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Hadith 1025
Hadith #
1025
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
201
Part
Sermons
Chapter
One should not be afraid of the scarcity of those who tread on the right path
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
O people! Do not be desolate at the small number of those who follow the right path, because people throng only round the table (of this world) where the duration of satiety is short and its hunger is prolonged.
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، لاَ تَسْتَوْحِشُوا فِي طَرِيقِ الْهُدَىُ لِقِلَّةِ أَهْلِهِ، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى مَائِدَة شِبَعُهَا قَصِيرٌ، وَجُوعُهَا طَوِيلٌ.
Tags Guidance and MisguidanceParables/Examples (Amthal)

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