حکمت 195: این همان است که بخیلان به آن بخل می… · Saying 195
و درود خدا بر او فرمود: (در سر راه از کنار مزبله ای عبور می کرد) این همان است که بخیلان به آن بخل می ورزند. (و در روایت دیگری نقل شد که)… Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, passed beside a dump of rubbish full of filth and remarked: This is what the misers used to be…
وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): وَ قَدْ مَرَّ بِقَذَرٍ عَلَي مَزْبَلَةٍ هَذَا مَا بَخِلَ بِهِ الْبَاخِلُونَ وَ رُوِيَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ هَذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَتَنَافَسُونَ فِيهِ بِالْأَمْسِ
Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, passed beside a dump of rubbish full of filth and remarked: This is what the misers used to be niggardly about. In another tradition it is related that he said: This is what you used to dispute with each other about until yesterday
Source: Nahj al-Balagha, compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi. Persian: ترجمه محمد دشتی (Mohammad Dashti). English: Translation by Sayed Ali Reza (letters, sayings and sermons 1–16). Text from github.com/WWGTX/NahjulBalaghah. · Free for non-commercial religious use, with attribution