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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death clings to you more closely than your own shadows and has greater authority over you than [you have over] yourselves.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Continuously remember death and remember what you will face after death; and never wish for death except after being sure that you have fulfilled the condition for security [in the Hereafter].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Increase your remembrance of death and of the place you have to go suddenly and return to after death, until it comes to you while you are on your guard against it and have prepared yourself for it, and let it not come over you suddenly thereby taking you by surprise.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Prepare yourselves for death for indeed it overshadows you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Let your ears hear the call of death before it calls you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Remember the destroyer of pleasures and the spoiler of lustful desires and the caller towards separation.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Beware of death and be adequately prepared for it, [for by this] you will be happy in your place of [final] return.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Beware of insufficient provisions and increase your preparations for your departure.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Is there nobody who is ready to meet his Lord before his soul leaves [his body]?

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The best gift for a believer is death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

More severe than death is that which one seeks to be freed from through death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily one who walks on the face of the earth will surely end up inside it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily it behoves you to prepare for the matter about the timing of whose sudden occurrence you have no knowledge of before it overcomes you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily this matter has not started with you nor will it end with you, for this companion of yours travels, so consider him to have gone on one of his travels, and if he comes back to you [then so be it], otherwise you are [all] going towards him [and will meet him].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily the one who approaches, bringing with him [either everlasting] felicity or wretchedness, is deserving of the best preparation.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Indeed the absent one who is driven forward by the [succession of the] new night and day, is indeed worthy of a quick return.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily in front of you there is a path that covers a long distance, and severe hardships, and you cannot do without good exploration and acquiring the necessary amount of provisions.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily our statement: 'Indeed we belong to Allah' is an affirmation we make to ourselves that we are owned and our statement: 'Indeed we will return to Him' is an affirmation to ourselves that we will die.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

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 swiftly. Indeed its place of descent for you inevitably leads either to Paradise or hellfire.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily this death is a swift seeker - neither does the steadfast escape it nor does the fleer frustrate it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily death is a relief for the one who was a slave to his lust and a prisoner of his vain desire, because the more his life lengthened the more his sins would increase and his offenses against his soul would become worse.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily death has agonies that are more terrible than can ever be described or comprehended by the intellects of the people of this world.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily death has been tied to your forelocks whilst this world coils behind you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily death is a visitor who is not loved, a killer who is not held accountable and an invincible adversary.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Departure [from this world] is imminent.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is soothing.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The matter is near.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is expiration [and loss of opportunity].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is a heedless watchman (or friend).

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is the gate of the Hereafter.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

White hair [of old age] is a messenger of death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is the first justice of the Hereafter.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is preferable to vileness.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is separation from the transient abode and a journey to the everlasting abode.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily you are on the run from the death whose fleer is not saved and must eventually meet it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily behind you is a swift seeker in the form of death, so do not be negligent.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Verily you are all running away from the death which will take you if you remain steadfast [to resist it] and will catch up with you if you [try to] flee.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When death arrives, hopes are exposed.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When one cannot remain secure from the onslaught of death, then not being prepared for it is incompetence.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Deaths cut off hopes.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When you are moving away [from this world] and death is moving towards you, then how quickly you will meet each other!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

When the bringer of the news of death comes frequently to you, he will [soon also] announce your death to others.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The one who does not prepare for death and take benefit of respite is negligent of the onslaught of death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Begin your journey for you have been pushed forward and prepare for death for it has overshadowed you.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Remembrance of death makes the means [and comforts] of this world seem trivial.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Sometimes the choker (or drinker) is choked by water [and dies] before quenching his thirst.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is the cause of loss.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Fill yourselves with desire for the bounties of Paradise, [and] you will love death and loathe [this worldly] life.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

I am amazed at the one who forgets death while he sees others dying [around him].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

I am amazed at the person who sees his body and his lifespan decreasing every day and still does not make preparations for death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

I am amazed at the one who fears the ambush [of death] and still does not desist.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The end of death is loss.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The absent death is more deserving of being awaited and is closer in its approach [than any other traveller whose return is expected].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

In death there is [either] delight or regret.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

In every soul there is death.116

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

In death there is comfort for the felicitous.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death may [at times] be hastened.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every expected thing [eventually] arrives.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every comer is near.117

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every near one is close by.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Every person will meet his death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How can one who is sought by death remain safe?

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How can you forget death while its signs are [constantly] reminding you [of it]?

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

For every rising one there is a setting.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

For every [being with a] soul there is death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

For every living thing there is death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

For all [beings with] souls there is death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The affluent person will never be saved from death because of his abundant wealth.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The poor person will never be saved from death because of his poverty.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

If death could be bought, the affluent would have surely bought it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who dies, passes away.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is certain of the [eventual] departure [from this world] prepares for the journey.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who sees death with the eyes of his certitude, sees it nearby.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who sees death with the eyes of his hope, sees it far away.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who remembers death forgets his aspirations.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who recalls the distance of his journey, prepares [for it].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who frequently remembers death is saved from the deceptions of this world.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is missed by the arrow of death is fettered by old age.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who anticipates death hastens towards good deeds.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who visualizes death before his very own eyes, the affairs of this world become easy [and trivial] for him.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who frequently remembers death is pleased with whatever suffices him of this world.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever frequently remembers death, his desire in [the pleasures of] this world is reduced.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever frequently remembers death is satisfied with the little he possesses of this world.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Whoever has [the angel of] death given charge over him, is overrun and annihilated by it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who is sought by death cannot be saved from it.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

One who counts tomorrow as part of his lifetime has not recognized the reality of death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

How beneficial death is for the one who has filled his heart with faith and God-wariness!

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The deaths of this world are easier to bear than the deaths [and chastisements] of the Hereafter.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

We are the helpers of death and our lives are targets of mortality, so how can we expect to live forever while the night and day do not elevate anything in status but that they quickly destroyed that which they have built and separated that which they have brought together.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Are the people who have been given time to live [in this world] awaiting anything but the time of death, while the hour is close and the journey is at hand?

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Can the near ones repel [death] from you, or can the wailing [of the women and children] be of any benefit to you?

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Far be it for death to lose the one whom it seeks or for the one who flees it to get saved [from it].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The arrival of death cuts off action and exposes [false] hopes.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

The arrival of death expunges respite, brings the appointed time closer and dashes [one's] hope.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no soother like death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death does not desist from extermination [and will annihilate all].

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is none whose arrival is nearer than death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no absent one that approaches quicker than death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

There is no blame on the one who flees from his death.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Destiny holds sway over the expectations [and plans of man] until death occurs in the [execution of his own] plans.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

It behoves the one who knows about the quickness of his departure to be well prepared for the move.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death is preferable to the shame of disgrace.

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Imam Ali (P.B.U.H):

Death comes to every living thing.

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