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Then, oh, these are their bones within me, and their property that was gained lawfully along with their ill-gotten gains are in my belly, and the inheritance of the heavens and the earth is only for Allah.” '“ (Adab al-nafs, I, 122) The Messiah, Peace he upon him, said to the Apostles: “Verily, the eating of barley bread and the drinking of plain water today in this world is for he who would enter heaven tomorrow.” (Adab al-nafs, ii, 225) It is reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq], Peace he upon him, said: 'Jesus the son of Mary, may the blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 'You work for the sake of this world while it is not by work that you are provided for in it.

And you do not work for the sake of the next world, while it is only by work that you will be provided for in it. Woe be unto you, evil learned ones ('ulama)! You take your wage and neglect works. Soon the worker's work will he accepted, and soon you will be driving forth from the narrowness of this world toward the darkness of the grave.

How can one be knowledgeable who is on the way to the next world and yet his face is turned towards this world, and he likes the things that harm him more than the things that benefit him?' ' (Al-Kafi, ii, 319) Jesus ('a) said: “The love of this world and the next cannot come together in the heart of a believer, like water and fire in a single vessel.” (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 327) l5 It is reported that Abu 'Abd Allah [Imam Sadiq], Peace be upon him, said that Jesus, Peace be upon him, said: ''It is hard to get any good thing whether it is of the world or the hereafter.

As to the good things of this world they are hard to get because there' is nothing of it which as soon as you extend your hand to get, some profligate does not grab first, while the good things of the other world are hard to obtain because you do not find any helper who may help you to obtain it.'' (al-Kafi viii, 144) When Jesus passed by a house whose inmates had died and others had taken their place, he said: “ woe to your owners who inherited you!

How they have learned no lesson from their late brothers.” (Bihar al-anwar, xiv, 329) Jesus ('a) said: “This world and the next one are rivals. When you please one of them you displease the other.” (Bihar al-anwar, LXXIII, 122) It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah, Peace he upon him, said: “The world took the form, for Jesus ('a), of a woman whose eyes were blue.