sayingJusticeSaying 209
“The life of this world shall be kind to us after being cruel to us just as a she-camel that rejects those who milk it but turns with affection to its newborn. Having said so, the Imam (x) recited the following verse: "And We wished to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land, to make them leaders (in faith) and to make them heirs" (Quran, 28:5).”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: the life of this world shall be kind to us after being cruel to us just as a she-camel that rejects those who milk it but turns with affection to its newborn. having said so, the imam (x) recited the following verse: "and we wished to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land, to make them leaders (in faith) and to make them heirs" (quran, 28:5).
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Give one person today what is due to them — fully and without delay.
SOURCE
Saying 209 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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