[16] See an additional Hadith in the Appendix...

[16] See an additional Hadith in the Appendix: World is the place of Deeds and the Hereafter is the place of Rewards: ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ ما كانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ‏ يُظْهِرُونَ التَّوْبَةَ وَ الْإِنَابَةَ، فَإِنَّ مِنْ حُكْمِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَنْ يَأْمُرَكَ بِقَبُولِ الظَّاهِرِ، وَ تَرْكِ التَّفْتِيشِ عَنِ الْبَاطِنِ، لِأَنَّ الدُّنْيَا دَارُ إِمْهَالٍ وَ إِنْظَارٍ، وَ الْآخِرَةَ دَارُ الْجَزَاءِ بِلَا تَعَبُّدٍ ‘Then Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: nor is Allah going to Punish them whilst yet they ask for Forgiveness [8:33] – manifesting the repentance and the attentiveness, for it is from His – azwj Judgment in the world that He – azwj has Commanded you with accepting the apparent and leave the investigation about the hidden (esoteric), because the world is a house of respite and waiting , and the Hereafter is a House of the Recompense without (performing acts of) worship …’ (An extract) [17] ولو شاء عجل النقمة فكان منه التغييرحتى يكذب الظالم ويعلم الحق أين مصيره، ولكن جعل الدنيا دار الأعمال وجعل الآخرة دار القرار، (ليجزي الذين أساؤوا بما عملوا ويجزي الذين أحسنوا بالحسنى) ‘If He – azwj so Desired He – azwj could have accelerated His – azwj Revenge to Change them until the unjust would come to know where the truth lay, but He – azwj has Made the world to be a house of the deeds, and Made the Hereafter the house of the resolution , for Him to Recompense those committers of evil for what they had done, and (for) Him to Recompense those did good, with the Goodness [53:31] .’ فقلت: الحمد لله شكرا على نعمائه وصبرا على بلائه وتسليما ورضى بقضائه I – asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah – azwj .

[18] One should Prioritise matters of the Hereafter over those of the World: فَإِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ لَكَ مِنْ نَصِيبِكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَنْتَ إِلَى نَصِيبِكَ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ أَحْوَجُ فَإِنْ عَرَضَ لَكَ أَمْرَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخِرَةِ وَ الْآخَرُ لِلدُّنْيَا فَابْدَأْ بِأَمْرِ الْآخِرَةِ (Amir ul-Momineen -asws wrote to Mohammd -ra Ibn Abu Bakr:) ‘Surely, there is no escape for you from your share of the world, and you are needier to your share in the Hereafter, so if two matters are presented to you, one of them for the Hereafter and the other for the world, then begin with the matter of the Hereafter .