«35»- nhj, the Nahj al-Balagha: It was said to him, peace be upon him: Describe to us the man of intellect. He said: He is the one who puts each thing in its place. It was said to him: Then describe to us the ignorant. He said: I have done so.
قال السيد رضي اللّٰه عنه يعني عليه السلام أن الجاهل هو الذي لا يضع الشي ء مواضعه فكان ترك صفته صفة له إذ كان بخلاف وصف العاقل.
The Sayyid, may God be pleased with him, said: He, peace be upon him, means that the ignorant is the one who does not put things in their places; so the leaving of his description was a description of him, since it was the opposite of the description of the man of intellect.
«36»- نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ عليه السلام كفاف [كَفَاكَ مِنْ عَقْلِكَ مَا أَوْضَحَ لَكَ سَبِيلَ غَيِّكَ ١مِنْ رُشْدِكَ.
«36»- nhj, the Nahj al-Balagha: He, peace be upon him, said: There suffices you of your intellect what makes plain to you the way of your error (1) from your right direction.
«37»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ لِلْحَسَنِ عليه السلام وَ الْعَقْلُ حِفْظُ التَّجَارِبِ وَ خَيْرُ مَا جَرَّبْتَ مَا وَعَظَكَ.
«37»- And he, peace be upon him, said in his testament to al-Hasan, peace be upon him: And the intellect is the keeping of experiences; and the best of what you have experienced is what has admonished you.
«38»- كَنْزُ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِنَّ الْعَاقِلَ مَنْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ ذَمِيمَ الْمَنْظَرِ حَقِيرَ الْخَطَرِ وَ إِنَّ الْجَاهِلَ مَنْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ جَمِيلَ الْمَنْظَرِ عَظِيمَ الْخَطَرِ أَفْضَلُ النَّاسِ أَعْقَلُ النَّاسِ.
«38»- Kanz al-Karajaki: The Messenger of God — may God bless him and his family — said: The man of intellect is he who obeys God, even if he be of blameworthy aspect and slight account; and the ignorant is he who disobeys God, even if he be of comely aspect and great account. The most excellent of people is the most intelligent of people.
«39»- وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام أَنَّهُ قَالَ: الْعَقْلُ وِلَادَةٌ وَ الْعِلْمُ إِفَادَةٌ وَ مُجَالَسَةُ الْعُلَمَاءِ زِيَادَةٌ.
«39»- And it is related from the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, that he said: The intellect is a birth, and knowledge is an acquisition, and sitting with the learned is an increase.
«40»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام مَنْ صَحِبَ جَاهِلًا نَقَصَ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ.
«40»- And he, peace be upon him, said: Whoever keeps company with an ignorant man diminishes from his intellect.
«41»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام التَّثَبُّتُ رَأْسُ الْعَقْلِ وَ الْحِدَّةُ رَأْسُ الْحُمْقِ.
«41»- And he, peace be upon him, said: Firmness is the head of intellect, and sharpness is the head of folly.
«42»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام غَضَبُ الْجَاهِلِ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَ غَضَبُ الْعَاقِلِ فِي فِعْلِهِ.
«42»- And he, peace be upon him, said: The anger of the ignorant is in his speech, and the anger of the man of intellect is in his deed.
«43»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام الْعُقُولُ مَوَاهِبُ وَ الْآدَابُ مَكَاسِبُ.
«43»- And he, peace be upon him, said: Intellects are gifts, and disciplines are acquisitions.
«44»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام فَسَادُ الْأَخْلَاقِ مُعَاشَرَةُ السُّفَهَاءِ وَ صَلَاحُ الْأَخْلَاقِ مُعَاشَرَةُ الْعُقَلَاءِ.
«44»- And he, peace be upon him, said: The corruption of characters is associating with fools, and the setting right of characters is associating with the people of intellect.
«45»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام الْعَاقِلُ مَنْ وَعَظَتْهُ التَّجَارِبُ.
«45»- And he, peace be upon him, said: The man of intellect is he whom experiences have admonished.
«46»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام رَسُولُكَ تَرْجُمَانُ عَقْلِكَ.
«46»- And he, peace be upon him, said: Your messenger is the interpreter of your intellect.
«47»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام مَنْ تَرَكَ الِاسْتِمَاعَ عَنْ ذَوِي الْعُقُولِ مَاتَ عَقْلُهُ.
«47»- And he, peace be upon him, said: Whoever leaves off listening to the possessors of intellects, his intellect dies.
«48»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام مَنْ جَانَبَ هَوَاهُ صَحَّ عَقْلُهُ.
«48»- And he, peace be upon him, said: Whoever keeps away from his caprice, his intellect is sound.
«49»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام مَنْ أُعْجِبَ بِرَأْيِهِ ضَلَّ وَ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى بِعَقْلِهِ زَلَّ وَ مَنْ تَكَبَّرَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ذَلَّ.
«49»- And he, peace be upon him, said: Whoever is pleased with his own opinion goes astray; and whoever deems himself sufficient by his intellect slips; and whoever is proud over people is abased.