Ghurar al-Ḥikam

The Hereafter

Volume 1 97 narrations
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hadith 93
Imam Ali (AS) said, The Hereafter is the victory of the felicitous.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلآخِرةُ فَوزُ السُّعَداءِ
Tags Paradise
hadith 94
Imam Ali (AS) said, Occupying yourself with improving your Hereafter will save you from the chastisement of hellfire.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِشتِغالُكَ بإصْلاحِ مَعادِكَ يُنْجيكَ مِنْ عَذابِ النَّارِ
Tags HellfireGood Deeds
hadith 95
Imam Ali (AS) said, The [true] winner is one who has sold this transitory life for the [eternal] Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الرَّابِحُ مَنْ باعَ العاجِلَةَ بِالآجِلَةِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 96
Imam Ali (AS) said, Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world whereas good deeds are the tillage of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زينَةُ الحَيوةِ الدُّنيا والعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ حَرْثُ الآخِرَةِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismChildrenGood Deeds
hadith 97
Imam Ali (AS) said, The conditions in this world are based on convention whereas the conditions in the Hereafter are based on merit.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْوالُ الدُّنيا تَتْبَعُ الإتِّفاقَ وَ أحْوالُ الآخرةِ تَتْبَعُ الاِسْتِحْقاقَ
Tags AsceticismDay of Judgment
hadith 98
Imam Ali (AS) said, Surely in front of you is a difficult place of ascension in which one whose weight is lighter is in a better position than the one whose weight is heavier, and the one who moves slowly is worse off than the one who moves swiftly. Verily its landing will lead you to either Paradise or hell.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ أمامَكَ عَقَبَةً كَؤُوداً اَلمُخِفُّ فيها أحْسَنُ حالاً مِنَ المُثْقِلِ والمُبْطِئُ عَلَيها أقْبَحُ أمْراً مِنَ المُسْرِعِ إنّ مَهْبِطَها بِكَ لامُحالَةَ على جَنَّة أوْ نار
Tags ParadiseHellfireSirat (Bridge over Hell)
hadith 99
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the final destination is al-Qiyāmah – and this is enough of an admonition for the one who reasons, and [enough of] a warning for the one who is unaware; and after that - what you know of the torment of the Day of Judgment and the frightening terror, and the deafening of the ears, and the turning of the ribs, and the narrowness of the grave, and the intensity of sadness and heavy-heartedness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الغايَةَ القيامَةُ وَ كَفى بِذلِكَ واعِظاً لِمَنْ عَقَلَ و مُعْتَبَراً لِمَنْ جَهِلَ وَ بَعدَ ذلك ما تَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ هَوْلِ الْمُطَّلَعِ وَرَوْعاتِ الفَزَعِ وَ اسْتِكاكِ الأسماعِ وَاخْتِلافِ الأضلاعِ وَ ضيقِ الأرماسِ وَشِدَّةِ الأبلاسِ
Tags Day of JudgmentDeath
hadith 100
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you desire success and honour in the Hereafter, then take from the perishing [life of this world] for the everlasting [life of the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ رَغِبْتُم في الفَوزِ وَ كَرامَةِ الآخِرَةِ فَخُذُوا في الفَناءِ لِلْبَقاءِ
Tags AsceticismParadise
hadith 101
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you are following the path of those who came before you, so put your efforts in [working for] your Hereafter and do not care for worldly gain.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكَ في سَبيلِ مَنْ كانَ قَبْلَكَ فَاجْعَلْ جِدَّكَ لآخرَتِكَ وَ لا تَكْتَرِثْ بِعَمَلِ الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismGood Deeds
hadith 102
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you have been created for the Hereafter, so work for it!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّك مَخْلُوقٌ لِلآخِرَةِ فَاعْمَل لَها
Tags Good DeedsCreation/Signs of God
hadith 103
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you work for the Hereafter, your arrow hits the mark.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّكَ إنْ عَمِلْتَ لِلآخِرَةِ فازَ قِدْحُكَ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 104
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you are all proceeding towards the Hereafter and will be presented before Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكمْ إلى الآخِرَةِ صائِرُونَ وَ عَلَى اللّهِ مَعْرُوضُونَ
Tags Day of Judgment
hadith 105
Imam Ali (AS) said, The sweetness of the Hereafter removes the pangs of misery of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَلاوَةُ الآخِرَةِ تُذهِبُ مَضاضَةَ شقاءِ الدُّنيا
Tags ParadiseAsceticism
hadith 106
Imam Ali (AS) said, Attain the Hereafter by abandoning this world, and dont [try to] acquire [the embellishments of] this world by abandoning the faith.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَصِّلُوا الآخِرَةَ بِتَركِ الدُّنيا و لاتُحَصِّلُوا بِتَركِ الدِّينِ الدُّنيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 107
Imam Ali (AS) said, The Hereafter is everlasting.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الآخرَةُ أبَدٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 108
Imam Ali (AS) said, Blessed is he who remembers the Hereafter and thus does good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طُوبى لِمَنْ ذَكَرَ المَعادَ فأحْسَنَ
Tags RemembranceSupplicationGood Deeds
hadith 109
Imam Ali (AS) said, The seeker of the Hereafter finds in it what he hopes for, whereas in this world [only] that which is predestined for him comes to him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طالِبُ الآخِرَةِ يُدْرِكُ مِنْها أمَلَهُ وَيَأتيهِ مِنَ الدُّنيا ما قُدِّرَ لَهُ
Tags AsceticismDivine Decree
hadith 110
Imam Ali (AS) said, You must strive and struggle for the betterment of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَلَيكَ بِالْجِدِّ والإجتِهادِ في إصْلاحِ المَعادِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 111
Imam Ali (AS) said, I wonder at the one who denies the second genesis while he sees the first genesis.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ أنْكَرَ النَشأةَ الاُخْرى وَ هُوَ يَرَي النَّشأَةَ الاُولى
Tags ResurrectionCreation/Signs of God
hadith 112
Imam Ali (AS) said, The goal of the Hereafter is everlasting [life].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غايَةُ الآخِرَةِ البَقاءُ
Tags Paradise
hadith 113
Imam Ali (AS) said, In the Hereafter there is accounting without action.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : في الآخِرَةِ حِسابٌ وَ لاعَمَلٌ
Tags Day of Judgment
hadith 114
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be from the children of the Hereafter and do not be from the children of this world, for surely every child will join his mother on the Day of Reckoning.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُونُوا مِنْ أبْناءِ الآخِرَةِ وَ لاتَكُونُوا مِنْ أبْناءِ الدُّنيا فإنَّ كُلَّ وَلَد سَيَلْحَقُ بِاُمِّهِ يَوْمَ القيمَةِ
Tags AsceticismDay of Judgment
hadith 115
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who works for the Hereafter will be triumphant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلْمَعادِ ظَفِرَ بِالسَّدادِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 116
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who develops his Hereafter achieves his aspirations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَمَرَ آخِرَتَهُ بَلَغَ آمالَهُ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 117
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who buys his Hereafter with his worldly life, gains both of them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ ابْتاعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْياهُ رَبِحَهُما
Tags Asceticism
hadith 118
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who builds the abode of his permanent dwelling is truly wise.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَمَرَ دارَ إقامَتِهِ فَهُوَ العاقِلُ
Tags Intellect/ReasonGood Deeds
hadith 119
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is certain about the Hereafter turns away from this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أيْقَنَ بِالآخِرَةِ أعْرَضَ عَنِ الدُّنيا
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)Asceticism
hadith 120
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who improves his Hereafter will be triumphant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أصْلَحَ المَعادَ ظَفِرَ بِالسَّدادِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 121
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is certain about the Hereafter does not covet this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أيْقَنَ بِالآخِرَةِ لَمْ يَحْرِصْ علَى الدُّنيا
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)AsceticismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 122
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is desirous of the Hereafter [and works for it] attains it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ حَرَصَ علَى الآخرةِ مَلَكَ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 123
Imam Ali (AS) said, Everything in the Hereafter has perpetuity and everlastingness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِكُلِ شيْء مِنَ الآخِرَةِ خُلُودٌ وَبَقاءٌ
Tags Paradise
hadith 124
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no substitute for the Hereafter; and this world is not the price of ones soul.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ عِوَضٌ وَلَيْسَتِ الدُّنْيا لِلنَّفْسِ بِثَمَن
Tags AsceticismSoul (Nafs)
hadith 125
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who does not concern himself with improving his Hereafter is not a [true] believer.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْس بِمُؤْمِن مَنْ لَمْ يَهْتَمَّ بِإصْلاحِ مَعادِهِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 126
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who longs for the bounties of the Hereafter is content with little in this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ رَغِبَ في نَعيمِ الآخِرَةِ قَنِعَ بِيَسيرِ الدُّنيا
Tags ParadiseContentment (Qana'ah)Asceticism
hadith 127
Imam Ali (AS) said, Who is more at a loss than the one who trades his Hereafter for this world?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أخْسَرُ مِمَّنْ تَعَوَّضَ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ بِالدُنيا؟!
Tags Asceticism
hadith 128
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who puts all his efforts for [the betterment of] his Hereafter succeeds in attaining what he looks forward to.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ جَعَلَ كُلَّ هَمِّهِ لآخِرَتِهِ ظَفِرَ بِالمأمُولِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 129
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever strives for his permanent abode, his action becomes sincere and his fear [of displeasing Allah] increases.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ سَعى لِدارِ إقامَتِهِ خَلُصَ عَمَلُهُ وَ كَثُرَ وَجَلُهُ
Tags SincerityFear of God (Khashya)
hadith 130
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is certain about his Hereafter thinks no more of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أيْقَنَ بِالآخِرَةِ سَلا عَنِ الدُّنيا
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)Asceticism
hadith 131
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever increases his remembrance of the Hereafter, his transgression reduces.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أكْثَرَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ الآخِرَةِ قَلَّتْ مَعْصِيَتُهُ
Tags RemembranceSupplication
hadith 132
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who strives to improve his Hereafter, Allah will improve for him his worldly life.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أصْلَحَ أمْرَ آخِرَتهِ أصْلَحَ اللّهُ لَهُ أمْرَ دُنياهُ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 133
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose efforts are for the Hereafter will attain the best of his aspired goals.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كانَتِ الآخِرَةُ هِمَّتَهُ بَلَغَ مِنَ الخَيْرِ غايَةَ اُمْنيَّتِهِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 134
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who does not work for the Hereafter will not attain what he hopes for.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ لِلآخِرَةِ لَمْ يَنَلْ أمَلَهُ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 135
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who has three [qualities] will have saved his life in this world and the Hereafter: he commands good and himself follows it, forbids evil and himself keeps away from it, and is careful in following the commandments of Allah, the Mighty and High.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كانَ فيهِ ثَلاثٌ سَلِمَتْ لَهُ الدُّنيا والآخِرَةُ: يَأمُرُ بِالمَعْرُوفِ وَيَأتَمِرُ بِهِ وَيَنْهى عَنِ المُنْكَرِ وَ يَنْتَهي عَنْهُ وَ يُحافِظُ على حُدُودِ اللّهِ جَلَّ وَعلا
Tags Enjoining Good/Forbidding Evil
hadith 136
Imam Ali (AS) said, How great a loser is the one for whom there is no share in the Hereafter!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أخْسَرَ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ في الآخِرَةِ نَصيبٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 137
Imam Ali (AS) said, The bitterness of this world is the sweetness of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِرارَةُ الدُّنيا حَلاوَةُ الآخِرَةِ
Tags AsceticismParadise
hadith 138
Imam Ali (AS) said, The deceived one who succeeds in attaining the smallest portion of this world [through his greatest effort] is not comparable the one who succeeds in attaining [the smallest portion of] the Hereafter by exerting his greatest effort.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما المَغْروُرُ الذَّي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الدُّنيا بأدنى سُهْمَتِهِ(بِأعْلى هِمَّتِهِ) كالآخَرِ الَّذي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ بأعْلى هِمَّتِهِ(بأدنى سُهمَتِهِ)
Tags Asceticism
hadith 139
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who works for his Eternal Abode obtains what he desires.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : نالَ المُنى مَنْ عَمِلَ لِدارِ البَقاءِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 140
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not sell the Hereafter for this world and do not exchange the everlasting for the evanescent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتبيعُوا الآخرَةَ بالدُّنيا وَ لاتَسْتَبْدِلُوا الفَناءَ بِالبَقاءِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 141
Imam Ali (AS) said, Never let anything occupy you from working for the Hereafter for indeed the time is short.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَشْغَلَنَّكَ عَنِ العَمَلِ لِلآخِرَةِ شُغلٌ فإنَّ المُدَّةَ قَصيرَةٌ
Tags Good DeedsHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 142
Imam Ali (AS) said, The Hereafter and this world do not come together.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَجْتَمِعُ الآخِرَةُ وَالدُّنيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 143
Imam Ali (AS) said, The perishing and the permanent do not go together.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَجتَمِعُ الفَناءُ وَ البَقاءُ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 144
Imam Ali (AS) said, No one attains what he wishes for in the Hereafter except by abstaining from that which he desires in this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايُدْرِكُ أحَدٌ ما يُريدُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ إلاّ بِتَرْكِ ما يَشتَهي مِنَ الدُّنيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 145
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves one who is certain about the everlastingness and permanence of the Hereafter to work for it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنبَغي لِمَنْ أيْقَنَ بِبَقاءِ الآخِرَةِ وَ دَوامِها أنْ يَعْمَلَ لَها
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)Good Deeds
hadith 146
Imam Ali (AS) said, People do not abstain from anything of their worldly life for the sake of improving their Hereafter but that Allah, the Glorified, recompenses them with what is better than it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَتْرُكُ النَّاسُ شَيْئاً مِنْ دُنياهُمْ لإصلاحِ آخِرَتِهِمْ إلاّ عَوَّضَهُمُ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ خَيْراً مِنْهُ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 147
Imam Ali (AS) said, Aspire for what Allah has promised the God-wary, for surely the truest promises are His promises.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إرْغَبُوا فيما وَعَدَ اللّهُ المُتَّقينَ فإنّ أصْدَقَ الوَعْدِ ميعادُهُ
Tags God-consciousness/PietyPromise and Threat
hadith 148
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily tomorrow is close to today. This day will pass with what is in it and tomorrow will come [soon] following it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ غَداً مِنَ اليَوْمِ قَريبٌ يَذْهَبُ اليَومُ بِما فيهِ ويَأتي الْغَدُ لاحِقاً بِهِ
Tags Death
hadith 149
Imam Ali (AS) said, The [final] destination is in front of you and time is behind you, pushing you [forward].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الغايَةَ أمامَكُمْ وَ إنَّ السَّاعَةَ وَرائَكُمْ تَحْدُوكُمْ
Tags DeathDay of Judgment
hadith 150
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you have an ultimate destination so move towards your destination, and you have a guide so move towards it with [the help of] your guide.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ لَكُمْ نِهايَةً فَانْتَهُوا إلى نِهايَتِكُمْ وَ إنّ لَكُمْ عَلَماً فَانْتَهُوا بِعَلَمِكُمْ
Tags DeathGuidance and Misguidance
hadith 151
Imam Ali (AS) said, A man may be happy to gain what he was not meant to lose, and [he may be] saddened to lose what he was not meant to gain; so let your happiness be in that which you have acquired for your Hereafter and let your sadness be in that which you have lost from it; and let your concern be for that which comes after death.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ المَرْءَ قَدْ يَسُرُّهُ دَرَكُ ما لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَفُوتَهُ وَ يَسُؤُءُهُ فَوْتُ ما لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُدْرِكَهُ فَلْيَكُنْ سُرُورُكَ بِما نِلتَ مِنْ آخِرَتِكَ وَ لْيَكُنْ أسَفُكَ على ما فاتَكَ مِنْها وَ لْيَكُنْ هَمُّكَ لِما بَعْدَ المَوْتِ
Tags AsceticismDeathDivine Decree
hadith 152
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let your concern be for your Hereafter and your sorrow be for your soul - for how many of the sorrowful have been led to everlasting bliss by their sorrow, and how many of the distressed have attained their aspiration.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إجْعَلْ هَمَّكَ لآخِرَتِكَ وَ حُزْنَكَ على نَفْسِكَ فَكَمْ مِنْ حَزين وَفَدَ بِهِ حُزْنُهُ على سرُورِ الأبَدِ وَكَمْ مِنْ مَهْمُوم أدْرَكَ أمَلَهُ
Tags AsceticismSoul (Nafs)
hadith 153
Imam Ali (AS) said, Prepare yourselves for the day when the eyes will be glazed, and the minds will lose their sanity because of its horror, and the perceptions will become dull.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إسْتَعِدُّوا لِيَوم تَشْخَصُ فيهِ الأبْصارُ وَ تَتَدلَّهُ لِهَولِهِ العُقُولُ وَ تَتَبَلَّدُ البَصائِرُ
Tags Day of Judgment
hadith 154
Imam Ali (AS) said, Beware of the day when the deeds are audited, when earthquakes increase and when young children turn old.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إحْذَرُوا يَوْماً تُفْحَصُ فيهِ الأعْمالُ و تَكْثُرُ فيهِ الزِّلْزالُ وَ تَشيبُ فيهِ الأطْفالُ
Tags Day of JudgmentFear of God (Khashya)
hadith 155
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be careful not to be swindled out of the Permanent Abode, the dwelling of the righteous and the virtuous elite, about whose qualities the Quran has spoken and whose dwellers it has praised; while Allah, the Glorified, has guided you and invited you to it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيَّاكَ أن تَخْدَعَ عَنْ دارِ القَرارِ وَ مَحَلِّ الطَّيِّبينَ الأخْيارِ والأولياءِ الأبْرارِ الَّتي نَطَقَ القُرآنُ بِوَصْفِها وَ أثنى على أهْلِها وَدَلَّكَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ عَليْها وَدَعاكَ إليها
Tags ParadiseQur'an
hadith 156
Imam Ali (AS) said, Is there nobody who has prepared the provisions for his Hereafter before the coming of [the hour of] his departure?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا مُتَزَوِّدٌ لآخِرَتِهِ قَبْلَ اُزُوفِ رِحْلَتِهِ
Tags Good DeedsDeath
hadith 157
Imam Ali (AS) said, The Hereafter is the abode of your permanent stay, so prepare for it that which will be lasting for you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلآخِرَةُ دارُ مُسْتَقَرِّكُمْ فَجَهَزُوا إليها ما يَبْقى لَكُمْ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 158
Imam Ali (AS) said, Place your concern and effort for your Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إجْعَلْ هَمَّكَ وَ جِدَّكَ لآخِرَتِكَ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 159
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be concerned about your Hereafter and you will become upright.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إجْعَلْ هَمَّكَ لِمَعادِكَ تَصْلَحْ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 160
Imam Ali (AS) said, Exert all your effort for your afterlife and your [final] station will be improved, and do not sell your Hereafter for your worldly life.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إسْتَفْرِغْ جَهْدَكَ لِمَعادِكَ تُصْلِحْ مَثْواكَ وَ لاتَبِعْ آخِرَتَكَ بِدُنياكَ
Tags AsceticismGood Deeds
hadith 161
Imam Ali (AS) said, Work hard in preparing the answers for the Day of Questioning and Reckoning.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إجعَلْ جِدَّكَ لإعدادِ الجَوابِ لِيَومِ المَسْئَلَةِ (المُسائَلَة) والحساب
Tags Day of Judgment
hadith 162
Imam Ali (AS) said, Those who have the greatest share of the Hereafter are those who have the smallest share of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوْفَرُ النَّاسِ حَظّاً مِنَ الآخِرَةِ أقَلُّهُمْ حَظّاً مِنَ الدُّنيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 163
Imam Ali (AS) said, I enjoin you to be well prepared and increase your provisions for the day when you will meet with what you have sent forth and regret what you have left behind, and will be rewarded for what you had forwarded [in advance].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّي آمُرُكُمْ بِحُسْنِ الإسْتِعْدادِ وَ الإكثارِ مِنَ الزَّادِ لِيَوْم تَقْدِمُونَ على ما تُقَدِّمُونَ وَ تَنْدَمُونَ على ما تُخَلِّفُونَ وَ تُجْزَوْنَ بِما كُنْتُمْ تُسَلِّفُونَ
Tags Day of JudgmentRegretGood Deeds
hadith 164
Imam Ali (AS) said, When you turn away from the transitory world and become occupied with the permanent abode, then your arrow has indeed hit its mark, the doors of prosperity are opened for you and you have attained success.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا أعرَضْتَ عَنْ دارِ الفَناءِ وَ تَوَلَّهْتَ بِدارِ البَقاءِ فَقَدْ فازَ قِدْحُكَ وَفُتِحَتْ لَكَ أبْوابُ النَّجاحِ وَ ظَفِرْتَ بِالفَلاحِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 165
Imam Ali (AS) said, The reward of the Hereafter makes one forget the hardships of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَوابُ الآخِرَةِ يُنْسي مَشَقَّةَ الدُّنيا
Tags ParadiseAsceticism
hadith 166
Imam Ali (AS) said, Take from what will not last for you and what you will not last for [of this world] for that which you will not separate from and which will not separate from you [of the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خُذْ مِمَّا لايَبْقى لَكَ وَ لا تَبْقى لَهُ لِما لا تُفارِقُهُ وَ لايُفارِقُكَ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 167
Imam Ali (AS) said, Partake in the best of actions and befriend the best of friends; for verily every person will get that which he has earned and will be with the one whom he loves in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خُذْ مِنْ صالِحِ العَمَلِ وَ خالِلْ خَيْرَ خَليل فإنَّ لِلْمَرءِ ما اكْتَسَبَ وَهُوَ في الآخِرَةِ مَعَ مَنْ أحَبَّ
Tags Good DeedsGood CompanyLove
hadith 168
Imam Ali (AS) said, The Everlasting Abode [of Paradise] is the home of the veracious and the dwelling of the virtuous and righteous.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : دارُ البَقاءِ مَحَلُّ الصِّدّيقينَ وَ مَوطِنُ الأبْرارِ و الصَّالِحينَ
Tags Paradise
hadith 169
Imam Ali (AS) said, Remembrance of the Hereafter is a cure and a remedy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذِكْرُ الآخِرَةِ دَواءٌ وَ شِفاءٌ
Tags RemembranceSupplication
hadith 170
Imam Ali (AS) said, May Allah have mercy on the person who takes from [his] life for [his] death, from the transitory for the everlasting and from the perishing for the permanent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رَحِمَ اللّهُ امْرَءاً أخَذَ مِنْ حَيوة لِمَوْت وَمِنْ فَناء لِبَقاء وَ مِنْ ذاهِب لِدائِم
Tags DeathAsceticism
hadith 171
Imam Ali (AS) said, Seek the Hereafter and the world will come to you belittled.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَلَيْكَ بِالآخِرَةِ تَأْتِكَ الدُّنيا صاغِرَةً
Tags Asceticism
hadith 172
Imam Ali (AS) said, Everything in the Hereafter is greater when seen than when heard of, so be satisfied with what you hear [of it] without seeing [it] and what you learn of [it] without witnessing [it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وكُلُّ شَيْء مِنَ الآخِرَةِ عِيانُهُ أعْظَمُ مِنْ سَماعِهِ فَلْيَكْفِكُمْ مِنَ العَيانِ السَّماعُ وَ مِنَ الغَيْبِ الخَبَرُ
Tags The Unseen (Ghayb)Certainty (Yaqin)
hadith 173
Imam Ali (AS) said, How can one who is occupied with this world work for the Hereafter?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيفَ يَعْمَلُ لِلآخِرَةِ المَشْغُولُ بِالدُّنيا؟!
Tags AsceticismHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 174
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you are in greater need of developing the permanent abode [of the Hereafter] than you are of building the temporary abode [of this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكُمْ إلى عِمارَةِ دارِ البَقاءِ أحْوَجُ مِنْكُمْ إلى عِمارَةِ دارِ الفَناءِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 175
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you have been created for the Hereafter, not for this world, and for perpetuity, not for extinction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكُمْ إنَّما خُلِقْتُمْ لِلآخِرَةِ لا لِلدُّنيا وَ لِلبَقاءِ لالِلْفَناءِ
Tags Creation/Signs of GodAsceticism
hadith 176
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you have been created for perpetuity, not for extinction; and you are most certainly in a temporary abode of subsistence and a place which is not suitable for settling.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما خُلِقْتُمْ لِلْبَقاءِ لالِلفَناءِ وَ إنّكُمْ في دارِ بُلْغَة وَ مَنْزِلِ قُلْعَة
Tags Creation/Signs of GodAsceticism
hadith 177
Imam Ali (AS) said, The betterment of the Hereafter is in the rejection of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَلاحُ الآخِرَةِ رَفْضُ الدُّنيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 178
Imam Ali (AS) said, I am amazed at the one who knows his Lord, how can he not strive for the everlasting abode?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ كَيْفَ لايَسْعى لِدارِ البَقاءِ؟!
Tags Divine KnowledgeGood Deeds
hadith 179
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is certain about the everlasting is uninterested in that which perishes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أيْقَنَ بِما يَبْقى زَهِدَ فيما يَفْنى
Tags Certainty (Yaqin)Asceticism
hadith 180
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who loves the everlasting abode becomes oblivious to [worldly] pleasures.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أحَبَّ الدَّارَ الباقيَةَ لَهى عَنِ اللذَّات
Tags Asceticism
hadith 181
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who hopes to attain the bountiful rewards [of the Hereafter] will not have his hopes disappointed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أمَّلَ ثوابَ الحُسْنى لَمْ تُنْكَدْ آمالُهُ
Tags Paradise
hadith 182
Imam Ali (AS) said, Would you be happy to meet Allah tomorrow on the Day of Resurrection while He is pleased with you and not angry? Then be indifferent to [the pleasures of] this world and desirous of the Hereafter. And adopt God-wariness and honesty, for these are the consolidators of faith. And accompany the people of truth and emulate their actions - you will become one of them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أيَسُرُّكَ أنْ تَلْقَى اللّهَ غَداً في القِيامَةِ وَ هُوَ عَلَيْكَ راض غَيرُ غَضْبانَ؟ كُنْ في الدُّنيا زاهِداً و في الآخرَةِ راغِباً و عَلَيْكَ بِالتَّقوى والصِّدقِ فَهُما جِماعُ الدِّينِ وَ الْزَمْ أهْلَ الحقِّ وَ اعْمَلْ عَمَلَهُمْ تَكُنْ مِنْهُمْ
Tags Day of JudgmentAsceticismGod-consciousness/PietyTruthfulness
hadith 183
Imam Ali (AS) said, He whose goal is [attaining] this world will not be successful in [attaining] the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما ظَفِرَ بِالآخِرَةِ مَنْ كانَتِ الدُّنيا مَطْلَبَهُ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 184
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fortunate one who becomes prosperous in the permanent abode by attaining his desires is not like the deceived one who loses the bounties [of the Hereafter] because of his bad choices and wretchedness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَا المَغْبُوطُ الَّذي فازَ مِنْ دارِ البَقاءِ بِبُغْيَتِهِ كالمَغبُونِ الَّذي فاتَهُ النَّعيمُ بِسُوءِ اخْتيارِهِ وَ شَقاوَتِهِ
Tags Paradise
hadith 185
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be one of those who hopes for the Hereafter without working [for it], and postpones repentance with long hopes; one who speaks in this world with the words of those who are indifferent [to its pleasures] but acts in it with the actions of the desirous.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَكُنْ مِمَّن يَرْجوُا الآخِرَةَ بِغَيْرِ عَمَل وَ يُسَوِّفُ التَّوبَةَ بِطُولِ الأمَلِ يَقُولُ في الدُّنيا بِقَوْلِ الزَّاهِدينَ وَ يَعمَلُ فيها بِعَمَلِ الرَّاغِبينَ
Tags RepentanceAsceticismHypocrisy
hadith 186
Imam Ali (AS) said, None will be rewarded with the bounties of the Hereafter except those who are patient in the face of the tribulations of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايُنْعَمُ بِنَعيمِ الآخِرَةِ إلاّ مَنْ صَبَرَ عَلى بلاءِ الدُّنيا
Tags PatienceTrials and AfflictionsParadise
hadith 187
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no benefit in working for the Hereafter while having desire for this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَنْفَعُ العَمَلُ لِلآخِرَةِ مَعَ الرَّغْبَةِ في الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismGood Deeds
hadith 188
Imam Ali (AS) said, No one will attain an elevated rank in the Hereafter except through sincerity in action, reducing hopes and espousing God-wariness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايُدْرِكُ أحَدٌ رِفْعَةَ الآخِرَةِ إلاّ بِإخلاصِ العَمَلِ وتَقْصيرِ الأمَلِ وَلُزُومِ التَّقوى
Tags SincerityGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 189
Imam Ali (AS) said, Become deserving of what Allah has prepared for you [in the Hereafter] by seeking the fulfilment of His true promise and being wary of the horror of His reckoning.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إسْتَحِقُّوا مِنَ اللّهِ ما أعَدَّ لَكُمْ بِالتَّنَجُّزِ لِصِدقِ ميعادِهِ والحَذَرِ مِنْ هَوْلِ مَعادِهِ
Tags Promise and ThreatDay of Judgment