وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
الرِّزْقُ رِزْقَانِ:
Livelihood is of two kinds:
طَالِبٌ، وَمَطْلُوبٌ،
the seeker and the sought.
فَمَنْ طَلَبَ الدُّنْيَا طَلَبَهُ الْمَوْتُ
Therefore, he who hankers after this world death traces him
حَتَّى يُخْرِجَهُ عَنْهَا،
till it turns him out of it;
مَنْ طَلَبَ الاْخِرَةَ طَلَبَتْهُ الدُّنْيَا
but he who hankers after the next world, worldly ease itself seeks him
حَتَّى يَسْتَوْفِيَ رِزْقَهُ مِنْهَا.
till he receives his livelihood from it.
