Quotes by Al-Shafi‘i

Originally in Arabic · English translation

Offer me your advice when I am alone, and spare me advice before a crowd.

Al-Shafi‘i, تعمدني بنصحك في انفرادي, مطلع قصيدة منسوبة إليه Sourced text Read the original and its meaning

Originally in Arabic · English translation

Let the days do as they will, and keep your soul at ease when fate decides.

Al-Shafi‘i, دع الأيام تفعل ما تشاء, مطلع القصيدة Sourced text Read the original and its meaning

Originally in Arabic · English translation

Travel: you will find others in place of those you leave; labour, for life’s sweetness lies in effort.

Al-Shafi‘i, ما في المقام لذي عقل وذي أدب, البيت الثاني من القصيدة Sourced text Read the original and its meaning

Originally in Arabic · English translation

Staying in one place brings no ease to a thoughtful, cultivated person: leave home and travel.

Al-Shafi‘i, قصيدة «ما في المقام لذي عقل وذي أدب» (ديوان الشافعي), مطلع القصيدة Sourced text Read the original and its meaning

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