يكصد و پنجاه درس زندگى - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٧٤ - Lesson seventy four Correct program for world and Hereafter

Lesson seventy four :Correct program for world and Hereafter

Imam Reza( A. S. )says:

إِعْمَلْ لِدُنْياكَ كَأَنَّكَ تَعِيشُ أَبَدا وَ إِعْمَلْ لِاخِرَتِكَ كَأَنَّك تَمُوتُ غَدَا

Translation

Work for the world as if you would be alive forever, and work for the Hereafter as if you would die tomorrow!.

Brief description

Above tradition clarifies the attitude of Islam towards the matters concerned with material and immaterial life. A positive and responsible Moslem should observe discipline in the matters concerned with material life as if he would abide there forever, and hereby hypocritical negligence of those claiming for asceticism is rejected.

And he should be so sensitive and aware of immaterial concerns and necessary readiness for the hereafter life that if he will die tomorrow, he would not have any deficiency. He should have purified himself with the water of real repentance and have paid public rights and not have any dark point in his life.