وقال عليه السلام :
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
مَنْ أَصْبَحَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا حَزِيناً
He who is sorrowful for this world
فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ لِقَضَاءِ اللهِ سَاخِطاً،
is in fact displeased with the dispensation of Allah.
وَمَنْ أَصْبَحَ يَشَكُو مُصِيبَةً نَزَلَتْ بِهِ
He who complains of a calamity that befalls him
فَقَدْ أَصْبَحَ يَشْكُو رَبَّهُ،
complains of his Lord (Allah).
وَمَنْ أَتى غَنِيَّاً فَتَوَاضَعَ لِغِنَاهُ
He who approaches a rich man and bends before him on account of his riches
ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا دِينِهِ،
then two-third of his religion is gone.
وَمَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَمَاتَ فَدَخَلَ النَّارَ
If a man reads the Qur'an and on dying goes to Hell
فَهُوَ مِمَّنْ كَانَ يَتَّخِذُ آيَاتِ اللهِ هُزُواً،
then it means that he was among those who treated Divine verses with mockery.
وَمَنْ لَهِجَ قَلْبُهُ بِحُبِّ الدُّنْيَا الْتَاطَ قَلْبُهُ مِنْهَا بِثَلاَثٍ:
If a man's heart gets attached to the world, then it catches three things,
هَمٍّ لاَ يُغِبُّهُ،
namely worry that never leaves him,
وَحِرْصٍ لاَ يَتْرُكُه،
greed that does not abandon him
وَأَمَلٍ لاَ يُدْرِكُهُ.
and desire which he never fulfils.
