1. ما كانَ إِسحَقُ إِنساناً فَتَندُبَهُ

    فَلا تَقُل ماتَ إِسحَقٌ وَقُل نَفَقا

    Ishaq was no human being, that you should mourn him.

    So do not say, “Ishaq died”; say, “He perished like a beast.”

  2. لا تَجنَحَنَّ إِلى حَيٍّ تُمايِلُهُ

    وَإِن جَنَحتَ إِلَيهِ فَاِتَّخِذ نَفَقا

    Never incline toward a living man, taking his side;

    and if you incline toward him, make yourself a tunnel.