Ghurar al-Hikam

Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

The Hereafter

81. How can one who is occupied with this world work for the Hereafter?

81. How can one who is occupied with this world work for the Hereafter?

81 كَيفَ يَعْمَلُ لِلآخِرَةِ المَشْغُولُ بِالدُّنيا؟

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82. Verily you are in greater need of developing the permanent abode [of the Hereafter] than you are of building the temporary abode [of this world].

82. Verily you are in greater need of developing the permanent abode [of the Hereafter] than you are of building the temporary abode [of this world].

82 إنَّكُمْ إلى عِمارَةِ دارِ البَقاءِ أحْوَجُ مِنْكُمْ إلى عِمارَةِ دارِ الفَناءِ.

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83. Verily you have been created for the Hereafter, not for this world, and for perpetuity, not for extinction.

83. Verily you have been created for the Hereafter, not for this world, and for perpetuity, not for extinction.

83 إنَّكُمْ إنَّما خُلِقْتُمْ لِلآخِرَةِ لا لِلدُّنيا، ولِلبَقاءِ لا لِلْفَناءِ.

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86. I am amazed at the one who knows his Lord, how can he not strive for the everlasting abode?!

86. I am amazed at the one who knows his Lord, how can he not strive for the everlasting abode?!

86 عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ كَيْفَ لايَسْعى لِدارِ البَقاءِ؟!

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87. One who is certain about the everlasting is uninterested in that which perishes.

87. One who is certain about the everlasting is uninterested in that which perishes.

87 مَنْ أيْقَنَ بِما يَبْقى زَهِدَ فيما يَفْنى.

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84. Verily you have been created for perpetuity, not for extinction; and you are most certainly in a temporary abode of subsistence and a place which is not suitable for settling.

84. Verily you have been created for perpetuity, not for extinction; and you are most certainly in a temporary abode of subsistence and a place which is not suitable for settling.

84 إنَّما خُلِقْتُمْ لِلْبَقاءِ لا لِلفَناءِ، وإنّكُمْ في دارِ بُلْغَة ومَنْزِلِ قُلْعَة.

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88. One who loves the everlasting abode becomes oblivious to [worldly] pleasures.

88. One who loves the everlasting abode becomes oblivious to [worldly] pleasures.

88 مَنْ أحَبَّ الدَّارَ الباقيَةَ لَهى عَنِ اللذَّات.

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89. One who hopes to attain the bountiful rewards [of the Hereafter] will not have his hopes disappointed.

89. One who hopes to attain the bountiful rewards [of the Hereafter] will not have his hopes disappointed.

89 مَنْ أمَّلَ ثوابَ الحُسْنى لَمْ تُنْكَدْ آمالُهُ.

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90. Would you be happy to meet Allah tomorrow on the Day of Resurrection while He is pleased with you and not angry? Then be indifferent to [the pleasures of] this world and desirous of the Hereafter. And adopt God-wariness and honesty, for these are the consolidators of faith. And accompany the people of truth and emulate their actions – you will become one of them.

90. Would you be happy to meet Allah tomorrow on the Day of Resurrection while He is pleased with you and not angry? Then be indifferent to [the pleasures of] this world and desirous of the Hereafter. And adopt God-wariness and honesty, for these are the consolidators of faith. And accompany the people of truth and emulate their actions – you will become one of them.

90 أيَسُرُّكَ أنْ تَلْقَى اللّهَغَداً في القِيامَةِ وهُوَ عَلَيْكَ راض غَيرُ غَضْبانَ؟ كُنْ في الدُّنيا زاهِداً، وفي الآخرَةِ راغِباً، وعَلَيْكَ بِالتَّقوى والصِّدقِ، فَهُما جِماعُ الدِّينِ، والْزَمْ أهْلَ الحقِّ، واعْمَلْ عَمَلَهُمْ تَكُنْ مِنْهُمْ.

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