سوءُ الظّنونِ يُقَلِّلُ الإِخوانا

سوءُ الظّنونِ يُقَلِّلُ الإِخوانا

حُسنُ الظُّنونِ يُكثِّرُ الخِلّانا

حُسنُ الظُّنونِ يُكثِّرُ الخِلّانا

Thinking ill of others diminishes brothers;

Bad thoughts diminish the brethren

Thinking well of others multiplies close friends.

Good thoughts increase the true friends

إِنَّ الّذي قَد ساءَ منهُ ظَنَّهُ

إِنَّ الّذي قَد ساءَ منهُ ظَنَّهُ

ظَنَّ الخِيانةَ في الَّذي ما خانا

ظَنَّ الخِيانةَ في الَّذي ما خانا

Indeed, whoever has come to think ill of another

He who thinks badly of another

Suspects betrayal in one who has not betrayed.

Thinks betrayal of one who hasn't betrayed