The Parable of the World

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The parable of this world is like your shadow - if you stop, it stands still, and if you chase it, it distances itself from you.

Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘The parable of this world is like that of a snake, it is soft to touch but it contains a deadly poison. Men of intellect are cautious whereas children extend their arms towards it.

Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘The parable of this world is that of sea water, however much the thirsty man drinks from it, his thirst intensifies until it kills him.

Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘The world was embodied to Jesus (AS) in the form of a blue-eyed woman, and he said to her, ‘How many have you married? she said, ‘Lots, so he asked, ‘So all of them divorced you?, she replied, ‘No, rather I killed all of them, then Jesus (AS) said, ‘Woe upon your current spouses, for how do they not take a lesson from your previous ones?!