When Scripture Answers Proverbs

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وَكَمْ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ تَدُورُ عَلَى الْأَلْسِنِ مَثَلًا جَاءَ الْقُرْآنُ بِالْخَصِّ مِنْهَا وَأَحْسَنَ

And how many phrases circulate on the tongues as an example, which the Quran has refined and improved.

فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ الْقَتْلُ أَنْفَى لِلْقَتْلِ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ

Among them their saying: 'Killing prevents killing' is mentioned in His saying: 'And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ لَيْسَ الْمُخْبِرُ كَالْمُعَايِنِ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي

And their saying: 'The informer is not like the observer' is mentioned in His saying: 'But so that my heart will be reassured.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ مَا تَزْرَعْ تَحْصِدْ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ

And their saying: 'What you sow, you reap' is mentioned in His saying: 'Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ لِلْحِيطَانِ آذَانٌ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَفِيكُمْ سَمَّاعُونَ لَهُمْ

And their saying: 'Walls have ears' is mentioned in His saying: 'And among you are listeners to them.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ الْحِمْيَةُ رَأْسُ الدَّوَاءِ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا وَلَا تُسْرِفُوا

And their saying: 'Moderation is the best remedy' is mentioned in His saying: 'And eat and drink, but be not excessive.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ احْذَرْ شَرَّ مَنْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِلَيْهِ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَمَا نَقَمُوا إِلَّا أَنْ أَغْنَاهُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ

And their saying: 'Beware of the evil of the one you did good to' is mentioned in His saying: 'And they resented it only because Allah and His Messenger had enriched them from His bounty.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ مَنْ جَهِلَ شَيْئًا عَادَاهُ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا بِهِ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا إِفْكٌ قَدِيمٌ

And their saying: 'Whoever is ignorant of something, opposes it' is mentioned in His saying: 'But they denied that which they did not encompass in knowledge, and when they have not been guided by it, they will say: This is an ancient falsehood.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ خَيْرُ الْأُمُورِ أَوْسَاطُهَا مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ

And their saying: 'The best of matters is its middle' is mentioned in His saying: 'And do not make your hand chained to your neck, nor open it completely.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ مَنْ أَعَانَ ظَالِمًا سَلَّطَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى كَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ مَنْ تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُ يُضِلُّهُ

And their saying: 'Whoever supports a tyrant, Allah will empower him against them' is mentioned in His saying: 'He has decreed that whoever takes him as an ally, He will misguide him.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ لَمَّا انْضَجَ رَمَدَ، مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَأَعْطَى قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَى

And their saying: 'As soon as it ripens, it spoils' is mentioned in His saying: 'And gave a little, then withheld.'

وَقَوْلُهُمْ لَا تَلِدُ الْحَيَّةُ إِلَّا حَيَّةً مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

And their saying: 'A snake gives birth only to a snake' is mentioned in His saying: 'And they will not give birth except to a disobedient, disbeliever.'