sayingDunya & HereafterSaying 440
“Livelihood is of two kinds: the seeker and the sought. Therefore, whoever hankers after this world, death traces him till it turns him out of it. But whoever hankers after the next world, worldly ease itself seeks him till he receives his livelihood from it.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: livelihood is of two kinds: the seeker and the sought. therefore, whoever hankers after this world, death traces him till it turns him out of it. but whoever hankers after the next world, worldly ease itself seeks him till he receives his livelihood from it.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Do one small act today whose reward is in the Hereafter.
SOURCE
Saying 440 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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