hadith
3193
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is ungrateful and stubborn, abandoning and disavowing, attracting and distracting; its condition is [constantly] changing, its calmness is shaking, its honour is disgrace, its seriousness is jest, its abundance is deficiency, its height is lowliness, its people are moving and following, reaching and departing. It is the abode of war, plunder, pillage and destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لَهيَ الكَنُودُ العَنُودُ وَ الصَّدُودُ الجَحُودُ وَ الحَيُودُ المَيُودُ حالُها اِنْتِقالٌ وَ سُكُونُها زِلْزالٌ وَ عِزُّها ذُلٌّ وَ جِدُّها هَزْلٌ وَ كَثْرَتُها قُلٌّ وَعِلْوُها سِفْلٌ أهْلُها على ساق وَ سياق وَ لِحاق و فِراق وَ هيَ دارُ حَرَب وَسَلَب ونَهَب وَ عَطَب
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