hadith
9476
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily before you is an arduous mountain-pass [that is difficult to traverse] where the one with a light burden will be in a better condition than the one with a heavy burden and the one who has to go through it slowly will be worse off than the one who can pass through swiftly. Indeed its place of descent for you inevitably leads either to Paradise or hellfire.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أمامَكَ عَقَبَةً كَؤُوداً المُخِفُّ فيها أحْسَنُ حالاً مِنَ المُثْقِلِ وَالمُبْطِيُ عَلَيْها أقْبَحُ أمْراً مِنَ المُسْرِعِ إنَّ مَهْبِطَها بِكَ لامَحالَةَ عَلى جَنَّة أوْ نار
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