Verily the final destination is al-Qiy?mah and this is enough of an admonition for the one who reasons, and [enough of] a warning for the one who is unaware; and after that what you know of the torment of the Day of Judgment and the frightening terror, and the deafening of the ears, and the turning of the ribs, and the narrowness of the grave, and the intensity of sadness and heavy-heartedness
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            I wonder at the one who denies the second genesis while he sees the first genesis
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            The Hour [of reckoning] has shown its face and the sign [of its coming] is evident for the one who recognizes it
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            The Hour has drawn near with its quakes and it has settled down with its chest on the ground
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Prepare yourselves for the day when the eyes will be glazed, and the minds will lose their sanity because of its horror, and the perceptions will become dull
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Beware of the day when the deeds are audited, when earthquakes increase and when young children turn old
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Verily before you is an arduous mountain-pass [that is difficult to traverse] where the one with a light burden will be in a better condition than the one with a heavy burden and the one who has to go through it slowly will be worse off than the one who can pass through swiftlyIndeed its place of descent for you inevitably leads either to Paradise or hellfire
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            When the horrors of the Day of Reckoning will be witnessed, there will be many who will show extreme regret
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            They have risen from the resting place in their graves and gone towards the site of reckoning, and evidence has been brought against them
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the abode of peace
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the reward of the obedient
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the abode of the pious
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the goal of the foremost [in righteousness]
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the most excellent goal
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the returning place of the victorious
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the reward of every righteous believer
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is the best place of return and hellfire is the worst place of residence
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Those who possess certitude, the dedicated [and sincere] ones and the altruistic ones are from the people of the Elevations
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Verily the people of Paradise constitute all the believers who are easygoing and gentle
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Verily your souls have [great] value, so do not sell them except for Paradise
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            If you must be desirous of something, then be desirous of a Paradise, the span of which covers the heavens and the earth
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Verily you will not enter Paradise until you restrain yourself from misdeeds and stop [committing them]; and deter yourself from sins and desist [from them]
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            He who overcomes his vain desire is victorious in attaining the Paradise of the [everlasting] Abode
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            He who turns away from the lustful desires of this world attains the Garden of Repose [in the Hereafter]
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            The goal of a believer is Paradise
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Every bliss other than Paradise is derisory
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            How impossible! Allah cannot be cheated of His Paradise, and none can attain what is with Him except by His pleasure
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            The delegation that enters Paradise is constantly showered with blessings
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Those who enter Paradise are in perpetual bliss
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Paradise is not achieved [simply] by wishing for it
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            None will be victorious in attaining Paradise except one whose heart is good and intention sincere
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                Hellfire is the final end of the extremists
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Because of succumbing to vain desire and misguidance, [only a] few will be saved from hellfire
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                Be wary of the fire whose heat is intense, whose pit is deep and whose ornaments are made of [molten] iron
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                Be wary of the fire whose tumultuous blaze is ready, its flames are intense and its torment is forever renewed
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Indeed, I have not seen any place whose seeker is in slumber like Paradise and any place whose fleer is in slumber like hellfire
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                Verily all disbelieving schemers are inmates of the fire
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                He (‘a) also said in his description of hellfire: Its pits are engulfed [with fire], its sides are pitch-dark, its vessels are scorching hot and everything about it is horrid
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
            Every tribulation other than the fire [of hell] is [a means to] wellbeing
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                Hell is sufficient as a punishment
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                This tender skin does not have the tolerance to withstand the fire [of hell]
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                He (‘a) said in his description of hell: [It is] a fire whose burning is intense, its roar is loud, its flames are rising, its blaze is incinerating, its groans are terrifying, its abatement is remote, its fuel is igniting, [and] its horrors are terrifying
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                The inmates of hell are eternally tormented
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                The one who enters hellfire is forever wretched
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
                 
            
                
                He (‘a) said while describing hell: Its inmate cannot leave, its prisoner cannot be released by ransom and its shackles cannot be brokenThis abode has no fixed age so that it may perish, nor is there a lifespan for its inmates that they may pass away
                      Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech