You should know that the seekers of the worldly affairs are...

You should know that the seekers of the worldly affairs are people of inadvertence, deception, and ignorance, while the seekers of the life to come are the faithful believers, who work and abstain from this world's pleasures. They are the people of knowledge, jurisprudence, pondering, learning lessons, and test. They never tire of mentioning God. You should know, Jabir, that the true rich men are the God-fearing people. They are sufficed with the little worldly means. Their burdens are light.

They remind you, if you forget, of charity, and help you do it. They postponed their lusts and desires and preferred the…