حکمت 275: طمع به هلاکت می کشاند و نجات نمی دهد،… · Saying 275

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): إِنَّ الطَّمَعَ مُورِدٌ غَيْرُ مُصْدِرٍ وَ ضَامِنٌ غَيْرُ وَفِيٍّ وَ رُبَّمَا شَرِقَ شَارِبُ الْمَاءِ قَبْلَ رِيِّهِ وَ كُلَّمَا عَظُمَ قَدْرُ الشَّيْءِ الْمُتَنَافَسِ فِيهِ عَظُمَتِ الرَّزِيَّةُ لِفَقْدِهِ وَ الْأَمَانِيُّ تُعْمِي أَعْيُنَ الْبَصَائِرِ وَ الْحَظُّ يَأْتِي مَنْ لَا يَأْتِيهِ

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: Grees takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfil it. Often the drinker gets choked the quenching of his thirst. The greater tr worth of a thing yearned for the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understsnding. The destined share will reach him who does not approach it.