hadith
7182
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Act now, O servants of Allah, while the neck is free [from the noose] and the spirit is unfettered in the period of guidance, while the bodies are at ease and the rest of your life lies ahead, while you have the free will to act, the opportunity to seek repentance and chance to rectifying your misdeeds. [So act] before you are overtaken by straitened circumstances and distress, fear and weakness, and before the approach of the anticipated hidden one (i.e. the Angel of Death) and the seizing of the Almighty, the Omnipotent.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا فَاعْمَلُوا عِبادَ اللّهِ وَ الخَناقُ مُهْمَلٌ وَ الرُّوحُ مُرْسَلٌ في فِينَةِ الإرْشادِ وَ راحَةِ الأجسادِ وَ مَهَلِ البَقيَّةِ وَ أُنُفِ المَشِيَّةِ وَ إنْظارِ التَّوبَةِ وَانْفِساحِ الحَوْبَةِ قَبْلَ الضَّنْكِ وَ المَضيقِ وَ الرَّدْعِ وَ الزُّهُوقِ قَبْلَ قُدُومِ الغائِبِ المُنْتَظَرِ وَ أخْذَةِ العَزيزِ المُقْتَدِرِ
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