Place your concern and effort for your Hereafter
اجْعَلْ هَمَّكَ وَجِدَّكَ لِآخِرَتِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be concerned about your Hereafter and you will become upright
اجْعَلْ هَمَّكَ لِمَعَادِكَ تَصْلَحْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Exert all your effort for your afterlife and your [final] station will be improved, and do not sell your Hereafter for your worldly life
اسْتَفْرِغْ جُهْدَكَ لِمَعَادِكَ تَصْلُحْ مَثْوَاكَ وَلَا تَبِعْ آخِرَتَكَ بِدُنْيَاكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Put all your effort and endeavour in gaining salvation from the place of wretchedness and punishment and deliverance from the place of tribulation and chastisement
اجْعَلْ كُلَّ هَمِّكَ وَسَعْيِكَ لِلْخَلَاصِ مِنْ مَحَلِّ الشَّقَاءِ وَالْعِقَابِ وَالنَّجَاةِ مِنْ مُقَامِ الْبَلَاءِ وَالْعَذَابِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Let your concern be for your Hereafter and your sorrow be for your soul for how many of the sorrowful have been led to everlasting bliss by their sorrow, and how many of the distressed have attained their aspiration
اجْعَلْ هَمَّكَ لِآخِرَتِكَ وَحُزْنَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ فَكَمْ مِنْ حَزِينٍ وَفَدَ بِهِ حُزْنُهُ عَلَى سُرُورِ الْأَبَدِ وَكَمْ مِنْ مَهْمُومٍ أَدْرَكَ أَمَلَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A man may be happy to gain what he was not meant to lose, and [he may be] saddened to lose what he was not meant to gain; so let your happiness be in that which you have acquired for your Hereafter and let your sadness be in that which you have lost from it; and let your concern be for that which comes after death
إِنَّ الْمَرْءَ قَدْ يَسُرُّهُ دَرْكُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيَفُوتَهُ وَيَسُوؤُهُ فَوْتُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُدْرِكَهُ فَلْيَكُنْ سُرُورُكَ بِمَا نِلْتَ مِنْ آخِرَتِكَ وَلْيَكُنْ أَسَفُكَ عَلَى مَا فَاتَكَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَكُنْ هَمُّكَ فِيهَا لِمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily you are following the path of those who came before you, so put your efforts in [working for] your Hereafter and do not care for worldly gain
إِنَّكَ فِي سَبِيلِ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ فَاجْعَلْ جِدَّكَ لِآخِرَتِكَ وَلَا تَكْتَرِثْ بِعَمَلِ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose entire concern is for his Hereafter attains what he hopes for
مَنْ جَعَلَ كُلَّ هَمِّهِ لِآخِرَتِهِ ظَفِرَ بِالْمَأْمُولِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who desires that which is with Allah attains his hopes
مَنْ رَغِبَ فِيهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بَلَغَ آمَالَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose efforts are for the Hereafter will attain the best of his aspired goals
مَنْ كَانَتِ الْآخِرَةُ هِمَّتَهُ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ غَايَةَ أُمْنِيَّتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose concern is not for [attaining] that which is with Allah, the Glorified, does not realize his aspiration
مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هَمُّهُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ مُنَاهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who hopes to attain the bountiful rewards [of the Hereafter] will not have his hopes disappointed
مَنْ أَمَّلَ ثَوَابَ الْحُسْنَى لَمْ تُنَكِّدْ آمَالَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The Hereafter is the victory of the felicitous
الْآخِرَةُ فَوْزُ السُّعَدَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Leave that which is little for that which is abundant and that which is limited for that which is vast
ذَرْ مَا قَلَّ لِمَا كَثُرَ وَمَا ضَاقَ لِمَا اتَّسَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The seeker of the Hereafter finds in it what he hopes for, whereas in this world [only] that which is predestined for him comes to him
طَالِبُ الْآخِرَةِ يُدْرِكُ مِنْهَا أَمَلَهُ وَيَأْتِيهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Seek the Hereafter and the world will come to you belittled
عَلَيْكَ بِالْآخِرَةِ تَأْتِكَ الدُّنْيَا صَاغِرَةً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Everything in the Hereafter is greater when seen than when heard of
كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ عَيَانُهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ سَمَاعِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Become uninterested in this world and be infatuated with the Hereafter
كُونُوا عَنِ الدُّنْيَا نُزَّاهاً وَإِلَى الْآخِرَةِ وُلَّاهاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is desirous of the Hereafter [and works for it] attains it
مَنْ حَرَصَ عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ مَلَكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How great are the blessings of Allah, the Glorified, in this world, yet how small they are in comparison to the blessings of the Hereafter
مَا أَعْظَمَ نِعَمَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا أَصْغَرَهَا فِي نِعَمِ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
This world of yours which endears itself to you is not better than the Hereafter which is made to appear ugly by your negative perception [of it]
مَا دُنْيَاكَ الَّتِي تَحَبَّبَتْ إِلَيْكَ بِخَيْرٍ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ الَّتِي قَبَّحَهَا سُوءُ النَّظَرِ عَنْكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How great a loser is the one for whom there is no share in the Hereafter!
مَا أَخْسَرَ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ نَصِيبٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
What is the matter with you? You are delighted with the little of this world that you obtain while you are not saddened by the abundance of the Hereafter that you are deprived of?!
مَا بَالُكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ بِالْيَسِيرِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا تُدْرِكُونَهُ وَلَا يَحْزُنُكُمُ الْكَثِيرُ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ تُحْرَمُونَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The deaths of this world are easier to bear than the deaths [and chastisements] of the Hereafter
مَوْتَاتُ الدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ مِنْ مَوْتَاتِ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily you are all proceeding towards the Hereafter and will be presented before Allah
إِنَّكُمْ إِلَى الْآخِرَةِ صَائِرُونَ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ مُعْرَضُونَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily you are in greater need of developing the permanent abode [of the Hereafter] than you are of building the temporary abode [of this world]
إِنَّكُمْ إِلَى عِمَارَةِ دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ أَحْوَجُ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى عِمَارَةِ دَارِ الْفَنَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The practice of those who possess intellect and understanding is turning towards the permanent abode, turning away from the evanescent abode and being desirous of the Garden of Paradise
شِيمَةُ ذَوِي الْأَلْبَابِ وَالنُّهَى الْإِقْبَالُ عَلَى دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ وَالْإِعْرَاضُ عَنْ دَارِ الْفَنَاءِ وَالتَّوَلُّهُ بِجَنَّةِ الْمَأْوَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
I am amazed at the one who knows his Lord, how can he not strive for the everlasting abode?!
عَجِبْتُ لِمَنْ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ كَيْفَ لَا يَسْعَى لِدَارِ الْبَقَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Allah, the Glorified, called you to the Eternal Abode and the permanent residence, and great blessings and proximity to the Prophets and the felicitous, but you sinned and turned away; whereas this world called you to an abode of wretchedness and the place of annihilation and different types of tribulations and hardships, but you obeyed it and quickly rushed [towards it]
دَعَاكُمُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ إِلَى دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ وَقَرَارَةِ الْخُلُودِ وَالنَّعْمَاءِ وَمُجَاوَرَةِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالسُّعَدَاءِ فَعَصَيْتُمْ وَدَعَتْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى قَرَارَةِ الشَّقَاءِ وَمَحَلِّ الْفَنَاءِ وَأَنْوَاعِ الْبَلَاءِ وَالْعَنَاءِ فَأَطَعْتُمْ وَبَادَرْتُمْ وَأَسْرَعْتُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The goal of the Hereafter is everlasting [life]
غَايَةُ الْآخِرَةِ الْبَقَاءُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Everything in the Hereafter has perpetuity and everlastingness
لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ خُلُودٌ وَبَقَاءٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who builds the abode of his permanent dwelling is truly wise
مَنْ عَمَّرَ دَارَ إِقَامَتِهِ فَهُوَ الْعَاقِلُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fortunate one who becomes prosperous in the permanent abode by attaining his desires is not like the deceived one who loses the bounties [of the Hereafter] because of his bad choices and wretchedness
مَا الْمَغْبُوطُ الَّذِي فَازَ مِنْ دَارِ الْبَقَاءِ بِبُغْيَتِهِ كَالْمَغْبُونِ الَّذِي فَاتَهُ النَّعِيمُ بِسُوءِ اخْتِيَارِهِ وَشَقَاوَتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not desire that which perishes, and take from the transient for the eternal
لَا تَرْغَبْ فِيمَا يَفْنَى وَخُذْ مِنَ الْفَنَاءِ لِلْبَقَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The Everlasting Abode [of Paradise] is the home of the veracious and the dwelling of the virtuous and righteous
دَارُ الْبَقَاءِ مَحَلُّ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَمَوْطِنُ الْأَبْرَارِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily you have been created for the Hereafter, so work for it!
إِنَّكَ مَخْلُوقٌ لِلْآخِرَةِ فَاعْمَلْ لَهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily you are in greater need of being concerned about that which will accompany you to the Hereafter than of all that accompanies you in this world
إِنَّكُمْ إِلَى الِاهْتِمَامِ بِمَا يَصْحَبُكُمْ إِلَى الْآخِرَةِ أَحْوَجُ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى كُلِّ مَا يَصْحَبُكُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The felicity of a man is in safeguarding his faith and working for his Hereafter
سَعَادَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي إِحْرَازِ دِينِهِ وَالْعَمَلِ لِآخِرَتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be in this world with your body and in the Hereafter with your heart and your actions
كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِبَدَنِكَ وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ بِقَلْبِكَ وَعَمَلِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who works for the Hereafter attains success through the right [course]
مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلْمَعَادِ ظَفِرَ بِالسَّدَادِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who develops his Hereafter achieves his aspirations
مَنْ عَمَّرَ آخِرَتَهُ بَلَغَ آمَالَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Never let anything occupy you from working for the Hereafter for indeed the time is short
لَا يَشْغَلَنَّكَ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ لِلْآخِرَةِ شُغُلٌ فَإِنَّ الْمُدَّةَ قَصِيرَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
servants of the world and those who work for it! When you are selling and buying in the day time and tossing in your beds and sleeping at night, and all the while you are oblivious to the Hereafter and postpone [good] actions, then when do you think of guidance and prepare your provisions, and when do you become concerned about the affairs of the Hereafter?
يَا عَبِيدَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْعَامِلِينَ لَهَا إِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي النَّهَارِ تَبِيعُونَ وَتَشْتَرُونَ وَفِي اللَّيْلِ عَلَى فُرُوشِكُمْ تَتَقَلَّبُونَ وَتَنَامُونَ وَفِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ تَغْفُلُونَ وَبِالْعَمَلِ تُسَوِّفُونَ فَمَتَى تُفَكِّرُونَ فِي الْإِرْشَادِ وَمَتَى تُقَدِّمُونَ الزَّادَ وَمَتَى تَهْتَمُّون بِأَمْرِ الْمَعَادِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Increase your gladness for that which you have sent forth of good deeds and [increase] your sadness for that which you have missed from it
أَكْثَرُ سُرُورِكَ عَلَى مَا قَدَّمْتَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَحُزْنِكَ عَلَى مَا فَاتَ مِنْهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Lighten your burden, for indeed the goal is in front of you and time is behind you, driving you forward
تَخَفَّفُوا فَإِنَّ الْغَايَةَ أَمَامَكُمْ وَالسَّاعَةَ مِنْ وَرَائِكُمْ تَحْدُوكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Lighten your burden so as to catch up [with those who are ahead you], for indeed the last among you are only being awaited by the first among you [who have preceded them]
تَخَفَّفُوا تَلْحَقُوا فَإِنَّمَا يَنْتَظِرُ بِأَوَّلِكُمْ آخِرُكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Prepare for your journey, keep your gaze on the flash of salvation and travel on swift [and girded] mounts [of good deeds]
تَيَسَّرْ لِسَفَرِكَ وَشَمَّ بَرْقَ النَّجَاةِ وَارْحَلْ مَطَايَا التَّشْمِيرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Occupying yourself with improving your Hereafter will save you from the chastisement of hellfire
اشْتِغَالُكَ بِإِصْلَاحِ مَعَادِكَ يُنْجِيكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best preparation is that by which one’s Hereafter is improved
خَيْرُ الِاسْتِعْدَادِ مَا أُصْلِحَ [صَلَحَ] بِهِ الْمَعَادُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who does not concern himself with improving his Hereafter is not a [true] believer
لَيْسَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ مَنْ لَمْ يَهْتَمَّ بِإِصْلَاحِ مَعَادِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Corrupting one’s Hereafter is from wretchedness
مِنَ الشَّقَاءِ إِفْسَادُ الْمَعَادِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Take from your bodies and bestow them generously to your souls, and strive to free yourselves before your ransoms are blocked
خُذُوا مِنْ أَجْسَادِكُمْ تَجُودُ بِهَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَاسْعَوْا فِي فَكَاكِ رِقَابِكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُغْلَقَ رَهَائِنُهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever increases his remembrance of the Hereafter, his transgression reduces
مَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ الْآخِرَةِ قَلَّتْ مَعْصِيَتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who loves the everlasting abode becomes oblivious to [worldly] pleasures
مَنْ أَحَبَّ الدَّارَ الْبَاقِيَةَ لَهِيَ عَنِ اللَّذَّاتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who yearns for Paradise forgets his [worldly] desires
مَنِ اشْتَاقَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ سَلَا عَنِ الشَّهَوَاتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is afraid of hellfire keeps away from that which has been forbidden
مَنْ أَشْفَقَ مِنَ النَّارِ اجْتَنَبَ الْمُحَرَّمَاتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who fears [divine] punishment desists from evil actions
مَنْ خَافَ الْعِقَابَ انْصَرَفَ عَنِ السَّيِّئَاتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Strive to free yourselves before your ransoms are blocked
اسْعَوْا فِي فَكَاكِ رِقَابِكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُغْلَقَ رَهَائِنُهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who is frightened by what is in front of him retreats [and flees]
مَنْ هَالَهُ مَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ نَكَصَ عَلى عَقِبَيْهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who is certain about the place of [final] return does not act treacherously
مَا غَدَرَ مَنْ أَيْقَنَ بِالْمَرْجِعِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Remembrance of the Hereafter is a cure and a remedy
ذِكْرُ الْآخِرَةِ دَوَاءٌ وَشِفَاءٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who visualizes death before his very own eyes, the affairs of this world become easy [and trivial] for him
مَنْ صَوَّرَ الْمَوْتَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ هَانَ أَمْرُ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who frequently remembers death is pleased with whatever suffices him of this world
مَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ الْمَوْتِ رَضِيَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْكَفَافِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever frequently remembers death, his desire in [the pleasures of] this world is reduced
مَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ الْمَوْتِ قَلَّتْ فِي الدُّنْيَا رَغْبَتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How can one who does not know the value of the Hereafter renounce worldly pleasures?!
كَيْفَ يَزْهَدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُ قَدْرَ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Recover, O listener, from your stupor, and wake up from your heedlessness, and curb (or cut short) your haste [towards sins]
أَفِقْ أَيُّهَا السَّامِعُ [النَّاسِي] مِنْ سَكْرَتِكَ وَاسْتَيْقِظْ مِنْ غَفْلَتِكَ وَاحْتَصِرْ [اخْتَصِرْ] مِنْ عَجَلَتِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Is there nobody who will wake up from his [slumber of] negligence before his time [on this earth] ends?
أَلَا مُسْتَيْقِظٌ مِنْ غَفْلَتِهِ قَبْلَ نَفَادِ مُدَّتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who remembers death forgets his aspirations
مَنْ ذَكَرَ الْمَنِيَّةَ نَسِيَ الْأُمْنِيَّةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Woe be to the one who is overcome by negligence so he forgets his [final] journey and does nor prepare for it
وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْغَفْلَةُ فَنَسِيَ الرِّحْلَةَ وَلَمْ يَسْتَعِدَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Remember the disperser of gatherings, the dasher of hopes, the bringer of death[s] and the announcer of disunion and separation
اذْكُرُوا مُفَرِّقَ الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَمُبَاعِدَ الْأُمْنِيَّاتِ وَمُدْنِيَ الْمَنِيَّاتِ [المسنيات] وَالْمُؤْذِنَ بِالْبَيْنِ وَالشَّتَاتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The judicious person is one who abandons this world for the sake of the Hereafter
الْحَازِمُ مَنْ تَرَكَ الدُّنْيَا لِلْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The [true] winner is one who has sold this transitory life for the [eternal] Hereafter
الرَّابِحُ مَنْ بَاعَ الْعَاجِلَةَ بِالْآجِلَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Sell that which perishes for that which remains and exchange the wretchedness of this world for the abundant bounties of the Hereafter
بِيعُوا مَا يَفْنَى بِمَا يَبْقَى وَتَعَوَّضُوا بِنَعِيمِ الْآخِرَةِ عَنْ شَقَاءِ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who buys his Hereafter with his worldly life, gains both of them
مَنِ ابْتَاعَ آخِرَتَهُ بِدُنْيَاهُ رَبِحَهُمَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The gainer is one who has sold this world for the Hereafter and has exchanged the transient for the eternal
الرَّابِحُ مَنْ بَاعَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ وَاسْتَبْدَلَ بِالْآجِلَةِ عَنِ الْعَاجِلَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Deceived is the one who is occupied with the world and loses his share of the Hereafter
الْمَغْبُونُ مَنْ شُغِلَ بِالدُّنْيَا [مَنْ شَغِلَ الدُّنْيَا] وَفَاتَهُ حَظُّهُ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Those who have the greatest share of the Hereafter are those who have the smallest share of this world
أَوْفَرُ النَّاسِ حَظّاً فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَقَلُّهُمْ حَظّاً مِنَ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best-off people in the Hereafter are the poorest of them in this world
أَغْنَى النَّاسِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَفْقَرُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The happiest of all people with this world is the one who abandons it and the happiest of them with the Hereafter is the one who works for it
أَسْعَدُ النَّاسِ بِالدُّنْيَا التَّارِكُ لَهَا وَأَسْعَدُهُمْ بِالْآخِرَةِ الْعَامِلُ لَهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If you are after [abundant] bliss than free yourselves from the abode of wretchedness
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلنَّعِيمِ طَالِبِينَ فَأَعْتِقُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ مِنْ دَارِ الشَّقَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The righteous servants of Allah have decided to depart and have sold the little of this world that does not last for the abundance of the Hereafter that does not perish
وَأَزْمَعَ [و إن مع] التَّرْحَالَ عِبَادُ اللَّهِ الْأَخْيَارُ وَبَاعُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا لَا يَبْقَى بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ لَا يَفْنَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Divorcing this world is the dowry for Paradise
طَلَاقُ الدُّنْيَا مَهْرُ الْجَنَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who turns away from the embellishments of this world gains the joy of the glad tidings [of Paradise]
ظَفِرَ بِفَرْحَةِ الْبُشْرَى مَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ زَخَارِفِ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Little of this world takes away a lot of the Hereafter
قَلِيلُ الدُّنْيَا يَذْهَبُ بِكَثِيرِ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who builds his world destroys his place of return [in the Hereafter]
مَنْ عَمَّرَ دُنْيَاهُ خَرَّبَ مَالَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who desires the blessings of the Hereafter is contented with the little [he has] of this world
مَنْ رَغِبَ فِي نَعِيمِ الْآخِرَةِ قَنِعَ بِيَسِيرِ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose grief over his soul is prolonged in this world, Allah will give him delight on the Day of Resurrection and put him in the Eternal Abode [in Paradise]
مَنْ طَالَ حُزْنُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَقَرَّ اللَّهُ عَيْنَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَحَلَّهُ دَارَ الْمُقَامَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
That which [one] diminishes in this world, [he] increases in the Hereafter
مَا نَقَصَ فِي الدُّنْيَا زَادَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The bitterness of this world is the sweetness of the Hereafter
مَرَارَةُ الدُّنْيَا حَلَاوَةُ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
No one attains what he wishes for in the Hereafter except by abstaining from that which he desires in this world
لَا يُدْرِكُ أَحَدٌ مَا يُرِيدُ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا بِتَرْكِ مَا يَشْتَهِي مِنَ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A person’s renunciation of that which perishes is proportionate to his certainty about that which is everlasting
زُهْدُ الْمَرْءِ فِيمَا يَفْنَى عَلَى قَدْرِ يَقِينِهِ بِمَا يَبْقَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
As you sow, so shall you reap
كَمَا تَزْرَعُ تَحْصُدُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who sows something, reaps it
مَنْ زَرَعَ شَيْئاً حَصَدَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who plants good, reaps reward
مَنْ زَرَعَ خَيْراً حَصَدَ أَجْراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nobody gains anything from his worldly life except that which he spends on others
لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُ إِلَّا مَا أَنْفَقَهُ عَلَى أُخْرَاهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Actions in this world are the wares for trade in the Hereafter
الْأَعْمَالُ فِي الدُّنْيَا تِجَارَةُ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How evil a provision for the Hereafter is oppressiveness to the servants [of Allah]!
بِئْسَ الزَّادُ إِلَى الْمَعَادِ الْعُدْوَانُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The injustice of a man in this world is the symbol of his wretchedness in the Hereafter
ظُلْمُ الْمَرْءِ فِي الدُّنْيَا عُنْوَانُ شَقَائِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who fears falling [into hellfire] does not act unjustly.
مَا ظَلَمَ مَنْ خَافَ الْمَصْرَعَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who does not refrain from oppressing people does not believe in the Hereafter
لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِالْمَعَادِ مَنْ لَا يَتَحَرَّجُ عَنْ ظُلْمِ الْعِبَادِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
This world is the corridor to the Hereafter
الدُّنْيَا مَعْبَرَةُ الْآخِرَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
This world is [obtained] by convention, the Hereafter is [gained] by merit
الدُّنْيَا بِالاتِّفَاقِ [بِالْإِنْفَاقِ] وَالْآخِرَةُ بِالاسْتِحْقَاقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The conditions of this world are based on convention whereas the conditions of the Hereafter are based on merit
أَحْوَالُ الدُّنْيَا تَتْبَعُ الِاتِّفَاقَ وَأَحْوَالُ الْآخِرَةِ تَتْبَعُ الِاسْتِحْقَاقَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
This world is a present offering, [both] the virtuous and the vicious partake of it, but the Hereafter is the Abode of Truth wherein a [wise and] powerful king rules
الدُّنْيَا عَرَضٌ حَاضِرٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ الْبَرُّ وَالْفَاجِرُ وَالْآخِرَةُ دَارُ حَقٍّ يَحْكُمُ فِيهَا مَلِكٌ قَادِرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He (‘a) said about the one whom he censured: If he falls sick he regrets having abandoned the work and if he is healthy, he feels secure and delays the workWhen he is called to cultivate for this world, he works and when he is called to cultivate for the Hereafter, he is lazyIf he becomes wealthy, he turns arrogant and falls into vice and if he becomes poor, he despairs and becomes weakIf a favour is done to him, he is ungrateful and if he does a favour, he lengthens it and makes it seem like [a great favour and] an obligationIf an evil deed presents itself to him, he commits it with the excuse of seeking repentance [for it later] but when he decides to repent, he delays it and persists in sinningIf he experiences wellbeing, he assumes that he has repentedIf he is distressed, he thinks [ill of Allah] and doubts [in Him]If he falls ill he devotes himself and turns repentantly [to Allah] but if he regains his health, he forgets and returns [to his evil ways] and becomes emboldened in his injustice towards the servants [of Allah]When he is secure, he is allured by the temptations of this world, so he forgets the Hereafter and is negligent of the Resurrection [on the Day of Judgment]
إِنْ سَقُمَ فَهُوَ نَادِمٌ عَلَى تَرْكِ الْعَمَلِ وَإِنْ صَحَّ أَمِنَ مُغْتَرّاً فَأَخَّرَ الْعَمَلَ إِنْ دُعِيَ إِلَى حَرْثِ الدُّنْيَا عَمِلَ وَإِنْ دُعِيَ إِلَى حَرْثِ الْآخِرَةِ كَسِلَ إِنِ اسْتَغْنَى بَطِرَ وَفُتِنَ إِنِ افْتَقَرَ قَنِطَ وَوَهَنَ إِنْ أُحْسِنَ إِلَيْهِ جَحَدَ وَإِنْ أَحْسَنَ تَطَاوَلَ وَامْتَنَّ إِنْ عَرَضَتْ لَهُ مَعْصِيَةٌ وَاقَعَهَا بِالاتِّكَالِ عَلَى التَّوْبَةِ إِنْ عَزَمَ عَلَى التَّوْبَةِ سَوَّفَهَا وَأَصَرَّ عَلَى الْحَوْبَةِ إِنْ عُوفِيَ ظَنَّ أَنْ قَدْ تَابَ إِنِ ابْتُلِيَ ظَنَّ وَارْتَابَ إِنْ مَرِضَ أَخْلَصَ وَأَنَابَ إِنْ صَحَّ نَسِيَ وَعَادَ وَاجْتَرَى عَلَى مَظَالِمِ الْعِبَادِ إِنْ أَمِنَ افْتُتِنَ لَاهِياً بِالْعَاجِلَةِ فَنَسِيَ الْآخِرَةَ وَغَفَلَ عَنِ الْمَعَادِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The reward of the Hereafter makes one forget the hardships of this world
ثَوَابُ الْآخِرَةِ يُنْسِي مَشَقَّةَ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The sweetness of the Hereafter removes the pangs of misery of this world
حَلَاوَةُ الْآخِرَةِ تُذْهِبُ مَضَاضَةَ شَقَاءِ الدُّنْيَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily today there is action without accounting and tomorrow [in the Hereafter] there is accounting without action
إِنَّ الْيَوْمَ عَمَلٌ وَلَا حِسَابَ وَغَداً حِسَابٌ وَلَا عَمَلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In this world there is action without reckoning
فِي الدُّنْيَا عَمَلٌ وَلَا حِسَابٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In the Hereafter there is accounting without action
فِي الْآخِرَةِ حِسَابٌ وَلَا عَمَلٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
people, how much admonition will you be given yet you decline it? How much have the preachers preached to you, the warners warned you, the preventers prevented you and the scholars conveyed [the message] you! The Prophets and Messengers have guided you to the path of salvation, presented their proof and shown you the clear waySo hasten towards good deeds and take advantage of the time [you have in this world], for indeed today there is action without accounting and tomorrow there will be accounting without action, and the wrongdoers will soon know to what final place they will return
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِلَى كَمْ تُوعَظُونَ وَلَا تَتَّعِظُونَ فَكَمْ قَدْ وَعَظَكُمُ الْوَاعِظُونَ وَحَذَّرَكُمُ الْمَحْذُرُونَ وَزَجَرَكُمُ الزَّاجِرُونَ وَبَلَّغَكُمُ الْعَالِمُونَ وَعَلَى سَبِيلِ النَّجَاةِ دَلَّكُمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَالْمُرْسَلُونَ وَأَقَامُوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْحُجَّةَ وَأَوْضَحُوا لَكُمُ الْمَحَجَّةَ فَبَادِرُوا الْعَمَلَ وَاغْتَنِمُوا الْمَهَلَ فَإِنَّ الْيَوْمَ عَمَلٌ وَلَا حِسَابَ وَغَداً حِسَابٌ وَلَا عَمَلَ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Everything in the Hereafter is greater when seen than when heard of, so be satisfied with what you hear [of it] without seeing [it] and what you learn of [it] without witnessing [it]
لِيَكْفِكُمْ [لَيَكْفِيكُمْ] مِنَ الْعِيَانِ السَّمَاعُ وَمِنَ الْغَيْبِ الْخَبَرُ وَهَذِهِ تَتِمَّةُ كَلَامِهِ ع الَّتِي ذُكِرَ فِي نَهْجِ الْبَلَاغَةِ هَكَذَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا سَمَاعُهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ عِيَانِهِ وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ عِيَانُهُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ سَمَاعِهِ فَلْيَكْفِكُمْ مِنَ الْعِيَانِ السَّمَاعُ وَمِنَ الْغَيْبِ الْخَبَرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech