Hafiz, Ode 17 (Bell)

SufismHafiz, Ode 17 (Bell)

Lay not reproach at the drunkard’s door / Oh Fanatic, thou that art pure of soul; / Not thine on the page of life to enrol / The faults of others! Or less or more / I have swerved from my path—keep thou to thine own! / For every man when he reaches the goal / Shall reap the harvest his hands have sown. …

⌄ Humility toward others ⌄ Against pride ⏳ Tolerance of others

The same idea in other traditions

ChristianityMatthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

JudaismProverbs 11:2

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

IslamQuran 17:37

Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.

BuddhismDhammapada 63

The fool who knows his foolishness, is wise at least so far. But a fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.

SikhismSGGS Ang 62

Call everyone exalted; no one seems lowly. The One Lord has fashioned the vessels, and His One Light pervades the three worlds.

ConfucianismAnalects 15.15

The Master said, "He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment."

JainismAcaranga Sutra 2.16.3

Despised by such-like people, the wise man, with undisturbed mind, sustains their words and blows, as a rock is not shaken by the wind.