World
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Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The world is for the one who abandons it and the Hereafter is for the one who seeks it.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 81, no. 43; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 998 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The example of this world is like your shadow for if you stand still, it stands still and if you chase it, it distances itself.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9818; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 998 link
Do not insult the world for it is the best mount for the believer, because by means of it he attains good and through it he is saved from evil. If a servant [of Allah] says: "May Allah curse the world", the world replies: "May Allah curse the most disobedient one towards his Lord from among us!".
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 178, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 998 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
O you who insult the world, who have been deceived by its deceit and cheated by its falsities, do you covet the world and then insult it? Should you accuse it or should it accuse you? When did it bewilder it or deceive you?! Verily the world is an abode of truth for he who is truthful to it, an abode of wellbeing for he who understands it, and an abode of riches for he who collects provision from it [for the next world].
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying.131; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 999 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Beware of the world, for verily with regards to its lawful things there is accountability and with regards to its unlawful things there is punishment, its beginning is hardship and its end is annihilation.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 23, no. 88; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1002 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Beware of this deceptive and deceitful world that has been beautified by its ornaments and has seduced through its delusions such that it has become like an unveiled bride upon whom everyone's eyes are gazing.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 108, no. 109; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1002 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Beware of the world, for verily it is deceptive, delusive and deceitful, it is a giver that deprives, and one who clothes yet leaves you naked.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 230; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1002 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Beware of the world, for verily it is the enemy of the friends of Allah and the enemy of His enemies too. As for the friends of Allah, it fills them with grief and as for Allah's enemies, it deludes them.
Nahj al-Sa`ada, v. 3, p. 202; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1002 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Verily the world is a house of deception and deceit, it takes a spouse everyday, kills a family every night and splits up a group every hour.
Nahj al-Sa`ada, v. 3, p. 174; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1002 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The world is the marketplace of the losers.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 396; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 999 link
Leave the world to the seekers of the world, for those who pick up from it beyond their need, are surely trying to ruin themselves, but they know it not, indeed.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1179; Page No. 169 link
Live as long as you wish, for you will finally perish, love whoever wants your heart, for from him/her you'll finally depart, and do whatever you wish to do, for it will finally come back to you.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1197; Page No. 171&172 link
Look at those who are lower that you (in material possessions), not at those who are higher, and thus you (can) better appreciate God's blessings.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1201; Page No. 172 link
The world is an hour [long] so make it one of obedience.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 164, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1010 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The world is the origin of evil and the place of deceit.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1473; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 999 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
It is deceitful, and all that is in it is deceptive. It is perishable and all that is on it will perish. There is no good in any of its provisions except in piety and Godwariness.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 111; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1003 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
O World, deceive those who are ignorant of your tricks and who are unaware of the snares of your sly deceptions.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6413; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1003 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The transient world is the booty of the foolish.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1110; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1003 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Look at the world through the eyes of those who have renounced it, for verily its inhabitants are quick to depart it and its opulence inflicts distress. So do not allow the abundance of what amazes you therein to deceive you, for it is but a little that you will take with you thereof.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 20, no. 79; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1004 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
View the world through the eyes of one who has renounced it and separated from it, and do not view it through the eyes of one who loves it passionately and tenderly.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2386; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1004 link
If this world is transient, then why be satisfied with it?
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 88, no. 54; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1004 link
said in counsel to his son, 'Sell your world for your Hereafter and you will attain both of them, but do not sell your Hereafter for your world for you will lose them both.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 13, p. 422, no. 17; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1004 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who worships the world and prefers it over the Hereafter seeks an unhealthy outcome.
al-Khisal, p. 632, no. 10; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1004 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
No sooner do people abandon an aspect of their religion in order to advance their worldly affairs than Allah will inflict them with something that is more detrimental than that.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 106; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1004 link
The world is the prison of the believer, the grave is his fortress and Paradise is his final abode. The world is the Paradise of the disbeliever, the grave is his prison and the Fire is his final abode.
al-Khisal, p. 108, no. 74; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1005 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The one who regards the worldly affairs as his greatest concern, his grief and distress are lengthened.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 81, no. 43; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1005 link
The person who wakes up in the morning and retires at night having worldly affairs as his greatest concern, Allah places poverty between his eyes, scatters his affairs, and he will not take from this world except what Allah has apportioned for him. As for the one who wakes up in the morning and retires at night having the Hereafter as his greatest concern, Allah places needlessness in his heart and brings together his affairs for him.
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 319, no. 15; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1005 link
Allah says, 'Were it not for My believing servant, I would have tied a headband of jewels around the head of the disbeliever.'
al-Tamhid, p. 47, no. 73; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1006 link
If the world was worth the same as the wing of a mosquito in Allah's eyes, the disbeliever and the insolent person would never get to drink a sip of water from it.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 531, no. 1162; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1006 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The lowliness of the world in Allah's eyes can be seen by the fact that He is not disobeyed except in it, and what is with Him cannot be attained except by abandoning the world.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 385; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1006 link
Verily the lowliness of this world in Allah's eyes can be seen by the fact that the head of Prophet John, son of Prophet Zacharias was gifted to a whore from the whores of the Israelites.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 44, p. 365; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1006 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Verily the world and the Hereafter are two opposing enemies and two different paths, so whoever loves and befriends the world has despised the Hereafter and has made it his enemy. They [the world and the Hereafter] are like the east and the west and whoever walks between them, however much he gets closer to one, he distances himself from the other. After all, they are like two wives of the same husband.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 103; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1007 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The bitterness of the world is the sweetness of the Hereafter, and the sweetness of the world is the bitterness of the Hereafter.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 251; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1007 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Seeking to bring together this world and the next is from the deception of the soul.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5995; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1007 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
No one tastes a worldly pleasure except that he will face a torment on the Day of Resurrection.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9618; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1007 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The wealth of this world is the poverty of the Hereafter.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4705; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1007 link
By Allah, this world and the next are naught but two scales of a balance, so whichever scale is weightier, it will overpower the other.
al-Khisal, p. 64, no. 95; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1007 link
The last prophet to enter paradise will be Solomon [Prophet Solomon (AS) is known as Sulayman in the Arabic tradition (ed.)] son of David (AS) due to what he was given in this world.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 14, p. 74, no. 16; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1008 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Wealth and children are the cultivation of the world and righteous deeds are the cultivation of the Hereafter, and sometimes Allah combines the two for people.
Nahj al-Sa`ada, v. 3, p. 127; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1008 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Being happy with the world is foolishness.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 404; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 1003 link
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