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Abū Bakr said:
57 — Abū Ja‘far al-Qurashī recited to me:
[al-Kāmil meter]
All things will leave you and pass away,
Except your praise, which is yours to stay.
Were I given my choice of every virtue,
I would choose nothing but nobility of character.”
قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ:
٥٧ - وَأَنْشَدَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ: «
[البحر الكامل]
كُلُّ الْأُمُورِ تَزُولُ عَنْكَ وَتَنْقَضِي ... إِلَّا الثَّنَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ لَكَ بِاقِ
وَلَوْ أَنَّنِي خُيِّرْتُ كُلَّ فَضِيلَةٍ ... مَا اخْتَرْتُ غَيْرَ مَحَاسِنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ»