و درود خدا بر او فرمود: تلخکامی دنیا، شیرینی آخرت، و شیرینی دنیای حرام، تلخی آخرت است. Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: The sourness of this world is the sweetness of the next world while the sweetness of this world…

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): مَرَارَةُ الدُّنْيَا حَلَاوَةُ الْآخِرَةِ، وَ حَلَاوَةُ الدُّنْيَا مَرَارَةُ الْآخِرَةِ

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: The sourness of this world is the sweetness of the next world while the sweetness of this world is the sourness of the next one.

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