705 - الأخذُ مِنَ الدُّنيا بِقَدرِ الضَّرورَةِ

705. TAKING ONLY WHAT IS NECESSARY FROM THE WORLD

2174.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لرجلٍ‏شكا إليه الحاجةَ - : اِعلَم أنّ كلَّ شي‏ءٍ تُصيبُهُ مِن الدنيا فوقَ قُوتِكَ فإنّما أنتَ فيهِ خازنٌ لِغيرِكَ .¹

2174.Imam Ali (AS) said to a man who complained regarding his needs, 'Know that everything that you attain in this world that super-sedes your required provision, you are considered to be its treasurer for someone else.' ²

2175.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا تَسألُوا فيها فوقَ الكَفافِ ، ولا تَطلُبُوا منها أكثرَ مِن البلاغِ .³

2175.Imam Ali (AS) said [regarding the world], 'Do not ask in it for what is more than a sufficient means of living and do not seek from it more than what you need.' ⁴

2176.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الدنيا دارُ المُنافِقينَ ولَيست بدارِ المُتّقينَ ، فَليكُنْ حظُّكَ مِن الدنيا قِوامَ صُلْبِكَ ، وإمساكَ نَفْسِكَ ، والتَزَوّدَ لمَعادِكَ .⁵

2176.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The world is the abode of the hypocrites and it is not the abode of the pious ones, so take from the world enough to keep your body strong, to keep yourself alive and to gain provision for your Resurrection.' ⁶

2177.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ما منزلةُ الدنيا مِن نفسي إلّا بمنزلةِ الميتةِ ، إذا اضطُرِرتُ إليها أكَلتُ مِنها .⁷

2177.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The status of this world according to me is just as a dead body, where I will only eat from it if I am compelled to do so.' ⁸

704 - تَفسيرُ الدُّنيا

704. EXPLANATION OF THE WORLD

2172.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الدنيا ملعونةٌ وملعونٌ ما فيها ، إلّا ما ابتُغِيَ به وَجهُ اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ .¹

2172.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The world is cursed along with what is in it, except that through which the pleasure of Allah is sought.' ²

2173.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : الدنيا دُنياءانِ : دنيا بلاغٍ ودنيا ملعونةٌ .³

2173. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'The world is of two types: that which causes one to attain [success in the Hereafter] and that which is cursed.' ⁴