sayingSelf-DisciplineSaying 133
“This world is a transient place, not a place of stay. The people herein are of two types: One is a man who sold away his soul (to his passions) and thus ruined it, and the other is a man who purchased his soul (by controlling his desires) and freed it.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: this world is a transient place, not a place of stay. the people herein are of two types: one is a man who sold away his soul (to his passions) and thus ruined it, and the other is a man who purchased his soul (by controlling his desires) and freed it.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Identify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
SOURCE
Saying 133 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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