يكصد و پنجاه درس زندگى - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٤٦ - Lesson forty five World is not the final purpose ,rather it is a means
Lesson forty six :Price of man
Imam Ali( A. S. )said:
إنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ثَمَنٌ إلّا الْجَنَّةُ فَلا تَبِيْعُوها إِلَّا بِها.
Translation
( Be aware )There is not any price for you save everlasting prosperity and paradise, so do not exchange it for any other price..
Brief description
Usually when somebody is asked about the price of capital of his existence, he can not assume any price for it.
However, he exchanges this great capital gradually and day by day for a little price, and sometimes at the end of his life, he finds that he has exchanged this great capital with a house or a car or a country villa, and still he will leave them soon.
Ali( A. S. )says that none of the material capitals of this world could be exchanged with the capital of your life. The only thing which could be exchanged with it, is God's satisfaction, human and spiritual development and also an eternal and everlasting prosperity. It is worthy to endeavor, attempt and sacrifice for this purpose as much as you can.