حکمت 235: خردمند آن است که هر چیزی را در جای… · Saying 235

وَ قِيلَ لَهُ صِفْ لَنَا الْعَاقِلَ فَقَالَ (عليه السلام): هُوَ الَّذِي يَضَعُ الشَّيْءَ مَوَاضِعَهُ فَقِيلَ فَصِفْ لَنَا الْجَاهِلَ فَقَالَ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ.

قال الرضي: يعني أن الجاهل هو الذي لا يضع الشيء مواضعه فكأن ترك صفته صفة له إذ كان بخلاف وصف العاقل

It was said to Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him: Describe the wise to us; and he said: The wise is one who places things in their proper positions Then, he was asked: Describe the ignorant to us; and he said: I have already done so. Al-Sayyid al-Radi says: The meaning is that the ignorant is one who does not place things in their proper positions. In this way, Amie al-Mu'minin abstention from describing was a way of describing him because his attributes are just the opposite of the wise.