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535 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Yahya ibn Mughīrah narrated to us; ʿAbd Allah ibn Yusuf al-Dimashqi narrated to us; Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Ṣubayḥ narrated to us, from his father, who said:
Wisdom declared: “O son of Adam, you keep searching for me, yet I am right before you in just two words: do the best of what you already know, and relinquish the worst of what you already know.”
٥٣٥ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُغِيرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قَالَتِ الْحِكْمَةُ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، تَلْتَمِسُنِي وَأَنْتَ تَجِدُنِي فِي حَرْفَيْنِ: تَعْمَلُ بِخَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ، وَتَدَعُ شَرَّ مَا تَعْلَمُ "