Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: it deceives, it harms and it passes away. allah, the sublime, did not approve it as a reward for his lovers nor as a punishment for his enemies. in fact, the people of this world are like those riders that as soon as they descended, the driver called out to them and they marched off.

Do one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.

Saying 424 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)