hadith
635
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Reduce [your] hopes, hasten towards [good] deeds and fear the suddenness of death, as the return of lifetime cannot be hoped for like the return of livelihood. Whatever is missed from livelihood today may be hoped for tomorrow with increase, but whatever is lost from ones lifetime yesterday, its return cannot be hoped for today.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قَصِّرُوا الأمَلَ وَبادِرُوا العَمَلَ وَخافُوا بَغْتَةَ الأجلِ فَإنَّهُ لَنْ يُرجى مِنْ رَجْعَةِ العُمْرِ ما يُرجى مِنْ رَجْعَةِ الرِّزقِ ما فاتَ اليَوْمُ مِنَ الرِّزقِ يُرجى غَداً زيادَتُهُ وَ ما فاتَ أمْسِ مِنَ العُمرِ لَمْ تُرْجَ اليَومَ رَجْعَتُهُ
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