وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ
O groups of people,
اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ
fear Allah,
فَكَمْ مِنْ مُؤَمِّلٍ مَا لَا يَبْلُغُهُ
for there is many a man who aspires for what he does not get,
وَ بَانٍ مَا لَا يَسْكُنُهُ
many a builder of a house who does not live in it,
وَ جَامِعٍ مَا سَوْفَ يَتْرُكُهُ
and many a collector of that which he shall just leave behind.
وَ لَعَلَّهُ مِنْ بَاطِلٍ جَمَعَهُ
Possibly he may have collected it wrongfully
وَ مِنْ حَقٍّ مَنَعَهُ
or by denying a right.
أَصَابَهُ حَرَاماً
He acquired it unlawfully
وَ احْتَمَلَ بِهِ آثَاماً
and had to bear the weight of sins on account of it.
فَبَاءَ بِوِزْرِهِ
Consequently, he returned (from this world) with that weight
وَ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَبِّهِ آسِفاً لَاهِفاً
and came before Allah with sorrow and grief.
(قَدْ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيا وَ الْآخِرَةَ ذلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرانُ الْمُبِينُ ).
Loses he both this world and (also) the hereafter; that is a loss (which is) manifest. (Qur'an, 22:11)
