hadith
3207
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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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