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Hadith 2159
Hadith #
2159
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
251
Part
Sayings
Chapter
Worldly pleasures versus eternal rewards
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
251. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The sourness of this world is the sweetness of the next world while the sweetness of this world is the sourness of the next one.
٢٥١. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَرَارَةُ الدُّنْيَا حَلاَوَةُ الْآخِرَةِ، وَحَلاَوَةُ الدُّنْيَا مَرَارَةُ الْآخِرَةِ.
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