وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
إِذَا اسْتَوْلَى الصَّلَاحُ عَلَى الزَّمَانِ وَ أَهْلِهِ
At a time when virtue is in vogue in the world and among people,
ثُمَّ أَسَاءَ رَجُلٌ الظَّنَّ بِرَجُلٍ لَمْ تَظْهَرْ مِنْهُ حَوْبَةٌ
if a person entertains an evil suspicion about another person from whom nothing evil has ever been seen,
فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ
then he has been unjust.
وَ إِذَا اسْتَوْلَى الْفَسَادُ عَلَى الزَّمَانِ وَ أَهْلِهِ
And at a time when vice is in vogue in the world and among people,
فَأَحْسَنَ رَجُلٌ الظَّنَّ بِرَجُلٍ
if a man entertains a good idea about another person
فَقَدْ غَرَّرَ .
he has flung himself in peril.
