hadith
3289
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Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever exerts his soul in a bid to improve himself prospers, and whoever neglects and abandons his soul to its pleasures attracts misfortune and becomes distant [from Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أجهَدَ نَفسَهُ في إصلاحِها سَعِدَ، مَن أهمَلَ نفسَهُ في لَذّاتِها شَقِيَ وبَعُدَ.
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #10045 Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever neglects his soul [as it indulges] in its pleasures becomes wretched and distanced [from the mercy of Allah].
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #10044 Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever struggles with his soul in order to reform it, becomes felicitous.