Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 261
Chapter - Section 3
Arabic hadith text
عَن عَوْنٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: مَنْهُومَانِ لَا يَشْبَعَانِ صَاحِبُ الْعِلْمِ وَصَاحِبُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَسْتَوِيَانِ أَمَّا صَاحِبُ الْعِلْمِ فَيَزْدَادُ رِضًى لِلرَّحْمَنِ وَأَمَّا صَاحِبُ الدُّنْيَا فَيَتَمَادَى فِي الطُّغْيَانِ. ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ (كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَى أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَى)
قَالَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ (إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عباده الْعلمَاء. رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ
Translation
‘Aun reported Ibn Mas'ud as saying, “Two greedy ones neverattain satisfaction, the learned man and the worldly man, but they arenot equal. The learned man becomes more pleasing to the Compassionate One, but the worldly man perseveres in transgression." Then‘Abdallah [ibn Mas'ud] recited, “Nay, but man transgresses in considering that heis self-sufficient. "* He added, “The other is preferable, for ‘only thoseof His servants who are learned fear God.’ " [Ibid, xxxv, 28.] Darimi transmitted it. *Qur’an, xcvi, 6 f.