22. THE PATH TO PERFECTION AND ITS CAUSES
Perfection (kamil) is rare and dear.
The first cause for attaining perfection is for body parts to be proportional (i.e. outward appearance) and for the inside (i.e. the heart and soul) to be good.
An evidence for the perfection of body figure is good appearance (,kbalq) and having good manners (khulq). And the proof for the goodness (husn) of one’s inside is having good habits and manners (akhlaq). As for habits, they are; chastity (‘iffa), honesty (nazaba) and refraining from ignorance (jabt) and greed (sharh).
Good manners include; generosity’ (karm), altruism (,ithar), concealing faults (sitral- uyub), presenting virtuous deeds first and forgiving the ignorant.
He who is granted these attributes will be elevated to the status of perfection, and he will demonstrate the most noble of characteristics. If any of these attributes are lacking, then he will equally be far from perfect.
(source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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