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Hadith 1425
Hadith #
1425
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
45
Part
Letters
Chapter
To the governor of Basra upon learning that he had accepted an invitation to a lavish banquet
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
A part of the same which is the end of the letter : Get away from me, O’ world. Your rein is on your own shoulders as I have released myself from your ditches, removed myself of your snares and avoided walking into your slippery places. Where are those whom you have deceived by your jokes? Where are those communities whom you have enticed with your embellishments? They are all confined to graves and hidden in burial places.
ومن هذا الكتاب، وهو آخره: إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي يَا دُنْيَا، فَحَبْلُكِ عَلَى غَارِبِكِ، قَدِ انْسَلَلْتُ مِنْ مَخَالِبِكِ، وَأَفْلَتُّ مِنْ حَبَائِلِكِ، وَاجْتَنَبْتُ الذَّهَابَ فِي مَدَاحِضِكِ. أَيْنَ الْقُرُونُ الَّذِينَ غَرَرْتِهِمْ بَمَدَاعِبِكَ؟! أَيْنَ الْأُمَمُ الَّذِينَ فَتَنْتِهِمْ بِزَخَارِفِكِ؟! فَهَا هُمْ رَهَائِنُ الْقُبُورِ، وَمَضَامِينُ اللُّحُودِ.
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