719 - تَضادُّ الدُّنيا الذَّمِيمَةِ وَالآخِرَةِ

719. The Difference between THE CENSURED WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER

2226.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أحَبَّ دُنياهُ أضَرَّ بآخرَتِهِ .¹

2226.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He who loves his world has harmed his Hereafter.' ²

2227.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ الدنيا والآخِرَةَ عَدُوّانِ مُتَفاوِتانِ ، وسَبيلانِ مُختَلِفانِ ، فَمَن أحَبَّ الدنيا وتَولَّاها أبغضَ الآخِرَةَ وعاداها ، وهُما بمَنزِلَةِ المَشرِقِ والمَغرِبِ وماشٍ بَينَهُما ، كُلَّما قَرُبَ مِن واحدٍ بَعُدَ مِنَ الآخَرِ ، وهُما بَعدُ ضَرَّتانِ .³

2227.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Verily the world and the Hereafter are two opposing enemies and two different paths, so whoever loves and befriends the world has despised the Hereafter and has made it his enemy. They [the world and the Hereafter] are like the east and the west and whoever walks between them, however much he gets closer to one, he distances himself from the other. After all, they are like two wives of the same husband.' ⁴

2228.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَرارةُ الدنيا حَلاوةُ الآخِرَةِ ، وحَلاوَةُ الدنيا مَرارَةُ الآخِرَةِ .⁵

2228.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The bitterness of the world is the sweetness of the Hereafter, and the sweetness of the world is the bitterness of the Hereafter.' ⁶

2229.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : طَلَبُ الجمعِ بينَ الدنيا والآخِرةِ مِن خِداعِ النَّفْسِ .⁷

2229.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Seeking to bring together this world and the next is from the deception of the soul.' ⁸

2230.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما التَذَّ أحدٌ مِنَ الدنيا لَذَّةً إلّا كانتْ لَهُ يومَ القيامةِ غُصّةً .⁹

2230.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'No one tastes a worldly pleasure except that he will face a torment on the Day of Resurrection.' ¹⁰

2231.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ثَروَةُ الدنيا فَقرُ الآخِرَةِ .¹¹

2231.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The wealth of this world is the poverty of the Hereafter.' ¹²

2232.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : واللَّهِ ما الدُّنيا والآخِرَةُ إلّا كَكِفَّتَيِ المِيزانِ ، فأيُّهما رَجَحَ ذَهَبَ بالآخَرِ .¹³

2232. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'By Allah, this world and the next are naught but two scales of a balance, so whichever scale is weightier, it will overpower the other.' ¹⁴

2233.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : آخِرُ نبيٍّ يَدخُلُ الجنّةَ سُليمانُ بنُ داوود عليه السلام ، وذلك لِما اُعطِيَ في الدنيا .¹⁵

2233.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The last prophet to enter paradise will be Solomon ¹⁶ son of David (AS) due to what he was given in this world.' ¹⁷

(اُنظر) المحبّة : باب 431 .

(See also: LOVE: section 431)