hadith
3211
۞
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed this world is sweet and fresh, surrounded by [lustful] desires; it delights with little, and is adorned with hopes and embellished with vanities. Its exhilaration does not last and its afflictions cannot be avoided. It is very deceitful, harmful, volatile, evanescent, perishing, transient, devouring and destructive.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا حُلْوَةٌ نَضِرَةٌ حُفَّتْ بِالشَّهَواتِ وَراقَتْ بِالقَليلِ وَ تَحَلَّتْ بِالآمالِ وَ تَزَيَّنَتْ بِالغُرُورِ لا تَدُومُ حَبْرَتُها وَ لا تُؤْمَنُ فَجْعَتُها غَرّارَةٌ ضَرّارَةٌ حائِلَةٌ زائِلَةٌ نافِدَةٌ بائِدَةٌ أكّالَةٌ غَوّالَةٌ
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