I -la have taught Musa -as what he -as will teach the children of Adam -as !
I -la have taught Musa -as what he -as will teach the children of Adam -as !’’ [4] نهج، نهج البلاغة قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع لِرَجُلٍ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَعِظَهُ لَا تَكُنْ مِمَّنْ يَرْجُو الْآخِرَةَ بِغَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ وَ يُرْجِئُ التَّوْبَةَ بِطُولِ الْأَمَلِ يَقُولُ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِقَوْلِ الزَّاهِدِينَ وَ يَعْمَلُ فِيهَا بِعَمَلِ الرَّاغِبِينَ إِنْ أُعْطِيَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَشْبَعْ وَ إِنْ مُنِعَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَقْنَعْ يَعْجِزُ عَنْ شُكْرِ مَا أُوتِيَ وَ يَبْتَغِي الزِّيَادَةَ فِيمَا بَقِيَ (The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ – ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said to a man who had asked him -asws to advise him: ‘Do not be from the ones hoping for the Hereafter without the action (working for it) and delays the repentance with long hopes.
He is saying regarding the world the word of the ascetics while he is working in it the work of the desirous. If he is given something from it, he is not satiated and if he is prevented from it, he is not contented. He is frustrated from thanking for what he has got and seeks the increate regarding what remains.
يَنْهَى وَ لَا يَنْتَهِي وَ يَأْمُرُ بِمَا لَا يَأْتِي يُحِبُّ الصَّالِحِينَ وَ لَا يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَهُمْ وَ يُبْغِضُ الْمُذْنِبِينَ وَ هُوَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ لِكَثْرَةِ ذُنُوبِهِ وَ يُقِيمُ عَلَى مَا يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ لَهُ He forbids (others), and he (himself) does not desist, and he instructs with what he (himself) does not perform. He loves the righteous and he does not work their works, and he hates the sinner, and he is one of them.
He dislikes the death due to the abundance of his sins and he stays upon what he dislikes the death for him. إِنْ سَقِمَ ظَلَّ نَادِماً وَ إِنْ صَحَّ أَمِنَ لَاهِياً يُعْجَبُ بِنَفْسِهِ إِذَا عُوفِيَ وَ يَقْنَطُ إِذَا ابْتُلِيَ إِنْ أَصَابَهُ بَلَاءٌ دَعَا مُضْطَرّاً وَ إِنْ نَالَهُ رَخَاءٌ أَعْرَضَ مُغْتَرّاً تَغْلِبُهُ نَفْسُهُ عَلَى مَا يَظُنُّ وَ لَا يَغْلِبُهَا عَلَى مَا يَسْتَيْقِنُ If he falls sick, he remains remorseful, and if he is healthy, he feels secure and has fun.
He is fascinated with himself when he is well and despairs when afflicted. If an affliction hits him, he supplicates desperately, and if he attains prosperity he turns away. His soul overcomes him upon what he conjectures, and he does not overcome it upon what he is certain of.
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