إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ( صلوات الله عليه ) إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ الْحَيَّةِ مَا أَلْيَنَ مَسَّهَا وَ فِي جَوْفِهَا السَّمُّ النَّاقِعُ يَحْذَرُهَا الرَّجُلُ الْعَاقِلُ وَ يَهْوِي إِلَيْهَا الصَّبِيُّ الْجَاهِلُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Giyas Bin Ibrahim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘In the Book of Ali<sup>asws</sup> (he<sup>asws</sup> said): ‘But rather an example of the world is like an example of the snake, which is smooth when touching it but from inside it is drenched in the venom. The intellectual man is cautious from it, and the ignorant children are attracted towards it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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