The Book of Wisdom Chapter XV

And he said (May Allah be pleased with him):

142. People praise you for what they suppose is in you but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it.

143. When the believer is praised, he is ashamed before Allah that he should be lauded for an attribute he does not see in himself.

144. The most ignorant of all people is the one who abandons the certitude (yaqin) he has for an opinion (dhan) people have.

145. When He lets praise of you burst forth, and you are not worthy of it, praise Him for what He is worthy of.

146. When ascetics (az-Zuhhaad) are praised, they are contracted, for they witness the praise as coming from mankind (al-khalq); but with gnostics (al-‘aarifoon) are praised, they are expanded, for they witness the praise as coming from the Real King.

147. If when given something, the giving expands you, and if when deprived of something, the deprivation contracts you, then take that as the proof of your immaturity and the insincerity of your servanthood.

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