Ghurar al-Ḥikam

This World

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hadith 3122
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is neither clean for any drinker [to drink from] nor is it loyal to any owner.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا لا تَصْفُو لِشارِب وَ لا تَفي لِصاحِب
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hadith 3123
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is filled with tribulations [and] stricken with tragedies and calamities.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا مَلِيئَةٌ بِالمَصائِبِ طارِقَةٌ بِالفَجايِعِ وَ النَّوائِبِ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3124
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is fleeting and perishing; [even] if it remains for you, you will not remain for it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا مُنْتَقِلَةٌ فانِيَةٌ إنْ بَقِيَتْ لَكَ لَمْ تَبْقَ لَها
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hadith 3125
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is smaller, more lowly and more insignificant than for one to keep grudges in [and because of] it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا أصْغَرُ و أحْقَرُ وَ أنْزَرُ مِنْ أنْ تُطاعَ فيهَا الأحْقادُ
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hadith 3126
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a prison for the believer, death is his gift and Paradise is his [permanent] abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا سِجْنُ المُؤمِنِ وَ المَوتُ تُحفَتُهُ وَ الجَنَّةُ مَأواهُ
Tags AsceticismDeathParadise
hadith 3127
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a Paradise for the disbeliever, death is his dispatcher and hell is his [permanent] dwelling.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا جَنَّةُ الكافِرِ وَ المَوْتُ مُشْخِصُهُ والنّارُ مَثْواهُ
Tags AsceticismDisbelief/KufrHellfireDeath
hadith 3128
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a deal of the [one who has been] defrauded and human being is defrauded by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا صَفْقَةُ مَغْبُون وَ الإنْسانُ مَغْبُونٌ بِها
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hadith 3129
Imam Ali (AS) said, If this world unfolds, it opens up and when it disperses, it departs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا إنِ انْجَلَتْ اِنْجَلَتْ وَ إذا جَلَتْ اِرْتَحَلَتْ
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hadith 3130
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world takes turns, so be moderate in seeking it, and be patient until your turn comes to you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا دُوَلٌ فَأجْمِلْ في طَلَبِها وَ اصْطَبِرْ حتّى تَأتيَكَ دُولَتُكَ
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hadith 3131
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a present offering, [both] the virtuous and the vicious partake of it, but the Hereafter is the Abode of Truth wherein a [wise and] powerful king rules.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا عَرَضٌ حاضِرٌ يَأكُلُ مِنْهُ البَرُّ وَ الفاجِرُ وَ الآخِرَةُ دارُ حَقّ يَحْكُمُ فيها مَلِكٌ قادِرٌ
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hadith 3132
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is [like] the shadow of clouds and the dream that is seen while asleep.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا ظِلُّ الغَمامِ وَ حُلُمُ المَنامِ
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hadith 3133
Imam Ali (AS) said, Reliance on this world, despite what is seen of its vicissitudes, is ignorance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الرُّكُونُ إلَى الدُّنيا مَعَ مايُعايَنُ مِنْ غَيْرِها جَهْلٌ
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hadith 3134
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is full of misfortunes. It afflicts with disasters and adversities.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا مَليئَةٌ بِالمَصائِبِ طارِقَةٌ بِالفَجايِعِ وَ النَّوائِبِ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3135
Imam Ali (AS) said, The conditions of this world are based on convention whereas the conditions of the Hereafter are based on merit.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْوالُ الدُّنيا تَتْبَعُ الاتِّفاقَ وَ أحْوالُ الآخِرَةِ تَتْبَعُ الاسْتِحْقاقَ
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hadith 3136
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is [made up of] agonizing hardships, painful deaths and sharp lessons (or drastic changes).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا مَصائِبُ مُفْجِعَةٌ وَ مَنايا مُوجِعَةٌ وَ عِبْرٌ مُقَطِّعَةٌ (غِيَرٌ مُفَظِّعَةٌ)
Tags AsceticismDeath
hadith 3137
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a trap for the souls and settling place of every detriment and misery.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا شَرَكُ النُّفُوسِ وَ قَرارَةُ كُلِّ ضُرّ وبُؤْس
Tags AsceticismSoul (Nafs)
hadith 3138
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a hindering deception, a vanishing mirage and a bent pillar.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا غَرُورٌ حائِلٌ وَ سَرابٌ زائِلٌ وَ سِنادٌ مائِلٌ
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hadith 3139
Imam Ali (AS) said, The times of this world, even if they prolong, are short; and its enjoyments, even if they are many, are few [when compared to the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوقاتُ الدُّنيا وَ إنْ طالَتْ قَصِيرَةٌ وَ المُتْعَةُ (والمُنْعَةُ) بِها وَ إنْ كَثُرَتْ يَسيرَةٌ
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hadith 3140
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who desires it (this world), it troubles him and makes him wretched.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ رَغِبَ فيها أتْعَبَتْهُ وَ أشْقَتهُ
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hadith 3141
Imam Ali (AS) said, The winner is one who sells his world for his Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الرَّابِحُ مَنْ باعَ العاجِلَةَ بِالآجِلَةِ
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hadith 3142
Imam Ali (AS) said, Put all your effort and endeavour in gaining salvation from the place of wretchedness and punishment and deliverance from the place of tribulation and chastisement.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إجْعَلْ كُلَّ هَمِّكَ وَ سَعْيِكَ لِلْخَلاصِ مِنْ مَحَلِّ الشَّقاءِ وَ العِقابِ وَالنَّجاةِ مِنْ مَقامِ البَلاءِ وَ العَذابِ
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hadith 3143
Imam Ali (AS) said, Reject this world as a dispraised thing, for it has rejected one who loves it more passionately than you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِرْفِضُوا هذِهِ الدُّنيا ذَميمةً فَقَدْ رَفَضَتْ مَنْ كانَ أشْعَفَ بِها مِنْكُمْ
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hadith 3144
Imam Ali (AS) said, Remove [the love of] this world from your hearts before your bodies [are made to] leave it, for in it you are tested and for other than it have you been created.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أَخْرِجُوا الدُّنيا مِنْ قُلُوبِكُمْ قَبْلَ أنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنها أجْسادُكُمْ فَفيهَا اخْتُبِرْتُمْ وَ لِغَيْرِها خُلِقْتُمْ
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hadith 3145
Imam Ali (AS) said, Draw near to the one to whom this world has yielded [itself], for indeed he is more worthy of prosperity [than the one who follows this world and its allure].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أقْبِلُوا على مَنْ أقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنيا فَإنَّهُ أجْدَرُ بِالغِنى
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3146
Imam Ali (AS) said, Flee from this world and divert your hearts from it, for it is the prison of a believer - his share of it is little and his mind is sickened by it and his sight is dulled in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اُهْرُبُوا مِنَ الدُّنيا وَ اصْرِفُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ عَنْها فَإنَّها سِجْنُ المُؤْمِنِ حَظُّهُ مِنها قَليلٌ وَ عَقْلُهُ بِها عَليلٌ وَ ناظِرُهُ فيها كَلِيلٌ
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hadith 3147
Imam Ali (AS) said, Look at this world as those who are uninterested in it would look at it, having diverted themselves from it, for it will, by Allah, shortly turn out its inhabitants and cause grief to the one who is living in luxury and the one who feels safe.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اُنْظُروا إلَى الدُّنيا نَظَرَ الزَّاهِدينَ فيها الصَّارِفينَ عَنْها فَإنَّها وَاللّهِ عَمّا قَلِيل تُزيلُ الثّاوِيَ السَّاكِنَ وَ تَفْجَعُ المُتْرَفَ الآمِنَ
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hadith 3148
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be wary of the deception of this world, for it always takes back that which it beguiles with from its charms and drives away the one who feels at ease and is settled in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِتَّقُوا غُرُورَ الدُّنيا فَإنَّها تَسْتَرْجِعُ أبَداً ما خَدَعَتْ بِهِ مِنَ المَحاسِنِ وَ تَزْعَجُ المُطْمَئِنَّ إلَيْها وَ القاطِنَ
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hadith 3149
Imam Ali (AS) said, Reject this world which will [shortly] abandon you even if you do not like to leave it, and which will make your bodies [grow] old even if you would like to have them rejuvenated.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اُرْفُضُوا هذِهِ الدُّنيا اَلتّارِكَةَ لَكُمْ وَ إنْ لَمْ تُحِبُّوا تَرْكَها وَ المُبْلِيَةَ أجْسادَكُمْ على مَحَبَّتِكُمْ لِتَجديدِها
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hadith 3150
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be cautious of the vanishing desirable and the perishing beloved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِحْذَرُوا الزّائِلَ الشَّهيَّ وَ الفانِيَ المَحْبُوبَ
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hadith 3151
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be cautious of this world, for it is the net of the devil and the [place of] corruption of faith.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : احْذَرِ الدُّنيا فَإنَّها شَبَكَةُ الشَّيطانِ وَ مَفْسَدَةُ الإيمانِ
Tags AsceticismSatan/Iblis
hadith 3152
Imam Ali (AS) said, Keep away from love of this world, for it is the root of every misdeed and the source of every affliction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ وَ حُبَّ الدُّنيا فَإنَّها أصْلُ كُلِّ خَطيئَة وَمَعْدِنُ كُلِّ بَلِيَّة
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hadith 3153
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be careful that death does not descend upon you while you are a fugitive [who has run away] from Allah in your seeking [the pleasures of] this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ أنْ يَنْزِلَ بِكَ المَوْتُ وَ أنْتَ ابِقٌ عَنْ رَبِّكَ في طَلَبِ الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismDeath
hadith 3154
Imam Ali (AS) said, Beware of selling your share from your Lord and your rank with Him for the worthless vanities of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ أنْ تَبِيعَ حَظَّكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَ زُلْفَتَكَ لَدَيْهِ بِحَقير مِنْ حُطامِ الدُّنيا
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hadith 3155
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be infatuated with this world, for it brings you wretchedness and tribulation and impels you to sell the eternal for the transient.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ وَ الوَلَهَ بِالدُّنيا فَإنَّها تُورِثُكَ الشَّقاءَ وَ البَلاءَ وَ تَحْدُوكَ على بَيْعِ البَقاءِ بِالفَناءِ
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hadith 3156
Imam Ali (AS) said, Beware of letting your [lower] self overwhelm you in that which it presumes [of this world] while you do not overcome it in that which you are certain [of the Hereafter], for indeed this is from the gravest of evils.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ أنْ تَغْلِبَكَ نَفْسُكَ على ما تَظُنُّ وَلاتَغْلِبَها على ما تَسْتَيْقِنُ فإنَّ ذلِكَ مِنْ أعْظَمِ الشَّرِّ
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hadith 3157
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be deceived by what you see the people of this world inclined towards and what they rush greedily after, for Allah has informed you about it and has exposed its faults and evils for you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكَ أنْ تَغْتَرَّ بِما تَرى مِنْ إخْلادِ أهلِ الدُّنيا إلَيْها وَ تَكالُبِهِمْ عَلَيْها فَقَدْ نَبَّأَكَ اللّهُ عَنْها وَ تَكَشَّفَتْ لَكَ عَنْ عُيُوبِها وَ مَساويها
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hadith 3158
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not let this world get the better of you, for indeed its present is bitter and its future is distressful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيّاكُمْ وَ غَلَبَةَ الدُّنيا على أنْفُسِكُمْ فَإنَّ عاجِلَها نَغْصَةٌ وَاجِلَها غُصَّةٌ
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hadith 3159
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is an abode where no one remains safe except by renouncing its pleasures and none is saved from it by anything that is part of it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وإنَّ الدُّنيا دارٌ لايُسْلَمُ مِنْها إلاَّ بِالزُّهدِ فيها وَ لا يُنْجى مِنْها بِشَيْء كانَ لَها
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hadith 3160
Imam Ali (AS) said, Is there no freeman who would forsake this leftover for those who deserve it?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا حُرٌّ يَدَعُ هذِهِ اللُّماظَةَ لأِهْلِها
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hadith 3161
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world has elapsed and is on the verge of expiry; its good has been shunned, its novelty has become old and its fat has become lean.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وَ إنَّ الدُّنيا قَدْ تَصَرَّمَتْ وَ آذَنَتْ بِانْقِضاء وَ تَنَكَّرَ مَعْرُوفُها وَ صارَ جَديدُها رَثّاً وسَمينُها غَثّاً
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hadith 3162
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, what must one who has been created for the Hereafter do with this world? And what can one do with wealth when it will be taken away from him shortly while its accountability and consequences remain with him?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وَ ما يَصْنَعُ بِالدُّنيا مَنْ خُلِقَ للآخِرَةِ وَ ما يَصْنَعُ بِالمالِ مَنْ عَمّا قَليل يُسْلَبُهُ وَ يَبْقى عَلَيْهِ حِسابُهُ وَ تَبْعَتُهُ
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3163
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily today is the time for preparation and tomorrow is the race; the prize is Paradise and [at] the [other] extreme is hell.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وإنَّ اليَومَ المِضْمارَ وَ غَداً السِّباقَ وَ السَّبْقَةُ الجَنَّةُ وَ الغايَةُ النَّارُ
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hadith 3164
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily that which was advancing towards this world has turned back from it, and that which had turned back has advanced towards it; and the righteous servants of Allah have decided to depart and have sold the little of this world that does not last for the abundance of the Hereafter that does not perish.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وَ إنَّهُ قَدْ أدْبَرَ مِنَ الدُّنيا ما كانَ مُقْبِلاً وَ أقْبَلَ مِنْها ما كانَ مُدْبِراً وَأزْمَعَ التَّرْحالَ عِبادُ اللّهِ الأخْيارُ وَ باعُوا قَليلاً مِنَ الدُّنيا لا يَبْقى بِكَثير مِنَ الآخِرَةِ لا يَفْنى
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hadith 3165
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do you not see the people of this world passing the evenings and mornings in different states? The dead being mourned and the living being condoled, the victim being afflicted and the visitor visiting him [to ask about his condition], and another who is sacrificing himself; and the one who is seeking this world while death seeks him; and the one who is heedless but not neglected; and those who remain behind continue to follow the footsteps of the those who preceded [them].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوَ لَسْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ أهْلَ الدُّنيا يُمْسُونَ وَ يُصْبِحُونَ على أحْوال شَتّى فَمَيِّتٌ يُبْكى وَ حَىٌ يُعَزّى وَصَريعٌ مُبْتَلى وعائِدٌ يَعُودُ وَ آخَرُ بِنَفْسِهِ يَجُودُ وَطالِبٌ لِلدُّنيا وَ المَوتُ يَطْلُبُهُ وَ غافِلٌ لَيْسَ بِمَغْفُول عَنْهُ وَ على أثَرِ الماضينَ ما يَمْضِي الباقُونَ
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hadith 3166
Imam Ali (AS) said, The gravest of errors is loving this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعْظَمُ الخطايا حُبُّ الدُّنيا
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hadith 3167
Imam Ali (AS) said, The gravest of afflictions and wretchedness is [caused by] infatuation with this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أعظَمُ المَصائِبِ وَ الشِقاءِ اَلْوَلَهُ بِالدُّنيا
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hadith 3168
Imam Ali (AS) said, The people of this world are the target of calamities, the dispersal of afflictions and the spoils of adversities.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أهلُ الدُّنيا غَرَضُ النَّوائِبِ وَ ذَرِيَّةُ المَصائِبِ وَ نَهْبُ الرَّزايا
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hadith 3169
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most felicitous of all people is one who abandons the perishing pleasures [of this world] for the lasting pleasures [of the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أسْعَدُ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَرَكَ لَذَّةً فانِيَةً لِلَذَّة باقِيَة
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hadith 3170
Imam Ali (AS) said, The happiest of all people with this world is the one who abandons it and the happiest of them with the Hereafter is the one who works for it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أسْعَدُ النّاسِ بِالدُّنيا التّارِكُ لَها وَ أسْعَدُهُمْ بِالآخِرَةِ العامِلُ لَها
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hadith 3171
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the interior of this world is dead and its exterior is sick.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ بَطْنَ الأرْضِ مَيِّتٌ وَظَهْرَهُ سَقيمٌ
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hadith 3172
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily today there is action without accounting and tomorrow [in the Hereafter] there is accounting without action.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اليَومَ عَمَلٌ وَ لا حِسابَ وَ غَداً حِسابٌ لاعَمَلَ
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hadith 3173
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the seriousness of this world is jest, its honour is disgrace and its height is lowliness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ جِدَّ الدُّنيا هَزْلٌ وَ عِزَّها ذُلُّ وَعِلْوَها سِفْلٌ
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hadith 3174
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is the abode of troubles, plague, termination and transition; its pleasures do not equal its displeasures, its fortunes do not equate to its misfortunes and its risings do not substitute its collapses.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارُ خَبال وَ وَبال وَ زَوال وَ انْتِقال لاتُساوي لَذّاتُها تَنْغيصَها وَلا تَفي سُعُودُها بِنُحُوسِها وَ لايَقُومُ صُعُودُها بِهُبُوطِها
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hadith 3175
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the one who sells the Garden of the [permanent] Abode for this transient world, his effort will be futile and his transaction will have made a loss.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مَنْ باعَ جَنَّةَ المَأوى لِعاجِلَةِ الدُّنيا تَعِسَ جِدُّهُ وَ خَسِرَتْ صَفْقَتُهُ
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hadith 3176
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is passing you by in its normal fashion, and you are connected to the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا ماضِيَةٌ بِكُمْ على سُنَن وَ أنْتُمْ وَ الآخِرَةُ في قَرَن
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hadith 3177
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is the corruptor of faith and the dispossessor of certitude; it is the source of [all] troubles and root of tribulations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لَمُفْسِدَةُ الدّينِ مُسْلِبَةُ اليَقينِ وَ إنَّها لَرَأْسُ الفِتَنِ وَأصْلُ المِحَنِ
Tags AsceticismCertainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3178
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the similitude of this world and the Hereafter is like a man who has two wives, when he pleases one of them he angers the other.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مَثلَ الدُّنيا وَ الآخِرَةِ كَرَجُل لَهُ إمْرَأتانِ إذا أرضى إحْديهُما أسْخَطَ الأُخرى
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hadith 3179
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the one whom this world has deceived through unfeasible aspirations and cheated with false hopes is made to lose his eyesight and get covered by blindness, and it cuts him off from the Hereafter and makes him enter into places of destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مَنْ غَرَّتْهُ الدُّنْيا بِمُحالِ الآمالِ وَ خَدَعَتْهُ بِزُورِ الأماني أورَثَتْهُ كَمَهاً وَ ألْبَسَتْهُ عَمىً وَ قَطَعَتْهُ عَنِ الأُخْرى وَ أوْرَدَتْهُ مَوارِدَ الرَّدى
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hadith 3180
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily Allah, the Glorified, has an angel who calls out every day: “O people of the world, procreate for death, construct for destruction and gather up for departure!”
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ للّهِ سُبْحانَهُ مَلَكاً يُنادي في كُلِّ يَوْم يا أهْلَ الدُّنيا لِدُوا لِلْمَوتِ وَ ابْنُوا لِلْخَرابِ وَ اجْمَعُوا لِلذِّهابِ
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hadith 3181
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily those who are pleased with this world tomorrow are the ones who run away from it today.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ السُّعَداءَ بِالدُّنيا غَداً هُمُ الهارِبُونَ مِنْها اليَوْمَ
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hadith 3182
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the one who is more possessive of this world than of the Hereafter and is more overwhelmed by the affairs of this world than those of the next, has sold the everlasting for the transient and has exchanged the eternal for the temporal; he has destroyed his soul and has accepted for it the perishing and short-lived while causing it to deviate from the clear path [of guidance].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مَنْ كانَتِ العاجِلَةُ أمْلَكَ بِهِ مِنَ الآجِلَةِ وأُمُورُ الدُّنيا أغْلَبُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أُمورِ الآخرَةِ فَقَدْ باعَ الباقيَ بِالفاني وَ تَعَوَّضَ البائِدَ عَنِ الخالِدِ وَ أهْلَكَ نَفْسَهُ وَ رَضِيَ لَها بِالحائلِ الزَّائِلِ ونَكَبَ بِها عَنْ نَهْجِ السَّبيلِ
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hadith 3183
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is the abode of pain, annihilation, vicissitudes and lessons, and the place of trials and tribulations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارُ عَناء وَ فَناء وَ غِيَر وَ عِبَر وَ مَحَلُّ فِتْنَة وَمِحْنَة
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hadith 3184
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is the abode of adversities, one who is hastened in it [and dies earlier] suffers the agony [of death] himself, and one who is granted respite in it suffers the pain [of losing] of his loved ones.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارُ فَجائِعَ مَنْ عُوجِلَ فيها فُجِعَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ اُمْهِلَ فيها فُجِعَ بِأحِبَّتِهِ
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hadith 3185
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world has turned back and announced its departure, and indeed the Hereafter has advanced and is about to emerge.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا قَدْ أدْبَرَتْ وآذَنَتْ بِوَداع وإنَّ الآخِرَةَ قَدْ أقْبَلَتْ وَ أشْرَفَتْ بإطْلاع
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hadith 3186
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is inverted [and] reversed, its pleasures are [causes of] embitterment, its gifts cause distress, its life is [full of] pain and its continuity ends in annihilation. It defiantly runs away from its seeker, it causes its rider to fall, it betrays the one who trusts it and disturbs the one who is content with it. Indeed its accumulation leads to separation and its attachment leads to severance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا مَعْكُوسَةٌ مَنْكُوسَةٌ لَذَّاتُها تَنْغيصٌ وَ مَواهِبُها تَغْصيصٌ وَ عَيْشُها عَناءٌ وَ بَقائُها فَناءٌ تَجْمَحُ بِطالِبِها وَ تُرْدي راكِبَها وَ تَخُونُ الواثِقَ بِها وَ تَزْعَجُ المُطْمَئِنَّ إلَيها وَ إنَّ جَمْعَها إلَى انْصِداع وَ وَصْلَها إلَى انْقِطاع
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hadith 3187
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily it is from the abasement of this world before Allah that He is not disobeyed [anywhere] except in it and that which is with Him cannot be attained except by abandoning it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مِنْ هَوانِ الدُّنيا عَلَى اللّهِ أنْ لايُعْصى إلاّ فيها وَ لا يُنالُ ما عِنْدَهُ إلاَّ بِتَرْكِها
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hadith 3188
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is like a snake, its feel is soft [but] its venom is deadly, so turn away from that which appeals to you of it for the little time that it is with you, and be most cautious of it when you are most inclined towards it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا كَالحَيَّةِ لَيِّنٌ مَسُّها قاتِلٌ سَمُّها فَأعْرِضْ عَمّا يُعْجِبُكَ فيها لِقِلَّةِ ما يَصْحَبُكَ مِنْها وَ كُنْ آنَسَ ما تَكُونُ بِها أحْذَرَ ما تَكُونُ مِنْها
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hadith 3189
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world of yours is more lowly in my view than the [decayed] bone of a pig in the hand of a leper and more inferior than a leaf in the mouth of a locust; what does ‘Ali have to do with bounties that will perish and pleasures that will not last?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ دُنياكُمْ هذِهِ لأهْوَنُ في عَيْني مِنْ عِراقِ خِنْزير في يَدِ مَجذُوم وَأحْقَرُ مِنْ وَرَقَة في جَرادَة ما لِعَليّ وَ نَعيم يَفْنى وَ لَذَّة لا تَبْقى
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hadith 3190
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is like a ghoul, it misguides the one who follows it and destroys the one who responds to it. It is quick in its disappearance and imminent in its transference.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا كَالغُولِ تُغْوي مَنْ أطاعَها وَ تُهْلِكُ مَنْ أجابَها وأنَّها لَسَريعَةُ الزَّوالِ وَ شيكَةُ الانْتِقالِ
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hadith 3191
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world approaches as a seeker would approach and turns back as one who flees turns back, it arrives as the kings arrive and departs as the hasty departs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا تُقْبِلُ إقْبالَ الطّالِبِ وَ تُدْبِرُ إدْبارَ الهارِبِ وَ تَصِلُ مُواصَلَةَ المُلُوكِ وَ تُفارِقُ مُفارَقَةَ العَجُولِ
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hadith 3192
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is an abode unfit for permanent residence, and is not the house for foraging. Its good is trifling, its evil is ready at hand, its authority is snatched away and its habitation faces desolation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا مَنْزِلُ قُلْعَة وَلَيْسَتْ بِدارِ نُجْعَة خَيْرُها زَهيدٌ وَ شَرُّها عَتيدٌ ومِلْكُها يُسْلَبُ وَ عامِرُها يَخْرَبُ
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hadith 3193
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is ungrateful and stubborn, abandoning and disavowing, attracting and distracting; its condition is [constantly] changing, its calmness is shaking, its honour is disgrace, its seriousness is jest, its abundance is deficiency, its height is lowliness, its people are moving and following, reaching and departing. It is the abode of war, plunder, pillage and destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لَهيَ الكَنُودُ العَنُودُ وَ الصَّدُودُ الجَحُودُ وَ الحَيُودُ المَيُودُ حالُها اِنْتِقالٌ وَ سُكُونُها زِلْزالٌ وَ عِزُّها ذُلٌّ وَ جِدُّها هَزْلٌ وَ كَثْرَتُها قُلٌّ وَعِلْوُها سِفْلٌ أهْلُها على ساق وَ سياق وَ لِحاق و فِراق وَ هيَ دارُ حَرَب وَسَلَب ونَهَب وَ عَطَب
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hadith 3194
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is a hindering deception, a disappearing shadow and a bent pillar, it connects bounty with calamity and aspiration with death.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا غَرُورٌ حائِلٌ وَ ظِلٌّ زائِلٌ وَ سِنادٌ مائِلٌ تَصِلُ العَطِيَّةَ بِالرَزيَّةِ والأُمْنِيَّةَ بِالمَنِيَّةِ
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hadith 3195
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the life of this world is short, its good is little, its approach is deceptive, its turning away is agonizing, its pleasures are transient and its consequences are lasting.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا عَيْشُها قَصيرٌ وَ خَيْرُها يَسيرٌ وَ إقْبالُها خَديعَةٌ وَ إدْبارُها فَجيعَةٌ وَ لَذّاتُها فانِيَةٌ وَ تَبِعاتُها باقِيَةٌ
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hadith 3196
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is an abode, the beginning of which is pain and its end is annihilation. In its lawful there is accounting and in its forbidden there is punishment. One who is wealthy in it is tested and one who is poor in it is sorrowful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارٌ أوَّلُها عَناءٌ وَ آخِرُها فَناءٌ في حَلالِها حِسابٌ وَفي حَرامِها عِقابٌ مَنِ اسْتَغْنى فيها فَتَنَ وَ مَنِ افْتَقَرَ فيها حَزِنَ
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hadith 3197
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world is an abode of departure and a place of discomfort. Its resident has to depart and its dweller has to leave; its glitter is deceiving, its speech is untrue, its wealth is looted and its valuables are plundered. Beware, this world attracts and then turns away, it is unruly and stubborn, it cheats and betrays.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارُ شُخُوص وَ مَحَلَّةُ تَنْغيص ساكِنُها ظاعِنٌ وَ قاطِنُها بائِنٌ وَ بَرْقُها خالِبٌ وَ نُطْقُها كاذِبٌ وَ أمْوالُها مَحرُوبَةٌ وَ أعْلاقُها مَسْلُوبَةٌ ألا وَهيَ المُتَصَدِّيَةُ العَتُونُ(العُنونُ) والجامِحَةُ الحَرُونُ والمانِيَةُ الخَؤُنُ
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hadith 3198
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is the abode of tribulations and the place of trials, whoever seeks it is evade by it and whoever keeps away from it, it advances towards him; the one who looks at it gets blinded by it and the one who looks through it, gets enlightened by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارُ مِحَن وَ مَحَلُّ فِتَن مَنْ ساعاها فاتَتْهُ وَ مَنْ قَعَدَ عَنْها واتَتْهُ وَمَنْ أبْصَرَ إلَيْها أعْمَتْهُ وَ مَنْ بَصُرَ بِها (أبْصَرَ بِها) بَصَّرَتْهُ
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hadith 3199
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world brings the appointed terms closer, takes aspirations further away, causes people to perish and changes circumstances. One who tries to overcome it is overpowered by it and one who struggle against it is knocked down by it, whereas it follows the one who renounces it and comes to the one who forsakes it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا تُدْنِي الآجالَ وَ تَباعِدُ الآمالَ وَ تُبيدُ الرِّجالَ وَ تُغَيِّرُ الأحْوالَ مَنْ غالَبَها غالَبَتْهُ (غَلَبَتْهُ) وَ مَنْ صارَعَها صَرَعَتْهُ وَمَنْ عَصاها أطاعَتْهُ وَمَنْ تَرَكَها أتَتْهُ
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hadith 3200
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world wears out the bodies, renews hopes, brings death near and takes aspirations far away. Every time its inhabitant becomes contented and pleased with it, it sends him back to adversity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنْيا تُخلِقُ الأبْدانَ وَ تُجَدِّدُ الآمالَ وَ تُقَرِّبُ المَنِيَّةَ وَ تُباعِدُ الأُمْنِيَّةَ كُلَّمَا اطْمَئَنَّ صاحِبُها مِنْها إلى سُرور أشْخَصَتْهُ مِنْها إلى مَحْذُور
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hadith 3201
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the good of this world is insignificant, its evil is ready at hand, its pleasures are little and its regret is long. Its bounties are connected with misery, its happiness is linked with misfortune, its benefit is joined with harm and its sweetness is mixed with bitterness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا خَيْرُها زَهيدٌ وَشَرُّها عَتيدٌ وَ لَذَّتُها قَليلَةٌ وَ حَسْرَتُها طَويلَةٌ تَشُوبُ نَعيمَها بِبُؤْس وَ تَقْرِنُ سُعُودَها بِنُحُوس وَ تَصِلُ نَفْعَها بِضُرّ وَتَمْزِجُ حُلْوَها بِمُرّ
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hadith 3202
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is a deceiving beguiler, it gives and takes back, clothes and then unclothes; its comforts do not last, its hardships do not cease and its calamities do not end.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا غَرّارَةٌ خَدُوعٌ مُعْطِيَةٌ مَنُوعٌ مُلْبِسَةٌ نَزُوعٌ لايَدُومُ رَخاؤُها وَلا يَنْقَضي عَناؤُها وَ لا يَرْكَدُ بَلاؤُها
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hadith 3203
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world is like a net that becomes twisted around the one who desires it and retreats from the one who turns away from it, so dont incline towards it with your heart and do not turn to face it such that it catches you in its net and flings you into its destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا كَالشَّبَكَةِ تَلْتَفُّ على مَنْ رَغِبَ فيها وَ تَتَحَرَّزُ عَمَّنْ أعْرَضَ عَنْها فَلا تَمِلْ إلَيْها بِقَلْبِكَ وَ لا تُقْبِلْ عَلَيْها بِوَجْهِكَ فَتُوقِعَكَ في شَبَكَتِها وَتُلْقِيَكَ في هَلَكَتِها
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hadith 3204
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world gives and takes back, yields and spurns, forsakes and shows friendship, entices and disheartens; the felicitous turn away from it while the wretched desire it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا تُعْطي وَ تَرْتَجِعُ وَ تَنْقادُ وَ تَمْتَنِعُ وَ تُوحِشُ وَ تُؤْنِسُ وَتَطْمِعُ وَ تُؤْيِسُ يُعْرِضُ عَنْها السُّعَداءُ وَ يَرْغَبُ فيها الأشقياءُ
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hadith 3205
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world is an abode known for [its] tribulation and fraught with disloyalty. Its states do not last and those who inhabit it do not remain safe. Life in it is dispraised and security in it is non-existent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارٌ بالبَلاءِ مَعْرُوفَةٌ وَ بالغَدْرِ مَوصُوفَةٌ لاتَدومُ أحْوالُها وَلا يَسْلَمُ نُزَّالُها اَلعَيْشُ فيها مَذْمُومٌ وَ الأمانُ فيها مَعْدُومٌ
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hadith 3206
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is [like] the shadow of clouds, the dream that is seen while asleep, the joy that is linked with sadness and the honey that is mixed with poison. [It is] the despoiler of bounties, the devourer of nations, the bringer of [divine] retribution.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا ظِلُ الغَمامِ وَ حُلُمُ المَنامِ وَ الفَرَحُ المَوْصُولُ بِالغَمِّ وَالعَسَلُ المَشُوبُ بِالسَمِّ سَلاَّبَةُ النِّعَمِ أكّالَةُ الأُمَمِ جَلاّبَةُ النِّقَمِ
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hadith 3207
Imam Ali (AS) said, Neither is this world faithful with any companion nor is it clean for any drinker [to drink from]. It bounties shift and its circumstances change, its pleasures perish and its consequences remain; so turn away from it before it turns away from you, and substitute it [for something better] before it substitutes you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لاتَفي لِصاحِب وَ لا تَصْفُو لِشارب نَعيمُها يَنْتَقِلُ وَأحْوالُها تَتَبَدَّلُ وَ لَذَّاتُها تَفْنى وَ تَبِعاتُها تَبْقى فَأعْرِضْ عَنها قَبْلَ أنْ تُعْرِضَ عَنْكَ وَ اسْتَبْدِلْ بِها قَبْلَ أنْ تَسْتَبْدِلَ بِكَ
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hadith 3208
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world sometimes advances towards the ignorant by convention and turns its back on the intelligent despite [his] merit, so if something of it comes to you with ignorance or you lose something sought with intelligence, then do not let that push you to desiring ignorance or being uninterested in intelligence, for that will degrade you and destroy you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا رُبَّما أقْبَلَتْ عَلَى الجاهِلِ بِالاتِّفاقِ وَ أدْبَرَتْ عَنِ العاقِلِ بِالاستِحْقاقِ فَإنْ أتَتْكَ مِنْها سَهْمَةٌ مَعَ جَهْل أوْ فاتَتْكَ مِنْها بِغْيَةٌ مَعَ عَقْل فَإيّاكَ أنْ يَحْمِلَكَ ذلِكَ عَلَى الرَّغْبَةِ فِي الجَهْلِ وَ الزُّهْدِ فِي العَقلِ فَإنَّ ذلكَ يُزري بِكَ وَ يُرديكَ
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hadith 3209
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed one of the troubles of this world is that it does not remain in its [present] state and is not free from alteration. One part is rectified by the corruption of another part and one party is [made] happy at the expense of [another] party. So being in it is a danger and trusting it is a risk, remaining in it permanently is impossible and reliance on it is misguidance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مِنْ نَكَدِ الدُّنيا أنَّها لا تَبْقى على حالَة وَلا تَخْلُو مِنِ اسْتِحالَة تُصْلِحُ جانِباً بِفِسادِ جانِب وَ تَسُرُّ صاحِباً بِمَساءَةِ صاحِب فَالكَوْنُ فيها خَطَرٌ وَ الثِّقَةُ بِها غَرَرٌ وَ الإخلادُ إلَيْها مُحالٌ وَ الاعْتِمادُ عَلَيْها ضِلالٌ
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hadith 3210
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is quick in changing, frequent in moving, intense in treachery and persistent in craftiness, its situations are altered abruptly, its bounties change, its comfort is insufficient, its pleasures become bitter, its seeker is humiliated and its rider stumbles.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا سَريعةُ التَّحَوُّلِ كَثيرَةُ التَّنَقُّلِ شَديدَةُ الغَدْرِ دائِمَةُ المَكْرِ فَأحوالُها تَتَزَلْزَلُ وَ نَعيمُها يَتَبَدَّلُ وَ رَخاؤُها يَتَنَقَّصُ وَ لَذَّاتُها تَتَنَغَّصُ وَ طالِبُها يَذِلُّ وَ راكِبُها يَزِلُّ
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hadith 3211
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world is sweet and fresh, surrounded by [lustful] desires; it delights with little, and is adorned with hopes and embellished with vanities. Its exhilaration does not last and its afflictions cannot be avoided. It is very deceitful, harmful, volatile, evanescent, perishing, transient, devouring and destructive.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا حُلْوَةٌ نَضِرَةٌ حُفَّتْ بِالشَّهَواتِ وَراقَتْ بِالقَليلِ وَ تَحَلَّتْ بِالآمالِ وَ تَزَيَّنَتْ بِالغُرُورِ لا تَدُومُ حَبْرَتُها وَ لا تُؤْمَنُ فَجْعَتُها غَرّارَةٌ ضَرّارَةٌ حائِلَةٌ زائِلَةٌ نافِدَةٌ بائِدَةٌ أكّالَةٌ غَوّالَةٌ
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hadith 3212
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the outer appearance of this world delights while its reality annihilates. It has been adorned by vanities and entices by its embellishments. It is an abode which is lowly before its Lord, so its lawful has been mixed with its forbidden, its good with its evil and its sweetness with its bitterness. Allah has not cleansed it for His friends nor has He withheld it from His enemies.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا يُونِقُ مَنْظَرُها وَ يُوبِقُ مَخْبَرُها قَدْ تَزَيَّنَتْ بِالغُرُورِ وَ غَرَّتْ بِزينَتِها دارٌ هانَتْ على رَبِّها فَخُلِطَ حَلالُها بِحَرامِها وَ خَيْرُها بِشَرِّها وَحُلْوُها بِمُرِّها لَمْ يُصَفِّهَا اللّهُ لأوليائِهِ وَ لَمْ يَضُنَّ بِها على أعْدائِهِ
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hadith 3213
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, with every drink of this world there is choking and with every food eaten in it there is blockage of the throat. No blessing is obtained from it except by separation from another [blessing], and a person does not come to a [new] day of his life except by leaving behind another for it, and no sign of him is left alive in it but that [another] sign of him passes away.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ لِلدُّنيا مَعَ كُلِّ شَرْبَة شَرَقاً وَ مَعَ كُلِّ أكْلَة غَصَصاً لاتُنالُ مِنْها نِعْمَةٌ إلاّ بِفِراقِ اُخرى وَ لايَسْتَقْبِلُ فيها المَرْءُ يَوْماً مِنْ عُمْرِهِ إلاّ بِفِراق آخَرَ مِنْ أجَلِهِ وَ لا يَحْيى لَهُ فيها أثَرٌ إلاّ ماتَ لَهُ أثَرٌ
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hadith 3214
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is the abode of truth for the one who believes it [to be transient], the abode of wellbeing for the one who recognizes it [as such], the abode of riches for the one who takes provisions from it [for the Hereafter] and the abode of good counsel for the one who takes advice from it. It has announced its separation and proclaimed its departure. It has declared its own [impending] death and [the death] of its inhabitants. It exemplifies for them, by its tribulations, the tribulation [of the Hereafter] and creates desire in them, by its pleasures, for the pleasures [of the Hereafter]. It brings ease in the evening and brings grief in the morning through desire, apprehension, alarm and warning. People dispraise it on the morning of their regret [on the Day of Reckoning] while others praise it. It reminded them [of the next life] so they remembered it. It related to them [things of the next life] and they believed. It admonished them and they took advice from it through [its] changes and lessons.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارُ صِدْق لِمَنْ صَدَّقَها وَ دارُ عافيَة لِمَنْ فَهِمَ عَنْها وَ دارُ غِنىً لِمنْ تَزَوَّدَ مِنْها وَ دارُ مَوْعِظَة لِمَنْ إتَّعَظَ بِها قَدْ آذَنَتْ بِبَيْنِها وَنادَتْ بِفِراقِها وَ نَعَتْ نَفْسَها وَ أهْلَها فَمَثَّلَتْ لَهُمْ بِبَلائِهَا البَلاءَ وَ شَوَّقَتْهُمْ بِسُرورِها إلَى السُّرُورِ راحَتْ بِعافِيَة وَ تَبَكَّرَتْ (ابتكرت) بِفَجيعَة تَرْغيباً وَ تَرهيباً وَتَخْويفاً وَ تَحْذيراً فَذَمَّها رِجالٌ غَداةَ النِّدامَةِ وَ حَمِدَها آخَرُونَ ذَكَّرَتْهُمْ فَذَكَرُوا وَ حَدَّثَتْهُمْ فَصَدَّقُوا وَ وَعَظَتْهُمْ فَاتَّعَظُوا مِنْها الغِيَرَ والعِبَرَ (بِالغَيرِ والعِبَرِ)
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hadith 3215
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world is the limit of the sight of the blind person who sees nothing that is beyond it, while the one endowed with insight sees through it and knows that there is an abode beyond it. Thus the discerning one wishes to depart from it while the blind one wishes to remain in it; the discerning one takes provisions from it while the blind one accumulates provisions in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا مُنْتَهى بَصَرِ الأعْمى لايُبْصِرُ مِمّا وَرائَها شَيْئاً والبَصيرُ يَنْفُذُها بَصَرُهُ وَ يَعْلَمُ أنَّ الدّارَ وَرائَها فَالبَصيرُ مِنْها شاخِصٌ وَ الأعْمى إلَيْها شاخِصٌ وَ البَصيرُ مِنْها مُتَزَوِّدٌ والأعمى لَها مُتَزَوِّدٌ
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hadith 3216
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world has people who possess preserved treasures that are disparaged and cast away by you. The religion is opened up by them just as one of you would open the lid of his cooking pot. They stick together like [a swarm of] locusts and destroy the tyrants of the lands.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ للدُّنيا رِجالاً لَدَيْهِم كُنُوزٌ مَذْخُورَةٌ مَذْمُومَةٌ عِنْدَكُمْ مَدْحُورَةٌ يُكْشَفُ بِهِمْ الدينُ كَكَشْفِ أحَدِكُمْ رَأسَ قِدْرِهِ يَلُوزُونَ كالجَرادِ فَيُهْلِكُونَ جَبابِرَةَ البِلادِ
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hadith 3217
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world and the Hereafter are two unequal enemies and two separate ways, so whoever loves this world and befriends it, hates the Hereafter and takes it as an enemy. They are like the East and the West and one who walks between the two, such that whenever he comes closer to one [direction], he distances himself from the other. After all, they are both like fellow-wives [seeking to pull their husband only towards themselves].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا وَ الآخِرَةَ عَدُوّانِ مُتَفاوِتانِ وَ سَبيلانِ مُخْتَلِفانِ فَمَنْ أحَبَّ الدُّنيا وَ تَوالاها أبْغضَ الآخِرَةَ وَ عاداها وَ هُما بِمَنْزِلَةِ المَشْرِقِ وَالمَغْرِبِ وَماش بيْنَهُما فَكُلَّما قَرُبَ مِنْ واحِد بَعُدَ مِنَ الآخَرِ وَ هُما بَعْدُ ضَرَّتانِ
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hadith 3218
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is a means of distraction from the Hereafter. Its companion obtains nothing from it except that it opens for him [the door of] greed for it and attachment towards it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لَمِشْغَلَةٌ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ لَمْ يُصِبْ صاحِبُها مِنْها سَبَباً (سَيْباً) إلاّ فَتَحَتْ عَلَيْهِ حِرْصاً عَلَيْها وَ لَهَجاً بِها
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hadith 3219
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed Allah, the Exalted, has made this world for that which comes after it, and in it He has tests its inhabitants so that He may know who from among of them is best in conduct. We have not been created for this world and we have not been commanded to strive for it, rather we have only been placed in it in order to be tested and [so] that we may work in it for what is [to come] after it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ تعالى جَعَلَ الدُّنيا لِما بَعْدَها وَ ابْتَلى فيها أهْلَها لِيَعْلَمَ أيُّهُمْ أحْسَنُ عَمَلاً وَ لَسْنا لِلدُّنيا خُلِقْنا وَلا بِالسَّعيِ لَها اُمِرْنا وَ إنَّما وُضِعْنا فيها لِنُبْتَلى بِها وَ نَعْمَلَ فيها لِما بَعْدَها
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hadith 3220
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is a place for which destruction has been ordained, and departure from it has been destined for its inhabitants. It is sweet and green [for the one who desires it]. It hastens towards its seeker and attaches itself to the heart of its gazer. So depart from it with the best provision that is available for you, and do not ask in it more than what suffices, and do not seek from it more than what you require.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارٌ مُنِيَ لَها(مِنْهالُها) الفَناءُ وَ لأهْلِها مِنْها الجَلاءُ وَ هِيَ حُلْوَةٌ خَضِرَةٌ قَدْ عَجِلَتْ لِلْطّالِبِ وَ التَبَسَتْ بِقَلْبِ النَّاظِرِ فَارْتَحِلُوا عَنْها بِأحْسَنِ ما يَحْضَرُكُمُ مِنَ الزَّادِ وَ لا تَسْألُوا فيها إلاّ الكَفافَ وَ لا تَطْلُبُوا مِنْها أكْثَرَ مِنَ البَلاغِ
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hadith 3221
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world was neither created for you as a permanent abode nor as a place to settle, rather it has only been made as a passage for you so that you may acquire from it the provisions of good deeds for the abode of [permanent] settlement. Therefore be alert and do not let its temporary pleasures deceive you or its temptations beguile you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لَمْ تُخْلَقْ لَكُمْ دارَ مَقام وَ لا مَحَلَّ قَرار وَ إنَّما جُعِلَتْ لَكُمْ مَجازاً لِتَزَوَّدُوا مِنْها الأعمالَ الصّالِحَةَ لِدارِ القَرارِ فَكُونُوا مِنْها على أوْفاز وَلا تَخْدَعَنَّكُمْ مِنها العاجِلَةُ وَلا تَغُرَّنَّكُمْ فيها الفِتْنَةُ
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hadith 3222
Imam Ali (AS) said, Safety in this world is not acquired except by its renunciation. People are tested in it through tribulations so those who have taken from it for its sake will be removed from it [by death] and will be made accountable for it. And whatever they have taken from it for the other world, they will go to it and will stay in it. For the wise one this world is like a shade – at one moment it expands until [the next moment] it shrinks and extends until it diminishes. And Allah has left you with no excuse by forbidding from it, and he has warned and cautioned you about it – so He has apprised you of it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لايُسْلَمُ مِنْها إلاَّ بِالزُّهْدِ فيها اُبْتُليَ النّاسُ بِها فِتْنَةً فَما أخَذُوا مِنْها لَها أُخْرِجُوا مِنْهُ وَ حُوسِبُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ ماأخَذُوا مِنْها لِغَيرِها قَدِمُوا عَلَيْهِ وأقامُوا فيهِ وَ إنَّها عِندَ ذَوِي العُقُولِ كَالظِّلِّ بَيْنا تَراهُ سائِغاً حَتّى قَلَصَ وَ زائِداً حَتّى نَقَصَ وَ قَدْ أعْذَرَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ إلَيْكُمْ فِي النَّهيِ عَنْها وَ أنْذَرَكُمْ وَ حَذَّرَكُمْ مِنْها فَأبْلَغَ
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hadith 3223
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world betrays.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا تُسْلِمُ
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hadith 3224
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world humiliates.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا تُذِلُّ
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hadith 3225
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is limited [in duration], the Hereafter is eternal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنيا أمَدٌ اَلآخِرَةٌ أبَدٌ
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hadith 3226
Imam Ali (AS) said, When lastingness is not found, then bounties are short-lived.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا كانَ البَقاءُ لايُوجَدُ فَالنَّعيمُ زائِلٌ
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hadith 3227
Imam Ali (AS) said, Perpetuity is not granted to [any] one who loves [and wishes for] it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما يُعطَي البَقاءُ مَنْ أحَبَّهُ
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hadith 3228
Imam Ali (AS) said, Inclination towards this world despite what is seen of its fickleness is [a sign of] ignorance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلرُّكُونُ إلَى الدُّنْيا مَعَ مايُعايَنُ مِنْ سُوءِ تَقَلُّبِها جَهْلٌ
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hadith 3229
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every perishing thing is insignificant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ فان يَسيرٌ
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hadith 3230
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not elevate the one who has been elevated by this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَرْفَعْ مَنْ رَفَعَتْهُ الدُّنيا
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hadith 3231
Imam Ali (AS) said, O people of delusion [who have been deluded by this world], what has made you attached to an abode the goodness of which is trifling, the evil of which is ready at hand, the bounties of which are snatched away, the peaceful of which are fought against, the owners of which are slaves and the heritage of which is abandoned.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يا أهلَ الغُرورِ ما ألْهَجَكُمْ بِدار خَيْرُها زَهيدٌ وَ شَرُّها عَتيدٌ وَنَعيمُها مَسْلُوبٌ وَ مُسالِمُها مَحْرُوبٌ وَ مالِكُها مَمْلُوكٌ وَتُراثُها مَتْرُوكٌ
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hadith 3232
Imam Ali (AS) said, O world, O world! Get away from me! Is it me that you present yourself to? Or is it I that you are eager for? May your time never come! Deceive some other person. I have no need for you. I have divorced you thrice, after which there is no reunion. Your life is short, your significance is little and your hope is worthless. Alas! How meagre the provision, how long the way, how distant the journey and how great the destination!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يا دُنيا يا دُنيا إلَيكِ عَنّي أبي تَعَرَّضْتِ أمْ إلَيَّ تَشَوَّقْتِ لاحانَ حينُكِ غُرّي غَيري لاحاجَةَ لي فيكِ قَدْ طَلَّقْتُكِ ثَلاثاً لا رَجْعَةَ لي فيها فَعَيْشُكِ قَصيرٌ وَ خطَرُكِ يَسيرٌ وَ أمَلُكِ حَقيرٌ آهِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ الزَّادِ وَ طُولِ الطَّريقِ وبُعدِ السَّفَرِ وَعِظَمِ المَوْرِدِ
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hadith 3233
Imam Ali (AS) said, O servants of the world and those who work for it! When you are selling and buying in the day time and tossing in your beds and sleeping at night, and all the while you are oblivious to the Hereafter and postpone [good] actions, then when do you think of guidance and prepare your provisions, and when do you become concerned about the affairs of the Hereafter?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يا عَبيدَ الدُّنيا والعامِلينَ لَها إذا كُنْتُمْ فِي النَّهارِ تَبيعُونَ وَ تَشْتَرُونَ وَفِي اللَّيلِ على فُرُوشِكُمْ تَتَقَلَّبُونَ وَ تَنامُونَ وَ فيما بينَ ذلِكَ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ تَغْفُلُونَ وَ بِالعَمَلِ تُسَوِّفُونَ فَمَتى تُفَكِّرُونَ فِي الإرْشادِ وَ تُقَدِّمُونَ الزَّادَ وَمتى تَهْتَمُّونَ بِأمْرِ المَعادِ
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hadith 3234
Imam Ali (AS) said, O people! Renounce the pleasures of this world, for indeed its life is short and its goodness is insignificant. It is a house of [inevitable] departure a place of discomfort. It brings closer the appointed terms and cuts short aspirations. Indeed it turns away and shuns [those who are after it], it is unruly and stubborn, it cheats and betrays.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يا أيُّها النَّاسُ ازْهَدُوا فِي الدُّنيا فَإنَّ عَيْشَها قَصيرٌ وَ خَيْرَها يَسيرٌ وَإنَّها لَدارُ شُخُوص وَ مَحَلَّةُ تَنْغيص وَ إنَّها لَتُدْني الآجالَ وَ تَقْطَعُ الآمالَ ألا وَ هيَ المُتَصَدِّيَةُ العَنُونُ والجامِحَةُ الحَرُونُ وَ المانِيَةُ (المائنةُ)الخَؤُونُ
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hadith 3235
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world misguides.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا تُغْوي
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hadith 3236
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world harms, the Hereafter delights.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا تَضُرُّ اَلآخِرَةُ تَسُرُّ
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hadith 3237
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a loss [for those who seek it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا خُسْرانٌ
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hadith 3238
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is [obtained] by convention, the Hereafter is [gained] by merit.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا بِالاتِّفاقِ اَلآخِرَةُ بِالاسْتِحقاقِ
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hadith 3239
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is [filled] with hope.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا بِالأمَلِ
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hadith 3240
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is transient.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا فانِيَةٌ
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hadith 3241
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a waning shadow.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا ظِلٌّ زائِلٌ
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hadith 3242
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a market of loss.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا سُوقُ الخُسْرانِ
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hadith 3243
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the plantation of evil.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا مَزْرَعةُ الشَّرِّ
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hadith 3244
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a laugh for the one whose tears flow [in sadness] (or for the one who is deluded by it).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا ضُحَكَةُ مُسْتَعْبِر(مُغْتَرّ)
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hadith 3245
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the abode of tribulations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا دارُ المِحَنِ
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hadith 3246
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the abode of the wretched.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا دارُ الأشْقياءِ
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hadith 3247
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the corridor to the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا مَعْبَرَةُ الآخِرَةِ
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hadith 3248
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the divorcée of the sagacious.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا مُطَلَّقَةُ الأكْياسِ
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hadith 3249
Imam Ali (AS) said, The transient world is the desire of the filthy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : العاجِلَةُ مُنْيَةُ الأرْجاسِ
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hadith 3250
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being pleased with this world is foolishness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الفَرَحُ بِالدُّنْيا حُمْقٌ
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hadith 3251
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being dazzled by this world [and being proud because of it] is stupidity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الإغتِرارُ بِالعاجِلَةِ خُرْقٌ
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hadith 3252
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world deceives, harms and passes by.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا تَغُرُّ وَ تَضُرُّ وَ تَمُرُّ
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hadith 3253
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the place of catastrophes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا مَحَلُّ الآفاتِ
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hadith 3254
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one who is attached to this world is cut off [from Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمُواصِلُ لِلدُّنْيا مَقْطُوعٌ
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hadith 3255
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the aspiration of the wretched.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا مُنْيَةُ الأشْقياءِ
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hadith 3256
Imam Ali (AS) said, The transient world is the delusion [or the deluder] of the unintelligent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعاجِلَةُ غُرُورُ الحَمْقى
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hadith 3257
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the place where the intellects fall.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا مَصْرَعُ العُقُولِ
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hadith 3258
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the place of vicissitudes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا مَحَلُّ الغِيَرِ
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hadith 3259
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the abode of tribulation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا دارُ المِحْنَةِ
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hadith 3260
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the prize of the unintelligent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا غَنيمَةُ الحَمْقى
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hadith 3261
Imam Ali (AS) said, Being occupied with the transient is a waste of time.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلاشْتِغالُ بِالفائِتِ يُضَيِّعُ الوَقْتَ
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hadith 3262
Imam Ali (AS) said, Longing for this world brings about hatred.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الرَّغْبَةُ فِي الدُّنيا تُوجِبُ المَقْتَ
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hadith 3263
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is like the day that has passed and the month that has elapsed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا كَيَوْم مَضى وَ شَهْر انْقَضى
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hadith 3264
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the abode of strangers and the dwelling of the wretched.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا دارُ الغُرَباءِ وَ مَوطِنُ الأشقياءِ
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hadith 3265
Imam Ali (AS) said, Infatuation with this world is the greatest trial.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الوَلَهُ بِالدُّنْيا أعْظَمُ فِتْنَة
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hadith 3266
Imam Ali (AS) said, Just as [wealth and] authority comes towards you, it turns away from you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّوْلَةُ كما تُقْبِلُ تُدْبِرُ
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hadith 3267
Imam Ali (AS) said, Just as this world mends, it [also] breaks.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا كَما تَجْبُرُ تَكْسِرُ
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hadith 3268
Imam Ali (AS) said, The means of this world are discontinuous and its loans (i.e. things that human beings are bestowed with temporarily like status, wealth etc.) are [to be] returned.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أسبابُ الدُّنْيا مُنْقَطِعَةٌ وَ عَواريها مُرْتَجِعَةٌ
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hadith 3269
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a dream and being deceived by it is [a cause of] regret.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلدُّنْيا حُلُمٌ وَ الاغْتِرارُ بِها نَدَمٌ
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hadith 3270
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is a poison that is ingested by the one who does not know it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا سَمٌّ يَأكُلُهُ مَنْ لا يَعْرِفُهُ
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hadith 3271
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is the source of evil and the place of deception.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الدُّنْيا مَعْدِنُ الشَّرِّ ومَحَلُّ الغُرُورِ
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hadith 3272
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you have understood your affair or have been able to recognize yourself then turn away from this world and be uninterested in it, for it is the abode of the wretched and not the abode of the felicitous. Its splendour is spurious, its beauty is deceptive, its clouds are scattered (i.e. its sources of abundance are scarce) and its bounties are taken back.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ عَقَلْتَ أمْرَكَ أوْ أصَبْتَ مَعْرِفَةَ نَفْسِكَ فَأعْرِضْ عَنِ الدُّنيا وَازهَدْ فيها فَإنَّها دارُ الأشقياءِ وَ لَيْسَتْ بِدارِ السُّعَداءِ بَهْجَتُها زُورٌ وزينَتُها غُرُورٌ وسَحائِبُها مُتَقَشِّعَةٌ وَ مَواهِبُها مُرْتَجِعَةٌ
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hadith 3273
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you are after [abundant] bliss than free yourselves from the abode of wretchedness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلنَّعيمِ طالبينَ فَأعْتِقُوا أنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ دارِ الشَقاءِ
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hadith 3274
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you love Allah then remove from your hearts the love of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللّهَ فَأخْرِجُوا مِنْ قُلُوبِكُمْ حُبَّ الدُّنيا
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hadith 3275
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you make your [life in this] world a means of following your religion, you will have saved [both] your religion and your world, and you will be among the successful in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ جَعَلْتَ دُنْياكَ تَبَعاً لِدينِكَ أحْرَزْتَ دينَكَ وَ دُنْياكَ وَ كُنْتَ فِي الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الفائِزينَ
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3276
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily I have divorced this world thrice uncompromisingly, [such that] there is no return to it for me, and I have released it completely.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّي طَلَّقْتُ الدُّنْيا ثَلاثاً بَتاتاً لارَجْعَةَ لي فيها وَ ألْقَيْتُ حَبْلَها على غارِبِها
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hadith 3277
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, if you approach this world you have turned your back [from the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكَ إنْ أقْبَلْتَ إلَى الدُّنْيا أدْبَرْتَ
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hadith 3278
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, when you turn your back on this world, you have approached [the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكَ إنْ أدبَرْتَ عَنِ الدُّنْيا أقْبَلْتَ
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hadith 3279
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you have not been created for this world, so renounce it and turn away from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكَ لَنْ (لَمْ) تُخلَقَ لِلدُّنْيا فَأزْهَدْ فيها وَ أعْرِضْ عَنْها
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hadith 3280
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you work for this world, your transaction will have made a loss.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكَ إنْ عَمِلْتَ لِلدُّنيا خَسِرَتْ صَفْقَتُكَ
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hadith 3281
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily you will never meet Allah, the Glorified, with an action more harmful to you than love for this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكَ لَنْ تَلْقَى اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ بِعَمَل أضَرَّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حُبِّ الدُّنْيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3282
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, if you crave after this world, you will waste your lives for that which you will not remain for and that which will not remain for you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكُمْ إنْ رَغِبْتُم فِي الدُّنْيا أفْنَيْتُمْ أعْمارَكُمْ فيما لا تَبْقُونَ لَهُ وَ لا يَبْقى لَكُمْ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3283
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, this world is only a trap into which those who do not recognize it fall.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما الدُّنْيا شَرَكٌ وَقَعَ فيهِ مَنْ لا يَعْرِفُهُ
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hadith 3284
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is only [a place of] varying circumstances, changing situations and marked targets.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما الدُّنْيا أحوالٌ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ وَ تاراتٌ مُتَصَرِّفَةٌ وَ أغْراضٌ مُسْتَهْدِفَةٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3285
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is only a corpse and those who establish bonds of brotherhood for [acquiring] it are similar to dogs, such that their brotherhood does not prevent them from harming each other for it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما الدُّنْيا جيفَةٌ وَ المُتواخُونَ عَلَيها أشْباهُ الكِلابِ فَلا تَمْنَعُهُمْ أُخُوَّتُهُمْ لَها مِنَ التَّهارُشِ عَلَيْها
Tags AsceticismBrotherhood
hadith 3286
Imam Ali (AS) said, The people [who seek] of this world are just like howling dogs or starving predators growling at each other. The mighty among them eat the meek and the big among them crush the small. Some are like tied cattle and some are like untied cattle that have lost their wits and are running in every direction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما أهْلُ الدُّنْيا كِلابٌ عاوِيَةٌ وَ سِباعٌ ضارِيَةٌ يُهَرُّ بَعْضُها بَعْضاً وَ يَأكُلُ عَزيزُها ذَليلَها وَ يَقْهَرُ كَبيرُها صَغيرَها نَعَمٌ مُعَقَّلَةٌ وَ أُخرى مُهْمَلَةٌ قَدْ أضَلَّتْ عُقُولَها وَ رَكِبَتْ مَجْهُولَها
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hadith 3287
Imam Ali (AS) said, You are only like the standing [and ready] riders who do not know when they will be ordered to march.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما أنْتُمْ كَرَكْب وُقُوف لا يَدْرُونَ مَتى بِاليَسيرِ يُؤْمَرُونَ
Tags AsceticismDeath
hadith 3288
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is only an enjoyment for a few days, then it will disappear like the mirage disappears and pass by like the clouds pass by.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما الدُّنيْا مَتاعُ أيّام قَلائِلَ ثُمَّ تَزُولُ كَما يَزُولُ السَّرابُ وَ تَقْثَعُ كما يَقْثَعُ السَّحابُ
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hadith 3289
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, the only share of the earth for every one of you is the length and breadth of his own stature, [of the grave] wherein he would lie on his cheeks covered with dust.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما حَظُّ أحَدِكُمْ مِنَ الأرضِ ذاتِ الطُّولِ وَ العَرضِ قَيْدُ قَدِّهِ مُتَعَفِّراً على خَدِّهِ
Tags DeathVisiting Graves
hadith 3290
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world is only the abode of passage and the Hereafter is the abode of [permanent] residence. So take [provisions] from the abode of passage for the abode of residence and do not tear your veils in front of the one who knows your secrets.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما الدُّنْيا دارُ مَمَرّ وَالآخِرَةُ دارُ مُسْتَقَرّ فَخُذُوا مِنْ مَمَرِّكُمْ لِمُسْتَقَرِّكُمْ وَ لا تَهْتِكُوا أسْتارَكُمْ عِنْدَ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ أسْرارَكُمْ
Tags AsceticismGood Deeds
hadith 3291
Imam Ali (AS) said, The example of those who have known this world is like a group of travellers who abandon a drought-stricken place and set off for a fruitful and fertile place. Then they endure the difficulties of the path, the hardships of the journey and the coarseness of the food in order to reach their fields of plenty and the place of their [permanent] residence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما مَثَلُ مَنْ خَبِرَ (خَيَرَ) الدُّنْيا كَمَثَلِ قَوْم سَفْر نَبا بِهِمْ مَنْزِلٌ جَديبٌ فَأَمُّوا مَنْزِلاً خَصيباً وَ جَناباً مَريعاً فَاحْتَمَلُوا وَعْثاءَ الطَّريقِ وَ خَشُونَةَ السَّفَرِ وَ جُشُوبَةَ المَطْعَمِ لِيَأتُوا سَعَةَ دارِهِمْ وَ مَحلَّ قَرارِهِمْ
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hadith 3292
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed man (in this world) is only a target that is struck by [the arrows of] death and a booty that is rushed towards by tribulations and calamities.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّما المَرْءُ (فِي الدُّنْيا) غَرَضٌ تَنْتَضِلُهُ المَنايا وَ نَهَبٌ تُبادِرُهُ المَصائِبُ وَ الحَوادِثُ
Tags DeathTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3293
Imam Ali (AS) said, The bane of the soul is being infatuated with this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : آفَةُ النَّفْسِ اَلْوَلَهُ بِالدُّنْيا
Tags AsceticismSoul (Nafs)
hadith 3294
Imam Ali (AS) said, When this world comes towards a servant, it covers him with the merits of others and when it turns its back from him it snatches away his [own] merits.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا أقْبَلَتِ الدُّنْيا على عَبْد كَسَتْهُ مَحاسِنَ غَيْرِهِ وَ إذا أدْبَرَتْ عَنْهُ سَلَبَتْهُ مَحاسِنَهُ
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hadith 3295
Imam Ali (AS) said, When something of this world slips away from you then do not despair, and when you do good, do not put others under obligation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا فاتَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيا شَيْءٌ فلا تَحْزَنْ وَ إذا أحْسَنْتَ فَلا تَمْنُنْ
Tags AsceticismDespair/Hopelessness
hadith 3296
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world ends with annihilation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِالفَناءِ تُخْتَمُ الدُّنْيا
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hadith 3297
Imam Ali (AS) said, By preferring the love of this transient world, one ends up in an unpleasant state in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِإيثارِ حُبِّ العاجِلَةِ صارَ مَنْ صارَ إلى سُوءِ الآجِلَةِ
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hadith 3298
Imam Ali (AS) said, How bad an abode this world is!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِئْسَتِ الدّارُ الدُّنيا
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3299
Imam Ali (AS) said, The worst choice is exchanging the everlasting with the transient.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِئْسَ الاخْتيارُ التَّعَوُّضُ بِما يَفْنى عَمّا يَبْقى
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hadith 3300
Imam Ali (AS) said, Your remaining [in this world] is towards annihilation and your annihilation [from this world] is towards eternity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بَقاؤُكُمْ إلى فَناء وَ فَناؤُكُمْ إلى بَقاء
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hadith 3301
Imam Ali (AS) said, Sell that which perishes for that which remains and exchange the wretchedness of this world for the abundant bounties of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بيعُوا ما يَفْنى بِما يَبْقى وَ تَعَوَّضُوا بِنَعيمِ الآخِرَةِ عَنْ شَقاءِ الدُّنيا
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hadith 3302
Imam Ali (AS) said, When you are deprived of something in this world, take comfort in the fact that it would have been with you [only] for a little while.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : تَعَزَّ عَنِ الشَّيْءِ إذا مُنِعْتَهُ بِقِلَّةِ ما يَصْحَبُكَ إذا أُوتيتَهُ
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hadith 3303
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fruit of infatuation with this world is great tribulation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَمَرَةُ الوَلَهِ بالدُّنْيا عَظيمُ المِحْنَةِ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3304
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one who seeks refuge in this world is ruined and the one who takes his fill from it is destroyed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جارُ الدُّنيْا مَحْرُوبٌ وَ مَوْفُورُها مَنْكُوبٌ
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hadith 3305
Imam Ali (AS) said, The bounty of this world is transient, its comfort is [marred by] trouble, its soundness is destruction and its gifts are taken away.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جُودُ الدُّنْيا فَناءٌ وَ راحَتُها عَناءٌ وَ سَلامَتُها عَطَبٌ وَ مَواهِبُها سَبَبٌ
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hadith 3306
Imam Ali (AS) said, Love of this world is the source of every misdeed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُبُّ الدُّنْيا رَأسُ كُلِّ خَطيئَة
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hadith 3307
Imam Ali (AS) said, Love of this world is the source of trials and the root of tribulations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُبُّ الدُّنْيا رَأسُ الفِتَنِ وَ أصْلُ المِحَنِ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3308
Imam Ali (AS) said, Love of this world gives rise to avarice.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُبُّ الدُّنْيا يُوجِبُ الطَّمَعَ
Tags AsceticismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 3309
Imam Ali (AS) said, Love of this world corrupts the intellect, preoccupies the heart from listening to [words of] wisdom and leads to a painful chastisement [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُبُّ الدُّنْيا يُفْسِدُ العَقْلَ وَ يُهِمُّ القَلْبَ عَنْ سَماعِ الحِكْمَةِ وَيُوجِبُ أليمَ العِقابِ
Tags AsceticismIntellect/Reason
hadith 3310
Imam Ali (AS) said, The sweetness of this world leads to the bitterness of the Hereafter and an unpleasant ending.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَلاوَةُ الدُّنْيا تُوجِبُ مَرارَةَ الآخِرَةِ وَ سُوءَ العُقْبى
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hadith 3311
Imam Ali (AS) said, The sweets of this world are like myrrh, its foods are poisons and its means are worn-out [and weak] ropes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُلْوُ الدُّنْيا صَبِرٌ وَ غِذاؤُها سِمامٌ وَ أسْبابُها رُمامٌ
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hadith 3312
Imam Ali (AS) said, The living of this world are prone to death and its healthy are prone to sicknesses and the target of [the arrow of] death.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَيُّ الدُّنْيا بِعَرْضِ مَوت وَ صَحيحُها عَرَضُ الأسْقامِ وَ دَريئَةُ الحِمامِ
Tags DeathAsceticism
hadith 3313
Imam Ali (AS) said, Wretchedness, annihilation, destruction and ruin have been decreed for the people of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُكِمَ على أهلِ الدُّنْيا بِالشَّقاءِ وَ الفَناءِ وَ الدَّمارِ وَالبَوارِ
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hadith 3314
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world has been surrounded with lustful desires, liked for its immediate enjoyments, embellished with deceptions and sweetened with aspirations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُفَّتِ الدُّنيا بِالشَّهَواتِ وَ تَحَبَّبَتْ بِالعاجِلَةِ وَ تَزَيَّنَتْ بِالغُرُورِ وَتَحَلَّتْ بِالآمالِ
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hadith 3315
Imam Ali (AS) said, Wage war against yourselves for [keeping away from] this world and turn yourselves away from it, for it vanishes quickly, quakes frequently and transfers soon.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حارِبُوا أنْفُسَكُمْ عَلَى الدُّنيا وَ اصْرِفُوها عَنْها فَإنَّها سَريعَةُ الزَّوالِ كَثيرةُ الزِلْزالِ وَ شيكَةُ الانْتِقالِ
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hadith 3316
Imam Ali (AS) said, Neediness has been decreed for those from among the people of this world who seek to increase their wealth while those who get along without it have been assisted with comfort.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُكِمَ على مُكْثِري أهلِ الدُّنْيا بِالفاقَةِ وَ أُعِيْنَ مَنْ غَنِيَ عَنْها بِالرَّاحَةِ
Tags AsceticismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3317
Imam Ali (AS) said, The good of this world is [a cause of] sorrow and its evil is [a cause of] regret.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خَيْرُ الدُّنيْا حَسْرَةٌ وَ شَرُّها نَدَمٌ
Tags AsceticismRegret
hadith 3318
Imam Ali (AS) said, The good of this world is insignificant and its evil is ready at hand.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خَيْرُ الدُّنْيا زَهيدٌ وَ شَرُّها عَتيدٌ
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hadith 3319
Imam Ali (AS) said, Take from that which will not last for you for that which will last for you and will not separate from you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خُذْ مِمّا لا يَبْقى لَكَ لِما يَبْقى لَكَ وَ لا يُفارِقُكَ
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hadith 3320
Imam Ali (AS) said, Take from the little of this world that which suffices you and leave from its abundance that which makes you transgress.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خُذْ مِنْ قَليلِ الدُّنيا ما يَكْفيكَ وَ دَعْ مِنْ كَثيرِها ما يُطْغيكَ
Tags AsceticismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3321
Imam Ali (AS) said, Take from this world that which comes to you and turn away from that which turns away from you, but if you dont do this then [at least] be moderate in what you seek.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خُذْ مِنَ الدُّنيْا ما أتاكَ وَ تَوَلَّ عَمّا تَوَلّى مِنْها عَنْكَ فَإنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَأجْمِلْ فِي الطَّلَبِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3322
Imam Ali (AS) said, Mingling with those who are attached to this world is the primary cause of affliction and corruption of piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خُلْطَةُ أبْناءِ الدُّنْيا رَأسُ البَلْوى وَ فَسادُ التَّقوى
Tags AsceticismGood CompanyGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3323
Imam Ali (AS) said, Mingling with those who are attached to this world tarnishes religion and weakens certitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خُلْطَةُ أبْناءِ الدُّنْيا تَشينُ الدّينَ وَ تُضْعِفُ اليَقينَ
Tags AsceticismGood CompanyCertainty (Yaqin)
hadith 3324
Imam Ali (AS) said, The significance of this world is little, its product is inferior, its delight is false and its bounties are illusory.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خَطَرُ الدُّنيا يَسيرٌ وَ حاصِلُها حَقيرٌ وَ بَهْجَتُها زُورٌ وَ مَواهِبُها غُرُورٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3325
Imam Ali (AS) said, The aspiration and pursuit of one whose hope and desire is [acquiring felicity in] this world, is frustrated.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : خابَ رَجاؤُهُ وَ مَطْلَبُهُ مَنْ كانَتِ الدُّنيا أمَلَهُ وَ أرَبَهُ
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hadith 3326
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is an abode which is fraught with tribulations and known for its treachery. Its circumstances do not last and its dwellers are not safe.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : دارٌ بِالبَلاءِ مَحْفُوفَةٌ وَ بِالغَدْرِ مَوصُوفَةٌ (مَعْرُوفَة) لا تَدُومُ أحوالُها وَ لا يَسْلَمُ نُزّالُها
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3327
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is an abode which is lowly before its Lord, so its lawful has been mixed with its forbidden, its good with its evil and its sweetness with its bitterness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : دارٌ هانَتْ على رَبِّها فَخَلَطَ حَلالَها بِحَرامِها وَ خَيْرُها بِشَرِّها وَحُلْوَها بِمُرِّها
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hadith 3328
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is the abode of transience, the resting place of the sinners, the residence of the wretched and the transgressors (or the repulsed and those who exceed the limits).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : دارُ الفَناءِ مَقيلُ العاصينَ وَ مَحَلُّ الأشْقياءِ والمُعْتَدينَ (المُبْعَدينَ المُتَعَدّينَ)
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3330
Imam Ali (AS) said, Recalling [the pleasures of] this world is the worst of all maladies.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذِكْرُ الدُّنيا أدْوَأُ الأدْواءِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3331
Imam Ali (AS) said, The humiliation of this world is the glory of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذُلُّ الدُّنيا عِزُّ الآخِرَةِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3332
Imam Ali (AS) said, Leave that which is little for that which is abundant and that which is limited for that which is vast.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذَرْ ما قَلَّ لِما كَثُرَ وَ ما ضاقَ لَِما اتَّسَعَ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3333
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cornerstone of calamities is infatuation with this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رَأسُ الآفاتِ الوَلَهُ بِالدُّنيا
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hadith 3334
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many an adviser from this world may be suspected by you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ ناصِح مِنَ الدُّنيا عِنْدَكَ مُتَّهَمٌ
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hadith 3335
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many a person who is truthful about this world is considered a liar by you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ صادِق مِنْ خَيْرِ (خَبَرِ) الدُّنيا عِنْدَكَ مُكَذَّبٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3336
Imam Ali (AS) said, Many a thing which one should be cautious of in this world is not taken into consideration by you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رُبَّ مَحْذُور مِنَ الدُّنيا عِنْدَكَ غَيْرُ مُحتَسِب
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3337
Imam Ali (AS) said, You desire for the unachievable is [a sign of] ignorance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رَغْبَتُكَ فِي المُسْتَحيلِ جَهلٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3338
Imam Ali (AS) said, Your being content with this world is from your bad choices and your wretched endeavours.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رِضاكَ بِالدُّنيا مِنْ سُوءِ اخْتيارِكَ وَ شَقاءِ جَدِّكَ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3339
Imam Ali (AS) said, Increase in [ones desire for] this world corrupts the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زيادَةُ الدُّنيا تُفْسِدُ الآخِرَةَ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3340
Imam Ali (AS) said, The ornaments of this world corrupt weak minds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زَخارِفُ الدُّنيا تُفْسِدُ العُقُولَ الضَّعيفَةَ
Tags AsceticismIntellect/Reason
hadith 3341
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cause of wretchedness is love of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَبَبُ الشَّقاءِ حُبُّ الدُّنيا
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hadith 3342
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cause of corruption of the mind is love of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَبَبُ فَسادِ العَقْلِ حُبُّ الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismIntellect/Reason
hadith 3343
Imam Ali (AS) said, The sovereignty of this world is disgrace and its loftiness is lowness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سُلْطانُ الدُّنيا ذُلٌّ وَ عِلْوُها سِفْلٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3344
Imam Ali (AS) said, The joy of this world is deception and its enjoyment is destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سُرُورُ الدُّنيا غُرُورٌ وَ مَتاعُها ثُبُورٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3345
Imam Ali (AS) said, Ones seeking tranquillity in [the delights of] this world is from the greatest deceptions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سُكُونُ النَّفسِ إلَى الدُّنيا مِنْ أعْظَمِ الغُرُورِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3346
Imam Ali (AS) said, The worst of tribulations is love of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : شَرُّ المِحَنِ حُبُّ الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3347
Imam Ali (AS) said, The worst of afflictions is love for this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : شَرُّ الفِتَنِ مَحَبَّةُ الدُّنيا
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3348
Imam Ali (AS) said, The health of this world is [fraught with] sicknesses and its pleasures are [fraught with] pains.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صِحَّةُ الدُنيا أسْقامٌ وَ لَذّاتُها آلامٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3349
Imam Ali (AS) said, Adultery has become the key to lineage in the world (or among the people), chastity is rare and Islam is worn the wrong way up like fur.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صارَ الفُسُوقُ فِي الدُّنيا (النّاسِ) نَسَباً وَ العَفافُ عَجَباً وَ لُبِسَ الإسْلامُ لُبْسَ الفَرْوِ مَقْلُوباً
Tags AdulteryChastity/Modesty
hadith 3350
Imam Ali (AS) said, Divorcing this world is the dowry for Paradise.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طَلاقُ الدُّنيْا مَهْرُ الجَنَّةِ
Tags AsceticismParadise
hadith 3351
Imam Ali (AS) said, Seeking this world is the primary cause of tribulation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طَلَبُ الدُّنيا رَأسُ الفِتْنَةِ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3352
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one who seeks this world through religion is chastised and condemned.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طالِبُ الدُّنيا بِالدّينِ مُعاقَبٌ مَذْمُومٌ
Tags AsceticismHypocrisy
hadith 3353
Imam Ali (AS) said, Seeking to join this world with the Hereafter is from the deceptions of the self.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طَلَبُ الجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الدُّنْيا وَ الآخِرَةِ مِنْ خِداعِ النَّفسِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3354
Imam Ali (AS) said, The seeker of this world misses [the opportunity to work for] the Hereafter and death comes to him unexpectedly, and he does not get from this world except what has been apportioned for him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طالِبُ الدُّنْيا تَفُوتُه الآخِرَةُ وَ يُدْرِكُهُ المَوْتُ حتّى يَأخُذَهُ بَغْتَةً (بِعُنْفِهِ) ولا يُدْرِكُ مِنَ الدُّنْيا إلاّ ما قُسِّمَ لَهُ
Tags AsceticismDeath
hadith 3355
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who turns away from the embellishments of this world gains the joy of the glad tidings [of Paradise].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ظَفَرَ بِفَرْحَةِ البُشْرى مَنْ أعْرَضَ عَنْ زَخارِفِ الدُّنْيا
Tags AsceticismParadise
hadith 3356
Imam Ali (AS) said, I am amazed at the one who builds his transient abode and abandons his Eternal Abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَجِبْتُ لِعامِرِ دارِ الفَناءِ وَ تارِكِ دارِ البَقاءِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3357
Imam Ali (AS) said, The servant of this world faces continuous afflictions and calamities.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَبْدُ الدُّنْيا مُؤَبَّدُ الفِتْنَةِ وَ البَلاءِ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3358
Imam Ali (AS) said, The end of this world is annihilation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غايَةُ الدُّنْيا الفَناءُ
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hadith 3359
Imam Ali (AS) said, The deception of this world strikes [a person] down.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غُرُورُ الدُّنْيا يَصْرَعُ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3360
Imam Ali (AS) said, O world, deceive the one who is ignorant of your tricks and for whom your traps of deceit are concealed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غُرّي يا دُنيا مَنْ جَهِلَ حِيَلَكَ وخَفِيَ عَلَيْهِ حَبائِلُ كَيْدِكَ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3361
Imam Ali (AS) said, He (‘a) said about this world: It is deceitful - that which is in it is illusory; it is perishing - all that is upon it perishes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وقالَ ـ عليه السْلام ـ في وَصْفِ الدُّنْيا: غَرّارَةٌ غُرُورٌ ما فيها فانِيَةٌ فان مَنْ عَلَيْها
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hadith 3362
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is deceitful, harmful, volatile, evanescent, transient and perishing.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غَرّارَةٌ ضَرَّارَةٌ حائِلَةٌ زائِلَةٌ بائِدَةٌ نافِدَةٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3363
Imam Ali (AS) said, The foods of this world are poisons and its means are worn-out [and weak] ropes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : غِذاءُ الدُّنيا سِمامٌ وَ أسْبابُها رِمامٌ
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hadith 3364
Imam Ali (AS) said, In being averse to this world there is attainment of prosperity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فِي العُزُوفِ عَنِ الدُّنيا دَرَكُ النَّجاحِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3365
Imam Ali (AS) said, In the vicissitudes of this world there are lessons to be learnt.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : في تَصاريفِ الدُّنيا اِعْتِبارٌ
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hadith 3366
Imam Ali (AS) said, In this world there is action without reckoning.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فِي الدُّنيا عَمَلٌ وَ لا حِسابٌ
Tags AsceticismDay of Judgment
hadith 3367
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world is what the wretched desire.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فِي الدُّنْيا رَغْبَةُ الأشْقياءِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3368
Imam Ali (AS) said, The two that are attached to each other may get detached and the two groups that are united may get separated.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ يَتَفاصَلُ المُتَواصِلانِ (المُتَفاصِلان) وَ يَشَتُّ جَمْعُ الأليفَيْنِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3369
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, that which was sweet of this world has become bitter, and that which was clean of it has become dirty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ أمَرَّ مِنَ الدُّنيا ما كانَ حُلْواً وَ كَدَرَ مِنْها ما كانَ صَفْواً
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hadith 3370
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world has embellished itself with its deception and it deceives [its inhabitants] with its embellishments.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَدْ تَزَيَّنَتِ الدُّنيا بِغُرُورِها وَ غَرَّتْ بِزينَتِها
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hadith 3371
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world takes away a lot of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَليلُ الدُّنيا يَذْهَبُ بِكَثيرِ الآخِرَةِ
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hadith 3372
Imam Ali (AS) said, The little of this world does not last and its abundance is not safe from calamities.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَليلُ الدُّنيا لا يَدُومُ بَقائُهُ وَ كَثيرُها لا يُؤْمَنُ بَلاؤُهُ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3373
Imam Ali (AS) said, The mainstay of this world is by four [groups]: A scholar who acts on his knowledge, an ignorant person who is not too proud to learn, a wealthy person who is generous with his wealth to the needy and a poor person who does not sell his Hereafter for his worldly life. So when the scholar does not act on his knowledge, the ignorant one refuses to learn; and when the wealthy is miserly with his wealth, the poor one sells his Hereafter for his world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قِوامُ الدُّنْيا بِأرْبَع: عالِمٌ يَعْمَلُ بِعِلْمِهِ وَ جاهِلٌ لايَسْتَنْكِفُ أنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ غَنِيٌّ يَجُودُ بِمالِهِ عَلَى الفُقَراءِ وَ فَقيرٌ لايَبيعُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ فَإذا لَمْ يَعمَلِ العالِمُ بِعِلْمِهِ اِسْتَنْكَفَ الجاهِلُ أنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ وَ إذا بَخِلَ الغَنِيُّ بِمالِهِ باعَ الفَقيرُ آخِرَتَهُ بِدنياهُ
Tags AsceticismWealth/MaterialismGenerosity
hadith 3374
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every gathering is [headed] towards dispersion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ جَمْع إلى شَتات
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3375
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every profit of this world is a loss.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ أرْباحِ الدُّنيا خُسْرانٌ
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hadith 3376
Imam Ali (AS) said, Everything that passes [away] is as if it never was.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ ماض فَكَأنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ
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hadith 3377
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every ease of this world is difficulty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ يَسارِ الدُّنيا إعْسارٌ
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hadith 3378
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every provision of this world is trivial for the contented and the chaste.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ مُؤَنِ الدُّنيا خَفيفَةٌ علَى القانِعِ وَ العَفيفِ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Chastity/Modesty
hadith 3379
Imam Ali (AS) said, Everything in this world [is such that it] seems greater when heard than when seen.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ شَيء مِنَ الدُّنيا سَماعُهُ أعْظَمُ مِنْ عِيانِهِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3380
Imam Ali (AS) said, All the circumstances of this world change abruptly and its ownership is taken away and transferred [to others].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ أحوالِ الدُّنيا زَلْزالٌ وَ مِلْكُها سَلَبٌ وَ انْتِقالٌ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3381
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every moment of this world is [taking it] towards the end and every living thing in it is [moving] towards its death and annihilation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلُّ مُدَّة مِنَ الدُّنيا إلَى انْتِهاء وَكُلُّ حَيّ فيها إلى مَمات وَفَناء
Tags AsceticismDeath
hadith 3382
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many a person who relied upon this world has been made to suffer by it!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ واثِق بِالدُّنيا قَدْ فَجَعَتْهُ
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hadith 3383
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many a person who had confidence in this world has been struck down by it!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ ذي طُمَأنِينَة إلَى الدُّنيا قَدْ صَرَعَتْهُ
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hadith 3384
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many a person who possesses grandeur has this world abased!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ ذي أُبَّهَة جَعَلَتْهُ الدُّنيا حَقيراً
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hadith 3385
Imam Ali (AS) said, How many a person who possesses high standing has this world returned to humility!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ ذي عِزَّة رَدَّتْهُ الدُّنيا ذَليلاً
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hadith 3386
Imam Ali (AS) said, That which has passed from this world suffices as an informer of what remains of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَفى مُخْبِراً عَمّا بَقِيَ مِنَ الدُّنيا ما مَضى مِنْها
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hadith 3387
Imam Ali (AS) said, The abundance of this world is paucity, its grandeur is humiliation, its embellishments are misguiding and its gifts are a trial.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَثْرَةُ الدُّنيا قِلَّةٌ وَعِزُّها ذِلَّةٌ وَ زَخارِفُها مُضِلَّةٌ وَ مَواهِبُها فِتْنَةٌ
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hadith 3388
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be in this world with your body and in the Hereafter with your heart and your actions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُنْ فِي الدُّنيا بِبَدَنِكَ وَفِي الآخِرَةِ بِقَلْبِكَ وَ عَمَلِكَ
Tags AsceticismGood Deeds
hadith 3389
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be most cautious of this world when you are most at ease with it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُنْ آنَسَ ما تَكُونُ بِالدُّنيا أحْذَرَ ما تَكُونُ مِنْها
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hadith 3390
Imam Ali (AS) said, Become uninterested in this world and be infatuated with the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُونُوا عَنِ الدُّنيا نُزّاهاً وَ إلى الآخِرَةِ وُلاّهاً
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hadith 3391
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be among those who recognize the transience of this world so they renounce it and know about the eternity of the Hereafter so they work for it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُونُوا مِمَّنْ عَرَفَ فَناءَ الدُّنيا فَزَهِدَ فيها وَ عَلِمَ بَقاءَ الآخِرَةِ فَعَمِلَ لَها
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hadith 3392
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be a community that understands that this world is not their [permanent] abode so they exchange it [for the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُونُوا قَوْماً عَلِمُوا أنَّ الدُّنيا لَيْسَتْ بِدارِهِمْ فاسْتَبْدَلُوا
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hadith 3393
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be from the children of the Hereafter and do not be from the children of this world, for every child will cling to his mother on the Day of Resurrection.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُونُوا مِنْ أبْناءِ الآخِرَةِ وَلا تَكُونُوا مِنْ أبْناءِ الدُّنْيا فَإنَّ كُلَّ وَلَد سَيَلْحَقُ بِأُمِّهِ يَوْمَ القيمَةِ
Tags AsceticismDay of Judgment
hadith 3394
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whenever a person becomes more preoccupied and infatuated with this world, it makes him enter paths [of danger] and fall into places of destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلَّما إزدادَ المَرْءُ بِالدُّنيا شُغْلاً وَ زادَ بِها وَلَهاً أَوْرَدَتْهُ المَسالِكَ وَأَوْقَعَتْهُ فِي المَهالِكِ
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hadith 3395
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whatever does not benefit, harms, and this world with its sweetness, becomes bitter whereas poverty with [seeking] sufficiency through Allah, never harms.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلَّما لا يَنْفَعُ يَضُرُّ وَ الدُّنيا مَعَ حَلاوَتِها تَمُرُّ وَ الفَقْرُ مَعَ الغِنى بِاللّهِ لايَضُرُّ
Tags AsceticismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3396
Imam Ali (AS) said, Every time something of this world slips away from you, it is an advantage [and a blessing].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُلَّما فاتَكَ مِنَ الدُّنيا شَيْءٌ فَهُوَ غَنيمَةٌ
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hadith 3397
Imam Ali (AS) said, Just as the sun and the night do not come together, similarly love for Allah and love for this world do not come together.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَما أنَّ الشَّمسَ وَ اللَّيلَ لا يَجْتَمِعانِ كَذلِكَ حُبُّ اللّهِ وَ حُبُّ الدُّنيا لايَجْتَمِعانِ
Tags AsceticismLove
hadith 3398
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who claims [to have] certitude in the eternal while he is still attached to the transient, has lied.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَذِبَ مَنِ ادَّعَى اليَقينَ بِالباقي وَ هُوَ مُواصِلٌ لِلفاني
Tags AsceticismCertainty (Yaqin)Lying/Falsehood
hadith 3399
Imam Ali (AS) said, For every abundance [in this world] there is paucity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِكُلِّ كَثْرَة قِلَّةٌ
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hadith 3400
Imam Ali (AS) said, For everything in this world there is expiry and annihilation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِكُلِّ شَيء مِنَ الدُّنيا انْقِضاءٌ وَ فَناءٌ
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hadith 3401
Imam Ali (AS) said, For the one who finds delight in the pleasures of this world there is distress [and regret in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِلْمُسْتَحْلي لَذَّةَ الدُّنيا غُصَّةٌ
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hadith 3402
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed, this world has unveiled the cloak [of its disloyalty] and notified you all equally.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَقَدْ كاشَفَتْكُمُ الدُّنيا الغِطاءَ وَ آذَنَتْكُمْ على سَواء
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hadith 3403
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world of yours is more lowly in my view than the [dry] bone of a pig in the hand of a leper.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَدُنْياكُمْ عِنْدي أهْوَنُ مِنْ عُراقِ خِنْزير على يدِ مَجذُوم
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hadith 3404
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is not a [good] trade to consider this world to be a price for your soul and a substitute to that which is for you with Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ المَتْجَرُ أنْ تَرىَ الدُّنيا لِنَفْسِكَ ثَمَناً وَ مِمّا لَكَ عِندَ اللّهِ عِوَضاً
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hadith 3405
Imam Ali (AS) said, For love of this world, listeners turn a deaf ear to [words of] wisdom and hearts become blind to the light of insight.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِحُبِّ الدُّنْيا صَمَّتِ الأسْماعِ عَنْ سَماعِ الحِكْمَةِ وَ عَمِيَتِ القُلُوبُ عَنْ نُورِ البَصيرَةِ
Tags AsceticismWisdom
hadith 3406
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nobody gains any joy from this world but that it is followed by tears [of sorrow].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ يَنَلْ أحَدٌ مِنَ الدُّنيا حَبْرَةً إلاّ أعْقَبَتْهُ عَبْرَةً
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hadith 3407
Imam Ali (AS) said, Allah, the Glorified, has not cleansed this world for His friends nor has He withheld it from His enemies.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ يُصِفِ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ الدُّنْيا لأوليائِهِ ولَمْ يَضُنَّ بِها على أعْدائِهِ
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hadith 3408
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nobody gets the comforts of this world internally but that he has to face its hardships externally.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ يَلْقَ أحَدٌ مِنْ سَرّاءِ الدُّنْيا بَطْناً إلاّ مَنَحَتْهُ مِنْ ضَرَّائِها ظَهْراً
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hadith 3409
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose effort was for this world did not earn any recompense [for it] nor did he fulfil any obligation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ يُفِدْ مَنْ كانَتْ هِمَّتُهُ الدُّنْيا عِوَضاً وَلَمْ يَقْضِ مُفْتَرَضاً
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hadith 3410
Imam Ali (AS) said, No person in this world is covered by the light rain of ease but that the heavy rain of distress pours upon him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ تُظِلَّ امْرَءً مِنَ الدُّنْيا دِيمَةُ رَخاء إلاّ هَتَنَتْ عَلَيْهِ مُزْنَةُ بَلاء
Tags Trials and AfflictionsWealth/Materialism
hadith 3411
Imam Ali (AS) said, If the people of the world understood [the truth about it], this world would surely be ruined.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ عَقَلَ أهْلُ الدُّنْيا لَخَرِبَتِ الدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/MaterialismIntellect/Reason
hadith 3412
Imam Ali (AS) said, If this world was praiseworthy in front of Allah, He would have reserved it for His friends, but He turned their hearts away from it and expunged its desires from them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ كانَتِ الدُّنْيا عِنْدَ اللّهِ مَحْمُوداً لاخْتَصَّ بِها أولِيائَهُ لكِنَّهُ صَرَفَ قُلُوبَهُمْ عَنْها وَ مَحا عَنْهُمْ مِنْها المَطامِعَ
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hadith 3413
Imam Ali (AS) said, If this world was to remain with one of you, it would not have reached the one in whose hands it is [now].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَوْ بَقِيَتِ الدُّنيا على أحَدِكُمْ لَمْ تَصِلْ إلى مَنْ هيَ في يدَيْهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3414
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who strives for this world is eluded by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ ساعَي الدُّنيا فاتَتْهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3415
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who holds back from this world is sought by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ قَعَدَ عَنِ الدُّنيا طَلَبَتْهُ
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hadith 3416
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who wrestles this world is knocked down by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ صارَعَ الدُّنيا صَرَعَتْهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3417
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who disobeys this world is obeyed by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَصَى الدُّنيا أطاعَتْهُ
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hadith 3418
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who turns away from this world is approached by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أعْرَضَ عَنِ الدُّنيا أتَتْهُ
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hadith 3419
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who knows [the reality of] this world, renounces it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ الدُّنيا تَزَهَّدَ
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hadith 3420
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who thinks little of this world, it comes to him humiliated.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ سَلا عَنِ الدُّنيا أتَتْهُ راغِمَةً
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hadith 3421
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is owned by this world falls down often.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ مَلَكَتْهُ الدُّنيا كَثُرَ صَرْعُهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3422
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is delighted by the embellishments of this world is owned by [its] deceptions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ راقَهُ زِبْرِجُ الدُّنيا مَلَكَتْهُ الخُدَعُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3423
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who buys his Hereafter with his world, gains both of them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ ابْتاعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ رَبِحَهُما
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3424
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who sells his Hereafter for his world loses both of them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ باعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنياهُ خَسِرَهُما
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3425
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks less of this world gains more of that which keeps him secure [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اسْتَقَلَّ مِنَ الدُّنيا اِسْتَكْثَرَ مِمّا يُؤْمِنُهُ
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hadith 3426
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks more of this world gains more of that which will ruin him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اسْتَكْثَرَ مِنَ الدُّنيا اِسْتَكْثَرَ مِمّا يُوْبِقُهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3427
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who builds his world destroys his place of return [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَمَرَ دُنياهُ خَرَّبَ مَآلَهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3428
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is deceived by this world is deceived by [his] aspirations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِالدُّنيا اِغْتَرَّ بِالمُنى
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3429
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is pleased with this world is eluded by the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ رَضِيَ بِالدُّنيا فاتَتْهُ الآخِرَةُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3430
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is greedy for this world is destroyed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ حَرَصَ عَلَى الدُّنيا هَلَكَ
Tags Greed/StinginessWealth/Materialism
hadith 3431
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is not content with the little [he has] of this world will not be satisfied with the much that he accumulates from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كانَ بِيَسيرِ الدُّنيا لا يَقْنَعُ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ مِنْ كَثيرِها ما يَجْمَعُ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Greed/Stinginess
hadith 3432
Imam Ali (AS) said, Who is more at a disadvantage than the one who sells the eternal [Hereafter] for the transient [world]?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أغْبَنُ مِمَّنْ باعَ البَقاءَ بِالفَناءِ؟!
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3433
Imam Ali (AS) said, Who is more at a loss than the one who exchanges the Hereafter for this world?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أخْسَرُ مِمَّنْ تَعَوَّضَ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ بِالدُّنيا ؟!
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3434
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks from this world that which pleases him, his crime (and sinfulness) increases and his transgression prolongs.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طَلَبَ مِنَ الدُّنيا ما يُرْضيهِ كَثُرَ تَجَنّيهِ وَ طالَ تَعَدّيهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3435
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who relies on the deceptions of this world considers himself safe from its perils.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ وَثِقَ بِغُرورِ الدُّنيا أمِنَ مَخُوفَهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3436
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever keeps back from seeking this world, it rises towards him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ قَعَدَ عَنْ طَلَبِ الدُّنيا قامَتْ إلَيهِ
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hadith 3437
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who exceeds the limits in seeking this world dies a pauper.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أسْرَفَ في طَلَبِ الدُّنيا ماتَ فَقيراً
Tags Greed/StinginessWealth/Materialism
hadith 3438
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever turns away from this world, it comes to him belittled.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ عَنِ الدُّنيا أتَتْهُ صاغِرَةً
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3439
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose heart is attached to the love of this world catches three things from it: worry that never leaves him, greed that never abandons him and hopes that are never realized by him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَهِجَ قَلْبُهُ بِحُبِّ الدُّنيا إلْتاطَ مِنها بِثَلاث: هَمّ لايُغْنيهِ (لايُغِبُّهُ) وَحِرص لا يَتْرُكُهُ وَ أمَل لا يُدْرِكُهُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 3440
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever is attracted by the dazzle of this world, it blinds both his eyes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ راقَهُ زِبْرِجُ الدُّنيا أعْقَبَ ناظِرَيْهِ كَمَها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3441
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who desires the adornments of this world is eluded by the sought after eternal bliss [of the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ رَغِبَ في زَخارِفِ الدُّنيا فاتَهُ البَقاءُ المَطْلُوبُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3442
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who has been overcome by this world is blind to that which is in front of him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ غَلَبَتِ الدُّنيا عَلَيْهِ عَمِيَ عَمّا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3443
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who builds his world corrupts his religion and ruins his Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَمَرَ دُنياهُ أفْسَدَ دينَهُ وَ أخْرَبَ أُخْراهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3444
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who loves [to acquire] the prestige of [both] this world and the Hereafter must detest prestige in this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أحَبَّ رِفْعَةَ الدُّنيا وَ الآخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْقُتْ فِي الدُّنيا الرِّفْعَةَ
Tags Arrogance/PrideWealth/Materialism
hadith 3445
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who humbles himself for the children of this world takes off the garment of piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ تَذَلَّلَ لاِبْناءِ الدُّنيا تَعَرّى مِنْ لِباسِ التَّقوى
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 3446
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who fixes his gaze on the children of this world is blinded from the path of guidance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ قَصَّرَ نَظَرَهُ على أبْناءِ الدُّنيا عَمِىَ عَنْ سَبيلِ الهُدى
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceWealth/Materialism
hadith 3447
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who seeks something from this world is eluded by something greater from the Hereafter than what he seeks [from this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طَلَبَ مِنَ الدُّنيا شَيْئاً فاتَهُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ أكْثَرُ مِمّا طَلَبَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3448
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever seeks [the profits of] this world through the work of the Hereafter, it takes him further away from that which he seeks.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طَلَبَ الدُّنيا بِعَمَلِ الآخِرَةِ كانَ أبْعَدَ لَهُ مِمّا طَلَبَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismIntention
hadith 3449
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who is glad to relinquish the bounties of this world [for the sake of the Hereafter] has certainly perfected his intellect.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَن سَخَتْ نَفْسُهُ عَنْ مَواهِبِ الدُّنيا فَقَدِ اسْتَكْمَلَ العَقْلَ
Tags AsceticismIntellect/Reason
hadith 3450
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever gains possession of something of this world loses much more of the Hereafter than what he possesses [of this world].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ مَلَكَ مِنَ الدُّنيا شَيْئاً فاتَهُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ أكثَرَ مِمّا مَلَكَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3451
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who knows [the reality of] this world is not saddened by that which befalls him [in it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ الدُّنيا لَمْ يَحْزَنْ على ما أصابَهُ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3452
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who recognizes the deceptions of this world will not be deceived by its impossible dreams.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَرَفَ خِداعَ الدُّنيا لَمْ يَغْتَرَّ مِنْها بِمُحالاتِ الأحْلامِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3453
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who triumphs in this world becomes troubled and one whom it eludes gets distressed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ ظَفِرَ بِالدُّنيا نَصِبَ وَمَنْ فاتَتْهُ تَعِبَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3454
Imam Ali (AS) said, One in whose eyes this world is grand and in whose heart its position is great, prefers it over Allah and devotes himself to it and becomes a slave to it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عَظُمَتِ الدُّنيا في عَيْنِهِ وَ كَبُرَ مَوْقِعُها في قَلْبِهِ أثَرَها عَلَى اللّهِ وَ انْقَطَعَ إلَيْها وَ صارَ عبداً لَها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3455
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who becomes infatuated with this world, it fills his heart with a sadness which keeps alternating in the black part of his heart, a distress that worries him and a grief that causes him pain, until its suffocation [of death] overtakes him and he is flung in the open while both the arteries of his heart are severed. It is easy for Allah to cause him to die and he becomes too far for his comrades to meet him (or to remain with him).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اسْتَشْعَرَ الشَّغَفَ بِالدُّنيا مَلأَتْ ضميرَهُ أشْجاناً لها رَقْصٌ عَلى سُوَيْداءِ قَلْبِهِ هَمٌّ يَشْغَلُهُ وَ غَمٌّ يَحْزُنُهُ حَتّى يُؤخَذَ بِكَظْمِهِ فَيُلْقى بِالفَضاءِ مُنقَطِعاً أبْهَراهُ هَيِّناً عَلَى اللّهِ فَناءُهُ بَعيداً عَلَى الإخْوانِ لِقاؤُهُ (بَقائُهُ)
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3456
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who relies on this world is indeed wretched and deprived.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ اعْتَمَدَ علَى الدُّنيا فَهُوَ الشَّقيُّ المَحْرُومُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3457
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever serves this world, it exploits him and whoever serves Allah, the Glorified, it (this world) serves him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ خَدَمَ الدُّنيا اِسْتَخْدَمَتْهُ وَ مَن خَدَمَ اللّهَ سُبْحانَهُ خَدَمَتْهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3458
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose concern [and effort] is for this world, his wretchedness and misery will be prolonged on the Day of Resurrection.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ كانَتْ الدُّنيا هَمَّهُ طالَ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ شَقاؤُهُ وَ غَمُّهُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDay of Judgment
hadith 3459
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who does not think about the bounties of his world becomes powerful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ سَلا عَنْ مَواهِبِ الدُّنيا عَزَّ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3460
Imam Ali (AS) said, One of the troubles of this world is the spoiling of union by separation and happiness by distress.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ نَكَدِ الدُّنيا تَنْغيصُ الاِجتِماعِ بِالفُرْقَةِ وَ السُّروُرِ بالغُصَّةِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3461
Imam Ali (AS) said, It is from the lowliness of this world in front Allah is that He is not disobeyed anywhere except in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ هَوانِ الدُّنيا علَى اللّهِ أنْ لا يُعْصى إلاّ فيها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3462
Imam Ali (AS) said, From the [signs of the] contemptibleness of this world in the sight of Allah is that one does not gain that which is with Him except by abandoning it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مِنْ ذَمامَةِ الدُّنيا عِنْدَ اللّهِ أنْ لايُنالَ ما عِنْدَهُ إلاّ بِتَرْكِها
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3463
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nothing corrupts the faith like this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أفْسَدَ الدّينَ كَالدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3464
Imam Ali (AS) said, How will the offshoot remain after the root has gone?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما بَقاءُ فَرْع بَعْدَ ذَهابِ أصْل
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3465
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world of yours which endears itself to you is not better than the Hereafter which is made to appear ugly by your negative perception [of it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما دُنياكَ الَّتي تَحَبَّبَتْ إلَيكَ بِخَير مِنَ الآخِرَةِ الَّتي قَبَّحَها سُوءُ النَّطرِ عِنْدَكَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3466
Imam Ali (AS) said, That which you send forth from this world is for your own benefit and that which you leave behind from it is for your enemy.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما قدَّمْتَ مِنْ دُنياكَ فَلِنَفْسِكَ وَما أخَّرْتَ مِنْها فَلِلْعَدُوِّ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismSpending in God's Path
hadith 3467
Imam Ali (AS) said, That which [one] increases in this world, [he] diminishes in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مازادَ فِي الدُّنيا نَقَصَ فِي الآخِرَةِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3468
Imam Ali (AS) said, That which [one] diminishes in this world, [he] increases in the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مانَقَصَ فِي الدُّنيا زادَ فِي الآخِرَةِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3469
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be overjoyed by that which you obtain in this world and do not despair with sadness for that which eludes you from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مانِلْتَ مِنْ دُنياكَ فَلا تُكْثِرْ بِهِ فَرَحاً وَ ما فاتَكَ مِنْها فلا تَأسَ عَلَيْهِ حُزْناً
Tags Wealth/MaterialismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3470
Imam Ali (AS) said, What is good in a house that falls down like demolished construction and in a lifetime that expires as [its] provisions get exhausted?
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ماخَيْرُ دار تُنْقَضُ نَقْضَ البِناءِ وَ عُمْر يَفْنى فَناءَ الزَّادِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDeath
hadith 3471
Imam Ali (AS) said, What is the matter with you? You are delighted with the little of this world that you obtain while you are not saddened by the abundance of the Hereafter that you are deprived of?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما بالُكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ بِاليَسيرِ مِنَ الدُّنيا تُدْرِكُونَهُ وَ لايَحْزنُكُمُ الكَثيرُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ تُحْرَمُونَهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3472
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world has not deceived you, rather through it you have been deceived.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما الدُّنيا غَرَّتْكَ وَلكِنْ بِهَا اغْتَرَرْتَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3473
Imam Ali (AS) said, The transient world has not beguiled you, rather through it you have been beguiled.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَا العاجِلَةُ خَدَعَتْكَ وَ لكِنْ بِهَا انْخَدَعْتَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3474
Imam Ali (AS) said, What is [the matter] with you that which, if you acquire it [the wealth of this world], its improvement [and seeking something better than it] preoccupies you from enjoying it, and if you enjoy it, it spoils it [the enjoyment] for you with the victory of death over you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مالَكَ وَ ما إنْ أدْرَكْتَهُ شَغَلَكَ بِصَلاحِهِ عَنِ الاستِمتاعِ بِهِ وَ إنْ تَمَتَّعْتَ بِهِ نَغَّصَهُ عَلَيكَ ظَفَرُ المَوتِ بِكَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDeath
hadith 3475
Imam Ali (AS) said, The deceived person who gains success in this world through its smallest portion is not like the other person who is gains success in the Hereafter by exerting his greatest effort.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَا المَغْرُورُ الَّذي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الدُّنيا بِأدْنى سُهْمَتِهِ كَالآخَرِ الَّذي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ بِأعْلى هِمَّتِهِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3476
Imam Ali (AS) said, How close this world is to departure, old age is to youth, and doubt is to uncertainty!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما أقْرَبَ الدُّنيا مِنَ الذَّهابِ وَ الشَّيْبَ مِنَ الشَّبابِ والشَّكَّ مِنَ الاِرتيابِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDeath
hadith 3477
Imam Ali (AS) said, The bitterness of this world is the sweetness of the Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَرارَةُ الدُّنيا حَلاوَةُ الآخِرَةِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3478
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who accompanies this world is a target of calamities and mishaps.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مُصاحِبُ الدُّنيا هَدَفُ النَّوائبِ وَ الغِيَرِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3479
Imam Ali (AS) said, The similitude of this world is like your shadow, if you stop it stops and if you seek it, it moves further away.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَثَلُ الدُّنيا كَظِلِّكَ إنْ وَقَفْتَ وَقَفَ وَ إنْ طَلَبْتَهُ بَعُدَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismParables/Examples (Amthal)
hadith 3480
Imam Ali (AS) said, The similitude of this world is like the snake, its feel is soft but it has deadly venom in its fangs. The inexperienced and ignorant one reaches towards it while the wise and intelligent one is cautious of it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَثَلُ الدُّنيا كَمَثلِ الحَيَّةِ لَيِّنٌ مَسُّها والسَّمُّ القاتِلُ في جَوفِها يَهْوي إلَيْهَا الغِرُّ الجاهِلُ وَ يَحْذَرُهَا اللَّبيبُ العاقلُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismParables/Examples (Amthal)
hadith 3481
Imam Ali (AS) said, The wares of this world are [like] broken orts that cause epidemics, therefore keep off the grazing land which is more beneficial to migrate from than to peacefully stay in, and that of it which suffices for subsistence in it is purer [for the soul] than its riches.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَتاعُ الدُّنيا حُطامٌ مُوبِيٌ فَتَجَنَّبُوا مَرْعاةً قُلْعَتُها أحْظى مِنْ طُمَأنِينَتِها وَ بُلْغَتُها أزْكى مِنْ ثَرْوَتِها
Tags Wealth/MaterialismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3482
Imam Ali (AS) said, Destroyed is one who finds reassurance in this world and makes his religion its dower, so he turns towards it wherever it turns, having taken it to be his [only] concern and his deity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَلَكَ مَنِ اسْتَنامَ إلَى الدُّنيا وَ أمْهَرَها دينَهُ فَهُوَ حَيْثُما مالَتْ مالَ إلَيْها قَدِ اتَّخَذَها هَمَّهُ وَ مَعْبُودُهُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismPolytheism/Idolatry
hadith 3483
Imam Ali (AS) said, Take it easy, for indeed the matter is near, the companionship is short and the sojourn is brief.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَوِّنْ عَلَيْكَ فَإنَّ الأمْرَ قَريبٌ وَ الاِصْطِحابَ قَليلٌ وَالمُقامَ يَسيرٌ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismPatience
hadith 3484
Imam Ali (AS) said, It (this world) is obstructive and obdurate, deviating and swaying, deceiving and ungrateful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هِيَ الصَّدُودُ العَنُودُ وَ الحَيُودُ المَيُودُ وَ الخَدُوعُ الكَنُودُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3485
Imam Ali (AS) said, Those who are pleased with this world are destroyed on the Day of Resurrection and those who are disheartened by it are saved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هَلَكَ الفَرِحُونَ بِالدُّنيا يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ وَ نَجا المَحْزُونُونَ بِها
Tags Wealth/MaterialismDay of Judgment
hadith 3486
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not desire anything that perishes and goes away, for this enough of a detriment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَرْغَبْ فِي كُلِّ ما يَفْنى وَيَذْهَبُ فَكَفى بِذلِكَ مَضَرَّةً
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3487
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not desire this world thereby losing your Hereafter.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَرْغَبْ فِي الدُّنيا فَتَخْسَرَ آخِرَتَكَ
Tags AsceticismWealth/Materialism
hadith 3488
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not desire that which perishes, and take from the transient for the eternal.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَرغَبْ فيما يَفْنى وَ خُذْ مِنَ الفَناءِ لِلْبَقاءِ
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3489
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not jostle for the bounties of this world, for indeed its bounties are trifling.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تُنافِسْ في مَواهِبِ الدُّنيا فَإنَّ مَواهِبَها حَقيرَةٌ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 3490
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not give your religion as dower for this world, for indeed whoever gives his religion as dowry to this world, it brings to him wretchedness, pain, hardship and tribulation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَمْهَرِ الدُّنيا دينَكَ فَإنَّ مَنْ مَهَرَ الدُّنيا دينَهُ زُفَّتْ إلَيهِ بِالشَّقاءِ وَالعَناءِ وَ المِحْنَةِ وَ البَلاءِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3491
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not sell the Hereafter for this world and do not exchange the eternal with the transient.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَبيعُوا الآخِرَةَ بِالدُّنيا وَ لا تَسْتَبْدِلُوا الفَناءَ بِالبَقاءِ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3492
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not let this world tempt you, and do not let your vain desires overpower you, and do not consider your stay in this world to be long, and do not let your hopes deceive you, for indeed hopes are not part of religion in any way.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الدُّنيا وَ لايَغْلِبَنَّكُمُ الهَوى وَلا يَطُولَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ الأمَدُ وَلا يَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الأمَلُ فَإنَّ الأمَلَ لَيسَ مِنَ الدّينِ في شَيْء
Tags Wealth/MaterialismHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 3493
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let not the greatest thing that you achieve in this world be the attainment of pleasures and the quelling of rage, rather let it be the enlivening of truth and the annihilation of falsehood.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَكُونَنَّ أفْضَلَ ما نِلْتَ مِنْ دُنياكَ بُلوغَ لَذَّة وَ شِفاءَ غَيْظ وَ لْيَكُنْ إحياءَ حَقّ وَ إماتَةِ باطل
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGood Deeds
hadith 3494
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not be tempted by good loans [and temporary pleasures], for the loans of this world are returned and you remain with that which you have accumulated of the forbidden.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَفْتِنَنَّكَ دُنْياكَ بِحُسْنِ العَواري فَعَوارِي الدُّنيا تُرْتَجَعُ وَ يَبْقى عَلَيْكَ مَا احْتَقَبْتَهُ مِنَ المَحارِمِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismMajor Sins
hadith 3495
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not let the transient world deceive you with its false amusements, for indeed its amusement ceases while the vices which you have acquired remain with you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَغُرَّنَّكَ العاجِلَةُ بِزُورِ المَلاهي فإنَّ اللَّهْوَ يَنْقَطِعُ وَ يَلْزَمُكَ مَا اكْتَسَبْتَ مِنَ المَآثِمِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismMajor Sins
hadith 3496
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let not any of you pine the way a servant girl pines, for that which has departed from him of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَحِنَنَّ أحَدُكُمْ حَنينَ الأمَةِ على مازُوِيَ عَنْهُ مِنَ الدُّنيا
Tags Wealth/MaterialismContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 3497
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not solicit this world by the work of the Hereafter and do not prefer the transient over the eternal, for this is the trait of the hypocrites and the character of the apostates.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَلْتَمِسِ الدُّنيا بِعَمَلِ الآخِرَةِ وَلا تُؤْثِرِ العاجِلَةَ علَى الآجِلَةِ فَإنَّ ذلِك شيمَةُ المُنافِقينَ وَ سَجِيَّةُ المارقينَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismHypocrisy
hadith 3498
Imam Ali (AS) said, Never be deceived by the condition of the people of vanities [and what they enjoy of this world], for indeed it is an extended shadow [which lasts] until a fixed time.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا يَغُرَّنَّكَ ما أصْبَحَ فيهِ أهْلُ الغُرورِ بِالدُّنيا فَإنَّما هُوَ ظِلٌّ مَمْدُودٌ إلى أجَل مَحْدُود
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3499
Imam Ali (AS) said, The deceptions of this world do not excite the learned.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا يَسْتَفِزُّ خُدَعُ الدُّنيا العالِمَ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismWisdom
hadith 3500
Imam Ali (AS) said, This world does not protect the one who seeks refuge in it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَعْصِمُ الدُّنيا مَنْ لَجَأَ إلَيها
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3501
Imam Ali (AS) said, People do not abandon anything from their religion for the sake of this world but that Allah opens for them that which is more harmful for them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَتْرُكُ النّاسُ شَيْئاً مِنْ دينِهم لإصْلاحِ دُنْياهُمْ إلاّ فَتَحَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ما هُوَ أضَرُّ مِنهُ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3502
Imam Ali (AS) said, The delights of this world do not continue and its joys do not last, and there is no security from its afflictions.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَدُومُ حَبْرَةُ الدُّنيا وَ لا يَبْقى سُرُورُها وَ لاتُؤْمَنُ فَجْعَتُها
Tags Wealth/MaterialismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 3503
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who recognizes this world to renounce its pleasures and to turn away from it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ الدُّنيا أنْ يَزْهَدَ فيها وَ يعْزِفَ عَنْها
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3504
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who recognizes the transient abode to work for the Eternal Abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَرَفَ دارَ الفَناءِ أنْ يَعْمَلَ لِدارِ البَقاءِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGood Deeds
hadith 3505
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves the one who knows how fleeting this world is, to renounce its pleasures.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي لِمَنْ عَلِمَ سُرْعَةَ زَوالِ الدُّنيا أنْ يَزْهدَ فيها
Tags Asceticism
hadith 3506
Imam Ali (AS) said, It behoves a person to seek a cure from the ailments of this world just like a sick person seeks treatment, and he should avoid its lusts and pleasures just as a sick person avoids certain foods.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَنْبَغي أنْ يَتداوِيَ المَرْءُ مِنْ أدواءِ الدُّنيا كَما يَتَداوى ذُو العِلَّةِ وَيَحْتَمِيَ مِنْ شَهَواتِها وَلَذّاتِها كما يَحْتَمِي المَريضُ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismAsceticism
hadith 3507
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world corrupts the faith.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدُّنيا يُفْسِدُ الدّينَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3508
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world suffices and plenty of it destroys.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدُّنيا يَكْفي وَ كَثيرُها يُرْدي
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3509
Imam Ali (AS) said, Little of this world is better than plenty of it, and that of it which suffices for subsistence in it is better than that which destroys.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يَسيرُ الدُّنيا خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثيرِها وَ بُلْغَتُها أجْدَرُ مِنْ هَلَكَتِها
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Wealth/Materialism
hadith 3510
Imam Ali (AS) said, O slaves of desire, cut them short! For indeed, the one who leans on this world gets nothing out of it but the grating sound of hardship.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : يا أسْرَى الرَّغْبَةِ أقْصِرُوا فَإنَّ المُعَرِّجَ عَلَى الدُّنيا لايَرُوعُهُ مِنْها إلاَّ صَريفُ أنيابِ الحِدْثانِ
Tags Wealth/MaterialismGreed/Stinginess
hadith 3511
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who works for this world makes a loss.
مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلدُّنيا خَسِرَ
Tags Wealth/Materialism