hadith
3173
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the seriousness of this world is jest, its honour is disgrace and its height is lowliness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ جِدَّ الدُّنيا هَزْلٌ وَ عِزَّها ذُلُّ وَعِلْوَها سِفْلٌ
Tags
Asceticism
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3343 Imam Ali (AS) said, The sovereignty of this world is disgrace and its loftiness is lowness.
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #3193 Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is ungrateful and stubborn, abandoning and disavowing, attracting and distracting; its condition is...
- Nahj al-Balāgha #925 Beware, this world attracts and then turns away. It is stubborn, refusing to go ahead. It speaks lies and misappropriates. It disowns and is...