Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence)
نهج البلاغة
Sermon #203
ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) في التزهيد من الدنيا والترغيب في الاخرة
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا دارُ مَجَاز، وَالاْخِرَةُ دَارُ قَرَار، فَخُذُوا مِنْ مَمَرِّكُمْ لِمَقَرِّكُمْ، وَلاَ تَهْتِكُوا أَسْتَارَكُمْ عِنْدَ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ أَسْرَارَكُم، وَأَخْرِجُوا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا قُلُوبَكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنْهَا أَبْدَانُكُمْ، فَفِيهَا اخْتُبِرْتُمْ، ولِغِيْرِهَا خُلِقْتُمْ. إِنَّ الْمَرْءَ إِذَا هَلَكَ قَالَ النَّاسُ: مَا تَرَكَ؟ وَقَالَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ: مَا قَدَّمَ؟ لله آبَاؤُكُمْ! فَقَدِّمُوا بَعْضَاً يَكُنْ لَكُمْ قَرْضاً، وَلاَ تُخَلِّفُوا كُلاًّ فَيَكُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ.
English Translation
Transience of this world and importance of collecting provisions for the next life
O people, certainly this world is a passage while the next world is a place of permanent abode. So, take from the passage (all that you can) for the permanent abode. Do not tear away your curtain before Him Who is aware of your secrets. Take away from this world your hearts before your bodies go out of it, because herein you have been put on trial, and you have been created for the other world. When a man dies people ask what (property) he has left while the angels ask what (good actions) he has sent forward. May Allāh bless you; send forward something, it will be a loan for you, and do not leave everything behind, for that would be a burden on you.
اردو ترجمہ
امیر المؤمنین حضرت علی بن ابی طالبؑ کا خطبہ نمبر 203: اس عظیم کلام میں امیر المؤمنین نے Transience of this world, and the importance of preparation for the hereafter (کلامِ امیر المؤمنینؑ) کے حوالے سے بصیرت افروز ارشادات اور حکمت کے موتی ارشاد فرمائے۔
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