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76ـ رُوِيَ أنّ جَبرئيلَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) قالَ لِنوحٍ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يا أطوَلَ الأنبياءِ عُمراً ، كيفَ وَجَدتَ الدنيا؟ قال: كَدارٍ لَها بابانِ دَخَلتُ مِن أحَدِهما وخَرَجتُ مِنَ الآخَرِ. |
| 76– It is narrated in Tanbih al-Khawatir that the archangel Gabriel (AS) said to Prophet Noah (AS), ‘O prophet who has lived for the longest number of years, how did you find this world?’ he replied, ‘Like a house which has two doors, I entered through one and then left through the other.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 131] |
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77ـ عيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّما الدنيا قَنطَـرةٌ ، فاعبُرُوها ولا تَعمُروها. |
| 77– Prophet Jesus (AS) said, ‘Verily this world is a bridge, so cross over it but do not build on it.’[al-Khisal, p. 65, no. 95] |
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78ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): ما الدنيا في الآخِرَةِ إلاّ مِثلُ مايَجعَلُ أحدُكُم إصبَعَهُ في اليَمِّ فليَنظُرْ بِمَ يَرجِعُ. |
| 78– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘This world when compared to the Hereafter is just as if one of you dips his finger in the sea and sees what he comes out with.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 119, no. 110] |
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79ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الدنيا ساعةٌ فاجعَلوها طاعةً . |
| 79– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The world is an hour [long] so make it one of obedience.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 164, no. 2] |
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80ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الدنيا مُنتَقِلَةٌ فانيةٌ ، إن بَقِيَتْ لَكَ لَم تَبقَ لَها . |
| 80– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The world is a transitory and mobile thing, even if it waits for you, do not wait for it.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1802] |
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81ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أيّها الناسُ ، إنّما الدنيا دارُ مَجازٍ والآخِرةُ دارُ قَرارٍ ، فخُذوا مِن مَمَرِّكُم لِمَقَرِّكُم . |
| 81– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘O people, verily the world is a passage while the Hereafter is a permanent abode, so take [as much as you can] from the passage for the permanent abode.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 203] |
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82ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الدنيا دارُ مَمَرٍّ لا دارُ مَقَرٍّ ، والناسُ فيها رجُلانِ: رجلٌ باعَ فيها نفسَهُ فأوبَقَها ، ورَجُلٌ ابتاعَ نفسَهُ فَأعتَقَها . |
| 82– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘This world is a transitory place and not a permanent one. The people therein are of two types, the man who has sold his self [to his passions] and thus ruined it, and the man who has purchased his self [by control against his passions] and thus freed it.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 133] |
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83ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ عليهالسلام : أنزِلِ الدنيا كمَنزِلٍ نَزَلتَهُثُمّ ارتَحَلتَ عَنهُ ، أو كمالٍ وَجَدتَهُ في مَنامِكَ فاستَيقَظتَ ولَيس مَعكَ مِنهُ شيءٌ ، إنّي (إنّما) ضَرَبتُ لكَ هذا مَثَلاً لأ نّها عِندَ أهلِ اللُبِّ والعِلمِ باللّه كَفَيْءِ الظِّلالِ. |
| 83– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘[Consider] your sojourn in this world just as a house that you stayed in and [soon] departed from, or an object of perfection that you witnessed in a dream then you awoke and not a thing from it remained with you. I have given you this parable because this world, according to the people of intellect and knowledge of Allah, is just as the shadow in the shade.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 133, no. 16] |
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84- الإمامُ الباقرُ عليهالسلام : إنّ الدنيا عِندَ العُلَماءِ مِثلُ الظِلِّ. |
| 84– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘The world in the eyes of the learned ones is like a shadow.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 126, no. 123] |
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85- الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليهالسلام : إنّ لُقمانَ قالَ لاِبنِهِ : ... إنّ الدنيا بحرٌ عميقٌ ، قد غَرِقَ فيها عالَمٌ كثيرٌ ، فلتَكُنْ سَفينتُكَ فيها تَقوَى اللّه ، وحَشوُها الإيمانُ وشِراعُها التوكُّلُ ، وقَيِّمُها العقلُ ، ودليلُها العِلمُ ، وسُكّانُها الصَّبرُ. |
| 85– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Luqman said to his son:…the world is a deep ocean in which many worlds have already drowned, so make Godwariness your boat, faith its content, trust in Allah its sail, reason its custodian, knowledge its guide and patience its inhabitants.’[al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 16, no. 12] |
