hadith
3221
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Imam Ali (AS) said, This world was neither created for you as a permanent abode nor as a place to settle, rather it has only been made as a passage for you so that you may acquire from it the provisions of good deeds for the abode of [permanent] settlement. Therefore be alert and do not let its temporary pleasures deceive you or its temptations beguile you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الدُّنيا لَمْ تُخْلَقْ لَكُمْ دارَ مَقام وَ لا مَحَلَّ قَرار وَ إنَّما جُعِلَتْ لَكُمْ مَجازاً لِتَزَوَّدُوا مِنْها الأعمالَ الصّالِحَةَ لِدارِ القَرارِ فَكُونُوا مِنْها على أوْفاز وَلا تَخْدَعَنَّكُمْ مِنها العاجِلَةُ وَلا تَغُرَّنَّكُمْ فيها الفِتْنَةُ
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