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)

718 - هَوانُ الدُّنيا عَلَى اللَّهِ‏

718. THE LOWLINESS OF THE WORLD IN ALLAH'S EYES

(وَلَوْلا أن يَكونَ النّاسُ أُمَّةً واحِدَةً لَجَعَلْنا لِمَنْ يَكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمنِ لِبُيُوتِهم سُقُفاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ مَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ وَ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَ بًا وَ سُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكُِونَ وَ زُخْرُفًا وَإنْ كُلُّ ذلِكَ لَمّا مَتاعُ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا والْآخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقينَ) .¹

"Were it not [for the danger] that mankind would be one community, We would have surely made for those who defy the All-beneficent, silver roofs for their houses...yet all that would be nothing but the wares of the life of this world, and the Hereafter near your Lord is for the Godwary." ²

2222.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يقولُ اللَّهُ : لولا عَبدي المؤمنُ لَعَصَّبْتُ رأسَ الكافِرِ بعِصابةٍ مِن جَوهَرٍ .³

2222.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah says, 'Were it not for My believing servant, I would have tied a headband of jewels around the head of the disbeliever.' ⁴

2223.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لو أنّ الدنيا كانَت تَعدِلُ عند اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ جَناحَ بَعوضَةٍ ما سَقَى الكافِرَ والفاجرَ مِنها شَربَةً مِن ماءٍ .⁵

2223.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If the world was worth the same as the wing of a mosquito in Allah's eyes, the disbeliever and the insolent person would never get to drink a sip of water from it.' ⁶

2224.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مِن هَوانِ الدنيا على اللَّهِ أ نّهُ لا يُعصى‏ إلّا فيها ، ولا يُنالُ ما عندَهُ إلّا بتَركِها .⁷

2224.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The lowliness of the world in Allah's eyes can be seen by the fact that He is not disobeyed except in it, and what is with Him cannot be attained except by abandoning the world.' ⁸

2225.الإمامُ الحسينُ عليه السلام : إنَّ مِن هَوانِ الدنيا على‏ اللَّه تعالى‏ أنَّ رَأسَ يحيى بنِ زكريّا اُهدِيَ إلى‏ بَغِيٍّ مِن بَغايا بني إسرائيلَ .⁹

2225.Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, 'Verily the lowliness of this world in Allah's eyes can be seen by the fact that the head of Prophet John, son of Prophet Zacharias was gifted to a whore from the whores of the Israelites.' ¹⁰