Advice to keep light in this world

Pearl of Wisdom

'When Allah wants good for a servant who commits a sin, He follows it with a punishment and reminds him to ask for forgiveness. But if Allah, wants bad for a servant who commits a sin, He follows it with a favour that makes him forget to ask for forgiveness and continue sinning. This is the meaning of Allah's verse, We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin}, whence they do not know ? with favours whenever they sin.?

Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as]

Bihar al-Anwar, v. 67, p. 229, no. 41

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Advice to keep light in this world

Sermon 21 Advice to keep light in this world

Your aim (reward or punishment) is before you. Behind your back is the hour (of resurrection) which is driving you on. Keep (yourself) light and overtake (the forward ones). Your last ones are being awaited by the first ones (who have preceded).

as-Sayyid ar-Radi says:If this utterance of `Ali (p.b.u.h.) is weighed with any other utterance except the word of Allah or of the Holy Prophet, it would prove heavier and superior in every respect. For example, `Ali's saying "Keep light and overtake" is the shortest expression ever heard with the greatest sense conveyed by it. How wide is its meaning and how clear its spring of wisdom! We have pointed out the greatness and meaningfulness of this phrase in our book al-Khasa'is.

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