hadith
3219
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed Allah, the Exalted, has made this world for that which comes after it, and in it He has tests its inhabitants so that He may know who from among of them is best in conduct. We have not been created for this world and we have not been commanded to strive for it, rather we have only been placed in it in order to be tested and [so] that we may work in it for what is [to come] after it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللّهَ تعالى جَعَلَ الدُّنيا لِما بَعْدَها وَ ابْتَلى فيها أهْلَها لِيَعْلَمَ أيُّهُمْ أحْسَنُ عَمَلاً وَ لَسْنا لِلدُّنيا خُلِقْنا وَلا بِالسَّعيِ لَها اُمِرْنا وَ إنَّما وُضِعْنا فيها لِنُبْتَلى بِها وَ نَعْمَلَ فيها لِما بَعْدَها
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