Transience of this world

Nahj al-Balāgha · Volume 1 · Section 188 · 5 narrations

Hadith 902

I advise you, O people, to fear Allāh and to praise Him profusely for His favours to you and His reward for you and His obligations on you. See how He chose you for favours and dealt with you with mercy. You sinned…

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Hadith 903

[Condition of persons facing death :] I also advise you to remember death and to lessen your heedlessness towards it. Why should you be heedless of Him Who is not heedless of you? Why expect from him (i.e., the angel of…

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Hadith 904

They have made lonely the place where they were living, and are now living where they used to feel lonely. They remained busy about what they had to leave, and did not care for where they were to go. Now, they cannot…

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Hadith 905

[Transience of this world :] May Allāh have pity on you. You should therefore hasten towards (the preparation of) houses which you have been commanded to populate, and towards which you have been called and invited. Seek…

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