715 - خَطَرُ إيثارِ الدُّنيا

715. The Danger of Preferring THE WORLD [OVER THE HEREAFTER]

(فَأَمّا مَنْ طَغى‏ * وَآثَرَ الْحَياةَ الدُّنْيا * فَإنّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأوى‏) .¹

"As for him who was rebellious and preferred the life of this world, his refuge will indeed be hell." ²

2215.لقمانُ عليه السلام - لابنِهِ وهو يَعِظُهُ - : بِعْ دُنياكَ بِآخِرَتِكَ تَربَحْهُما جميعاً ، ولا تَبِعْ آخِرَتَكَ بدُنياكَ تَخْسَرهما جميعاً .³

2215. Luqman (AS) said in counsel to his son, 'Sell your world for your Hereafter and you will attain both of them, but do not sell your Hereafter for your world for you will lose them both.' ⁴

2216.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن عَبَدَ الدنيا وآثَرَها على الآخرةِ استَوخَمَ العاقِبةَ .⁵

2216.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The one who worships the world and prefers it over the Hereafter seeks an unhealthy outcome.' ⁶

2217.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا يَترُكُ الناسُ شيئاً مِن أمرِ دينِهِم لاستِصلاحِ دُنياهُم إلّا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ علَيهِم ما هو أضَرُّ مِنهُ .⁷

2217.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'No sooner do people abandon an aspect of their religion in order to advance their worldly affairs than Allah will inflict them with something that is more detrimental than that.' ⁸

(اُنظر) الآخرة : باب 17 .

(See also: THE HEREAFTER: section 17)