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

The Hereafter is the victory of the felicitous.

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

Occupying yourself with improving your Hereafter will save you from the chastisement of hellfire.

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

The [true] winner is one who has sold this transitory life for the [eternal] Hereafter.

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

Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world whereas good deeds are the tillage of the Hereafter.

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

The conditions in this world are based on convention whereas the conditions in the Hereafter are based on merit.

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

Surely in front of you is a difficult place of ascension in which one whose weight is lighter is in a better position than the one whose weight is heavier, and the one who moves slowly is worse off than the one who moves swiftly. Verily its landing will lead you to either Paradise or hell.

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

Verily the final destination is al-Qiyamah ' 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.

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

If you desire success and honour in the Hereafter, then take from the perishing [life of this world] for the everlasting [life of the Hereafter].

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

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.

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

Verily you have been created for the Hereafter, so work for it!

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

If you work for the Hereafter, your arrow hits the mark.

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

Verily you are all proceeding towards the Hereafter and will be presented before Allah.

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

The sweetness of the Hereafter removes the pangs of misery of this world.

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

Attain the Hereafter by abandoning this world, and don't [try to] acquire [the embellishments of] this world by abandoning the faith.

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

The Hereafter is everlasting.

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

Blessed is he who remembers the Hereafter and thus does good.

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

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.

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

You must strive and struggle for the betterment of the Hereafter.

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

I wonder at the one who denies the second genesis while he sees the first genesis.

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

The goal of the Hereafter is everlasting [life].

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

In the Hereafter there is accounting without action.

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

Be from the children of the Hereafter and do not be from the children of this world, for surely every child will join his mother on the Day of Reckoning.

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

One who works for the Hereafter will be triumphant.

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

One who develops his Hereafter achieves his aspirations.

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

One who buys his Hereafter with his worldly life, gains both of them.

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

One who builds the abode of his permanent dwelling is truly wise.

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

One who is certain about the Hereafter turns away from this world.

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

One who improves his Hereafter will be triumphant.

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

One who is certain about the Hereafter does not covet this world.

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

One who is desirous of the Hereafter [and works for it] attains it.

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

Everything in the Hereafter has perpetuity and everlastingness.

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

There is no substitute for the Hereafter; and this world is not the price of one's soul.

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

He who does not concern himself with improving his Hereafter is not a [true] believer.

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

One who longs for the bounties of the Hereafter is content with little in this world.

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

Who is more at a loss than the one who trades his Hereafter for this world?!

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

One who puts all his efforts for [the betterment of] his Hereafter succeeds in attaining what he looks forward to.

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

Whoever strives for his permanent abode, his action becomes sincere and his fear [of displeasing Allah] increases.

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

One who is certain about his Hereafter thinks no more of this world.

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

Whoever increases his remembrance of the Hereafter, his transgression reduces.

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

One who strives to improve his Hereafter, Allah will improve for him his worldly life.

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

One whose efforts are for the Hereafter will attain the best of his aspired goals.

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

One who does not work for the Hereafter will not attain what he hopes for.

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

One who has three [qualities] will have saved his life in this world and the Hereafter: he commands good and himself follows it, forbids evil and himself keeps away from it, and is careful in following the commandments of Allah, the Mighty and High.

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

How great a loser is the one for whom there is no share in the Hereafter!

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

The bitterness of this world is the sweetness of the Hereafter.

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

The deceived one who succeeds in attaining the smallest portion of this world [through his greatest effort] is not comparable the one who succeeds in attaining [the smallest portion of] the Hereafter by exerting his greatest effort.

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

He who works for his Eternal Abode obtains what he desires.

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

Do not sell the Hereafter for this world and do not exchange the everlasting for the evanescent.

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

Never let anything occupy you from working for the Hereafter for indeed the time is short.

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

The Hereafter and this world do not come together.

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

The perishing and the permanent do not go together.

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

No one attains what he wishes for in the Hereafter except by abstaining from that which he desires in this world.

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

It behoves one who is certain about the everlastingness and permanence of the Hereafter to work for it.

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

People do not abstain from anything of their worldly life for the sake of improving their Hereafter but that Allah, the Glorified, recompenses them with what is better than it.

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

Aspire for what Allah has promised the God-wary, for surely the truest promises are His promises.

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

Verily tomorrow is close to today. This day will pass with what is in it and tomorrow will come [soon] following it.

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

The [final] destination is in front of you and time is behind you, pushing you [forward].

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

Verily you have an ultimate destination so move towards your destination, and you have a guide so move towards it with [the help of] your guide.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Beware of the day when the deeds are audited, when earthquakes increase and when young children turn old.

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

Be careful not to be swindled out of the Permanent Abode, the dwelling of the righteous and the virtuous elite, about whose qualities the Qur'an has spoken and whose dwellers it has praised; while Allah, the Glorified, has guided you and invited you to it.

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

Is there nobody who has prepared the provisions for his Hereafter before the coming of [the hour of] his departure?

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

The Hereafter is the abode of your permanent stay, so prepare for it that which will be lasting for you.

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

Place your concern and effort for your Hereafter.

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

Be concerned about your Hereafter and you will become upright.

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

Exert all your effort for your afterlife and your [final] station will be improved, and do not sell your Hereafter for your worldly life.

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

Work hard in preparing the answers for the Day of Questioning and Reckoning.

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

Those who have the greatest share of the Hereafter are those who have the smallest share of this world.

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

I enjoin you to be well prepared and increase your provisions for the day when you will meet with what you have sent forth and regret what you have left behind, and will be rewarded for what you had forwarded [in advance].

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

When you turn away from the transitory world and become occupied with the permanent abode, then your arrow has indeed hit its mark, the doors of prosperity are opened for you and you have attained success.

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

The reward of the Hereafter makes one forget the hardships of this world.

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

Take from what will not last for you and what you will not last for [of this world] for that which you will not separate from and which will not separate from you [of the Hereafter].

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

Partake in the best of actions and befriend the best of friends; for verily every person will get that which he has earned and will be with the one whom he loves in the Hereafter.

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

The Everlasting Abode [of Paradise] is the home of the veracious and the dwelling of the virtuous and righteous.

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

Remembrance of the Hereafter is a cure and a remedy.

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

May Allah have mercy on the person who takes from [his] life for [his] death, from the transitory for the everlasting and from the perishing for the permanent.

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

Seek the Hereafter and the world will come to you belittled.

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

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].

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

How can one who is occupied with this world work for the Hereafter?!

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

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].

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

Verily you have been created for the Hereafter, not for this world, and for perpetuity, not for extinction.

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

Verily you have been created for perpetuity, not for extinction; and you are most certainly in a temporary abode of subsistence and a place which is not suitable for settling.

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

The betterment of the Hereafter is in the rejection of this world.

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

I am amazed at the one who knows his Lord, how can he not strive for the everlasting abode?!

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

One who is certain about the everlasting is uninterested in that which perishes.

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

One who loves the everlasting abode becomes oblivious to [worldly] pleasures.

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

One who hopes to attain the bountiful rewards [of the Hereafter] will not have his hopes disappointed.

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

Would you be happy to meet Allah tomorrow on the Day of Resurrection while He is pleased with you and not angry? Then be indifferent to [the pleasures of] this world and desirous of the Hereafter. And adopt God- wariness and honesty, for these are the consolidators of faith. And accompany the people of truth and emulate their actions - you will become one of them.

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

He whose goal is [attaining] this world will not be successful in [attaining] the Hereafter.

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

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.

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

Do not be one of those who hopes for the Hereafter without working [for it], and postpones repentance with long hopes; one who speaks in this world with the words of those who are indifferent [to its pleasures] but acts in it with the actions of the desirous.

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

None will be rewarded with the bounties of the Hereafter except those who are patient in the face of the tribulations of this world.

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

There is no benefit in working for the Hereafter while having desire for this world.

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

No one will attain an elevated rank in the Hereafter except through sincerity in action, reducing hopes and espousing God-wariness.

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

Become deserving of what Allah has prepared for you [in the Hereafter] by seeking the fulfilment of His true promise and being wary of the horror of His reckoning.

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Hadith

Beliefs Resurrection THE HEREAFTER