Nahj al-Balāgha

Ali's admonition on piety and the afterlife

Volume 1 Section 370 2 narrations
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Hadith 2212
370. It is related that it was seldom that Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, ascended the pulpit and did not utter the following before his sermon:
۳۷۰. وَرُوِيَ أَنَّهُ (عليه السلام) قَلَّمَا اعْتَدَلَ بِهِ الْمِنْبَرُ إِلَّا قَالَ أَمَامَ الْخُطْبَةِ:
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Hadith 2213
O’ people, fear Allāh for man has not been created for naught so that he may waste himself, nor has he been left uncared for so that he may commit nonsensical acts. This world which appears beautiful to him cannot be the replacement of the next world which appears bad in his eyes, nor is the vain person who is successful in this world through his high courage like him who is successful in the next world even to a small extent.
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، اتَّقُوا اللهَ، فَمَا خُلِقَ امْرُؤٌ عَبَثاً فَيَلْهُوَ وَلَا تُرِكَ سُدىً فَيَلْغُوَ وَمَا دُنْيَاهُ الَّتي تَحَسَّنَتْ لَهُ بِخَلَفٍ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ الَّتي قَبَّحَها سُوءُ النَّظَرِ عِنْدَهُ، وَمَا الْمَغْرُورُ الَّذِي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بأَعْلَى هِمَّتِهِ كَالْآخَرِ الَّذِي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ بِأَدْنَى سُهْمَتِهِ.
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