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95 – Abu Bakr narrated to me; he said: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related, saying: One of the sages remarked, “You will never see the intelligent person except in fear, just as you will never see the ignorant save feeling secure. In this regard someone has composed:
You see the intelligent only in apprehension—
vigilant about the day at hand rather than tomorrow.”
٩٥ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: قَالَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ: " لَا تَرَى الْعَاقِلَ إِلَّا خَائِفًا كَمَا أَنَّ الْجَاهِلَ لَا تَرَاهُ إِلَّا آمِنًا وَفِي ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ الْقَائِلُ:
لَا تَرَى الْعَاقِلَ إِلَّا خَائِفًا … حَذِرًا مِنْ يَوْمِهِ دُونَ غَدِهِ