حکمت 357: مردن از شما آغازنشده، و به شما نیز پایان… · Saying 357

وَ عَزَّي قَوْماً عَنْ مَيِّتٍ مَاتَ لَهُمْ فَقَالَ (عليه السلام): إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ بَدَأَ وَ لَا إِلَيْكُمُ انْتَهَي وَ قَدْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكُمْ هَذَا يُسَافِرُ فَعُدُّوهُ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ فَإِنْ قَدِمَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ إِلَّا قَدِمْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ

Condoling with people among whom one had died, Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: This thing has not started with you, nor does it end with you. This fellow of yours was to journeying and therefore it is better to think of him, still he is journeying. Either he will rejoin you or else you will rejoin him.