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Imam Ali (AS) said, A believer looks at this world with eyes that derive lesson, and consumes from it only what is necessary, and hears in it with ears of hatred and enmity [towards it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمُؤمِنُ يَنْظُرُ إلَى الدُّنيا بِعَيْنِ الإعتِبارِ وَ يَقْتاتُ فيها بِبَطْنِ الإضْطِرارِ وَ يَسْمَعُ فيها بِأُذُنِ المَقْتِ وَ الإبْغاضِ
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