سفارش به آخرت گرایی Let it be known to you that sometimes a man gets pleased at securing a thing which he was not going to mess at all and gets displeased at…
و من كتاب له (عليه السلام) إلي عبد الله بن العباس رحمه الله تعالي و كان عبد اللّه يقول "ما انتفعت بكلام بعد كلام رسول الله صلي اللّه عليه و آله، كانتفاعي بهذا الكلام"
أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْءَ قَدْ يَسُرُّهُ دَرْكُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَفُوتَهُ وَ يَسُوؤُهُ فَوْتُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُدْرِكَهُ فَلْيَكُنْ سُرُورُكَ بِمَا نِلْتَ مِنْ آخِرَتِكَ وَ لْيَكُنْ أَسَفُكَ عَلَي مَا فَاتَكَ مِنْهَا وَ مَا نِلْتَ مِنْ دُنْيَاكَ فَلَا تُكْثِرْ بِهِ فَرَحاً وَ مَا فَاتَكَ مِنْهَا فَلَا تَأْسَ عَلَيْهِ جَزَعاً وَ لْيَكُنْ هَمُّكَ فِيمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ.
Let it be known to you that sometimes a man gets pleased at securing a thing which he was not going to mess at all and gets displeased at missing a thing which he would not in any case get. your pleasure should be about what you secure in respect of your next life and your grief should be for what you miss in respect thereof. Do not be much pleased on what you secure from this world, nor get extremely grieved over what you miss out of it. Your worry should be about what is to come after death.
Source: Nahj al-Balagha, compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi. Persian: ترجمه محمد دشتی (Mohammad Dashti). English: Translation by Sayed Ali Reza (letters, sayings and sermons 1–16). Text from github.com/WWGTX/NahjulBalaghah. · Free for non-commercial religious use, with attribution