sayingAccountabilitySaying 121
“What a difference there is between two kinds of actions: "A deed whose pleasure passes away but its (ill) consequence remains, and a deed whose hardship passes away but its reward stays.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: what a difference there is between two kinds of actions: "a deed whose pleasure passes away but its (ill) consequence remains, and a deed whose hardship passes away but its reward stays.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Tonight, account for one action before Allah does.
SOURCE
Saying 121 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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