sayingDunya & HereafterSaying 126
“I wonder at the miser who is speeding towards the very destitution from which he wants to run away and misses the very ease of life which he covets. Consequently, he passes his life in this world like the destitute but will have to render an account in the next world like the rich.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: i wonder at the miser who is speeding towards the very destitution from which he wants to run away and misses the very ease of life which he covets. consequently, he passes his life in this world like the destitute but will have to render an account in the next world like the rich.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Do one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
SOURCE
Saying 126 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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