وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
الزُّهْدُ كُلُّهُ بَيْنَ كَلِمَتَينِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ:
The whole of asceticism is confined between two expressions of the Quran.
قَالَ اللهُ عزّوجلّ:
Allah, the Glorified says:
(لكيلا تأسَوا عَلَى مَا فَاتَكُمْ ، وَ لا تَفْرَحُوا بِما آتَاكُمْ) ،
Lest distress you yourselves for what escapes you, and be overjoyous for what He has granted you (Quran, 57:23).
فَمَنْ لَمْ يَأْسَ عَلَى الْمَاضِي،
Whoever does not grieve over what he misses
وَلَمْ يَفْرَحْ بِالاْتِي،
and does not revel over what comes to him
فَقَدْ أَخَذَ الزُّهْدَ بِطَرَفَيْهِ
acquires asceticism from both its sides.
