Al-Sadiq (as) would say: Be steady in your actions, for surely, you will die, Decide for yourself, O human, For it is as though what is past did not occur at all, And what is present is already past.
6 - وبهذا الاسناد، قال
كان الصادق (عليه السلام) يقول: اعمل على مهل فإنك ميت * * واختر لنفسك أيها الانسان فكأن ما قد كان لم يك إذ مضى * * وكأن ما هو كائن قد كان (5)
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