الجَهلُ أدْوَأُ الدّاءِ . ح: 820
Ignorance is the worst affliction. H: 820
الجَهلُ مُمِيتُ الأحْياءِ ومُخَلِّدُ الشَّقاءِ . ح: 1464
Ignorance is death for the living and perpetuates wretchedness. H: 1464
الجَهلُ أصْلُ كُلِّ شَرٍّ . ح: 819
Ignorance is the root of every evil. H: 819
الحِرْصُ والشَّرَهُ والبُخْلُ نَتيجَةُ الجَهلِ . ح: 1694
Greed, voracity, and stinginess are a result of ignorance. H: 1694
الجاهِلُ لا يَعْرِفُ تَقْصيرَهُولا يَقبلُ مِن النَّصيحِ لَهُ . ح: 1809
An ignorant person does not see his own shortcomings and is not willing to accept any advice given to him. H: 1809
الجاهِلُ مَنِ انْخَدَعَ لِهَواهُ وغُرورِهِ . ح: 1285
The ignorant is one who has allowed himself to be deceived by his desires and whims. H: 1285
الجاهِلُ عَبدُ شَهْوتِه . ح: 449
The ignorant is a slave of his desires. H: 449
عَملُ الجاهِلِ وبَالٌ ، وعِلمُهُ ضلالٌ . ح: 6327
The deeds of the ignorant are doomed and his knowledge is error. H: 6327
أجْهلُ النّاسِ المُغَترُّ بقَولِمادِحٍ مُتَملِّقٍ، يُحسِّنُ لَهُ القَبيحَ ويُبغِّضُ إلَيهِ النَّصيحَ . ح: 3262
The most ignorant of people is one who is deluded by the praise of a flatterer who beautifies evil to him and renders a sincere advice detestable. H: 3262
غايةُ الجَهلِ تَبَجُّحُ المَرءِ بِجَهْلِهِ . ح: 6371
The utter extremity of ignorance is for one to glorify his own ignorance. H: 6371
كفىبالمرءِ جَهلاً أنْيَجْهَلَ قَدْرَهُ . ح: 7054
It suffices as ignorance to be unaware of one's status. H: 7050
لا تَتَكلّمْ بكُلِّ ما تَعلَمُ فكَفى بذلكَ جَهلاً . ح: 10187
Do not utter all that you know since that is enough to be considered ignorance. H: 10187
رَغْبتُكَ في المُستَحيلِ جَهلٌ . ح: 5384
Your desire for the impossible is ignorance. H: 5384
الجَهلُ فَسادُ كُلِّ أمْرٍ . ح: 930
Ignorance is the ruination of every affair. H: 930
الجاهِلُ مَيِّتٌ وإنْ كانَ حَيّاً. ح: 1125
An ignorant person is dead, even though he is living. H: 1125
إنَّما الجاهِلُ مَنِ اسْتَعْبَدتْهُ المَطالِبُ . ح: 3864
The ignorant is one whose desires have enslaved him. H: 3864
أعظَمُ الجَهلِ جَهلُ الإنسانِ أمرَنَفْسِهِ . ح: 2936
The greatest form of ignorance is for a person to be ignorant of the condition of his own self. H: 2936
لا تُعادوا ما تَجهَلونَ ؛ فإنَّ أكثرَ العِلمِ فيما لا تَعْرِفونَ . ح: 10246
Do not oppose that which you are ignorant of; for most knowledge lies in that which you cannot fathom. H:10246
إذا حَلُمْتَ عنِ الجاهِلِ فَقَد أوْسَعْتَهُ جَواباً . ح: 4104
If you remain clement with the ignorant, you give him indeed an adequate answer. H: 4104
عُقوبَةُ العُقلاءِ التَّلويحُ، عُقوبَةُ الجُهَلاءِ التَّصريحُ. ح: 6328 و 6329
The punishment of the wise is [done] implicitly, while the punishment of the ignorant is [done] explicitly. H: 6328 & 6329