hadith
151
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Imam Ali (AS) said, A man may be happy to gain what he was not meant to lose, and [he may be] saddened to lose what he was not meant to gain; so let your happiness be in that which you have acquired for your Hereafter and let your sadness be in that which you have lost from it; and let your concern be for that which comes after death.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ المَرْءَ قَدْ يَسُرُّهُ دَرَكُ ما لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَفُوتَهُ وَ يَسُؤُءُهُ فَوْتُ ما لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُدْرِكَهُ فَلْيَكُنْ سُرُورُكَ بِما نِلتَ مِنْ آخِرَتِكَ وَ لْيَكُنْ أسَفُكَ على ما فاتَكَ مِنْها وَ لْيَكُنْ هَمُّكَ لِما بَعْدَ المَوْتِ
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