حکمت 370: کمتر بر منبری می نشست که پیش از سخن… · Saying 370

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ (عليه السلام) قَلَّمَا اعْتَدَلَ بِهِ الْمِنْبَرُ إِلَّا قَالَ أَمَامَ الْخُطْبَةِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فَمَا خُلِقَ امْرُؤٌ عَبَثاً فَيَلْهُوَ وَ لَا تُرِكَ سُدًي فَيَلْغُوَ وَ مَا دُنْيَاهُ الَّتِي تَحَسَّنَتْ لَهُ بِخَلَفٍ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ الَّتِي قَبَّحَهَا سُوءُ النَّظَرِ عِنْدَهُ وَ مَا الْمَغْرُورُ الَّذِي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بِأَعْلَي هِمَّتِهِ كَالْآخَرِ الَّذِي ظَفِرَ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ بِأَدْنَي سُهْمَتِهِ.

It is related that it was seldom that Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, ascended the pulpit and did not utter the following before his sermon: O People! Fear Allah for man has not been created for naught so that he may waste himself, not has he been left uncared for so that he may commit nonsensocalacts. This world which appears beautiful to him cannot be the replacement of the next world which appears bad in his eyes, nor is the vain person who is successful in this world through his high courage like him who is successful in the next world even to a small extent.