hadith
3198
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily this world is the abode of tribulations and the place of trials, whoever seeks it is evade by it and whoever keeps away from it, it advances towards him; the one who looks at it gets blinded by it and the one who looks through it, gets enlightened by it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا دارُ مِحَن وَ مَحَلُّ فِتَن مَنْ ساعاها فاتَتْهُ وَ مَنْ قَعَدَ عَنْها واتَتْهُ وَمَنْ أبْصَرَ إلَيْها أعْمَتْهُ وَ مَنْ بَصُرَ بِها (أبْصَرَ بِها) بَصَّرَتْهُ
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