hadith
1582
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Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) said: “How can I describe a house (i.e. this world) which starts with hardship and ends in destruction. There is reckoning for the illegitimate things, and there is punishment for the forbidden things. Whoever gets rich in this house will become rebellious, and whoever gets needy will get sad. Whoever goes after this world will lose it, and it will go after whoever abandons it. Whoever looks at it will gain insight, but whoever looks for it will get blinded by it.”
قال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): ما أصف دارا أولها عناء وآخرها فناء! في حلالها حساب وفي حرامها عقاب، من استغنى فيها فتن، ومن افتقر فيها حزن، ومن ساعاها فاتته، ومن قعد عنها أتته، ومن أبصر بها بصرته، ومن أبصر إليها أعمته.
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