11.Faḍālah narrated from Ismāʿīl, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said
“ʿĪsā ibn Maryam (a) used to say [regarding death], ‘A terror which youknow not when you will meet, so what prevents you from preparing for it before it comes to you suddenly?’”
فضالة عن إسماعيل عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال
كان عيسى بن مريم عليه السلام يقول: هو لا تدرى متى يلقاك ما يمنعك أن تستعد له قبل أن يفجأك؟
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