Sayings · Woman as a sweet-stinging scorpion

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

٦١. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): الْمَرْأَةُ عَقْرَبٌ حُلْوَةُ اللَّسْبَةِ.

Translation

61. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Woman is a scorpion whose sting is sweet.

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