John Shaqi

فَغُضُّوا عَنْكُمْ ـ عِبَادَاللهِ ـ غُمُومَهَا وَأَشْغَا لَهَا، لِمَا قَدْ أَيْقَنْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ فِرَاقِهَا وَتَصَرُّفِ حَالاَتِهَا. فَاحْذَروُهَا حَذَرَ الشَّفِيقِ النَّاصِحِ، وَالْـمُجِدِّ الْكَادِحِ، وَاعْتَبِرُوا بِمَا قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْ مَصَارعِ الْقُرُونِ قَبْلَكُمْ: قَدْ تَزَايَلَتْ أَوْصَالُهُمْ، وَزَالَتْ أسْمَاعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ، وَذَهَبَ شَرَفُهُمْ وَعِزُّهُمْ، وَانْقَطَعَ سُرُورُهُمْ وَنَعِيمُهُمْ؛ فَبُدِّلُوا بِقُرْبِ الاَوْلاَدِ فَقْدَهَا، وَبِصُحْبَةِ الاَزْوَاجِ مُفَارَقتَهَا. لاَ يَتَفَاخَرُونَ، وَلاَ يَتَنَاصَرُونَ، وَلاَ يَتَنَاسَلُونَ، وَلاَ يَتَزَاوَرُونَ، وَلاَ يَتَجَاوَرُونَ.


Translation

So close your eyes, O creatures of Allāh, from its worries and engagements, because you are sure about its separation and its changing conditions. Fear it like a sincere fearer and one who struggles hard, and take a lesson from what you have seen about the falling places of those before you, namely that their joints were made to vanish, their eyes and ears were destroyed, their honour and prestige disappeared and their pleasure and wealth came to an end. The nearness of their children changed into remoteness. The company of their spouses changed into separation with them. They do not boast over each other, nor do they beget children nor meet each other nor live as neighbours.


Chapter (Bab)Divine mission of Muhammad and lessons from this world
CollectionNahj al-Balagha

Compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi

Source

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