17. Appetites
130. Control of one’s appetites will procure one riches. 131. He is wise who governs his anger, appetites and fear.
132. Carnal appetites are nets spread by the devil.
18. Prayers
133. Every arrow does not hit the mark, nor is every prayer granted. 134. Ostentatiousness spoils prayers. 135. The light of your heart is in prayers offered in the stillness of night.
19. Fear
136. Fear none but your sins.
20. Praise
137. He who praises you murders you. 138. A man who praises himself display his deficiency of intellect.
21. Parents
139. Honour your parents and your son will honour you.
22. Speech
140. Indeed he is wise who restrains his tongue from detraction. 141. A man is hid under his tongue. 142. The tongue of a wise man lies behind his heart. 143. The heart of a fool lies behind his tongue.
144. A deceiver’s tongue is sweet and his heart bitter. 145. A check upon the tongue is better than a check upon the stomach. 146. The tongue pierces deeper than the spear. 147. Beware of the tongue for it is an arrow that often goes wrong. 148. A sweet tongue begets many a friend.
23. Heresy
149. Heresy rests on four pillars, (a) concealment of truth, (b) waging of war against truth, (c) going astray from the path of truth, (d) the adoption of an inimical attitude towards truth: the first leads to ignorance, the second makes one blind to truth, the third leads people to seek pleasure in vice, and the fourth leads to misfortunes. 150. He who purifies his heart from doubt is a believer.
24. Counsel
151. Partnership in possession leadeth to confusion: while partnership in counsel leadeth to the right path. 152. The opinion of a wise man is an oracle. 153. To seek counsel is to go to the fountain of guidance.
154. He who points out your mistakes is a right counsel.
25. Justice and Tyranny
155. Oppression of people is the worst provision for the next world.
156. Association with a fool is tyrannical to the soul. 157. God hastens the fall of tyrants.
158. Divine fortifications protect the country of a just king.
159. Tyranny leads to moral cowardice. 160. Tyranny is the forerunner of ruin. 161. A tyrant’s success is his moral defeat.
162. It is better to die than to beg. 163. When a person goes to a rich man to beg, he loses two thirds of his faith.
27. Jihad
164. Jihad (Holy Wars) are the pillars of religion and the highways of prosperity: and those who are engaged in them secure a sure entry into heaven. 165. Haj (pilgrimage to the Kab’ah) is the Jihad of every believer in faith.
28. Friend and enemy
166. Indeed he is your as himself and prefers you to his riches, children and wife. 167. A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend. is 168. Your victory over your enemy forbearance. 169. Forgive and forget the treachery of your enemy. your
true friend who take care of you
29. Silence
170. The less you say the more you will be certified. 171. A man without speech is but an idol or beast. 172. Silence is the best reply to a fool. 173. The best speech is one which is short and reasonable. 174. Silence is the best reply to many a question. 175. Speech is like a medicine, a small dose of which cures, but an excess of which kills the patient.
30. Miscellaneous
176. There is no generosity in a liar. 177. He that has no courage has no religion. 178. His grief is long whose hope is short. 179. The right freedom of a man consists in speakingtruth
180. Repentance purifieth the heart and washes away sins.
181. Abstinence from evil is better than the performance of good deeds.
182. Adversity makes little impression upon a brave soul. 183. Folly is an incurable disease. 184. That man
travels the longest journey who undertakes to search for a sincere friend.
185. Anger is a fire kindled: he that restrains it succeeds in putting it out, but the one who lets it loose, is the first to be consumed by it.
186. To assist the wrong is to oppress the right. 187. One who gives before he is asked is really generous. 188. Sinning is a disease, repentance its medicine, and abstinence from it a sure cure.
189 It is better to sleep with a strong faith in God than to offer prayer in scepticism.
190. Pride impedes progress and mars greatness. 191. The best investment is one with which duties are discharged.
192. Sorrow makes a man old before his time.
193. To forgive is the crown of greatness.
194. That day is really a gala day when a man does not commit any sin.
195. He who understands humanity seeks solitude. 196. He who utters the words of the wise imbibes their essence in his person.
197. Misrepresentation spoils narration.
198. Right is the best argument.
199. Enmity is the occupation of fools.
200. As a man’s wisdom increases so his desire to speak decreases.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 