hadith
3970
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Neither will you overtake your death nor will you get the sustenance that is not [decreed] for you, so why are you making yourself miserable O wretched one?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِسابِق أجَلَكَ وَ لا بِمَرْزُوقِ ما لَيْسَ لَكَ فَلِما ذا تُشْقي نَفْسَكَ يا شَقِيُّ
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