Worldly pleasures versus eternal rewards

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 251

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 251

Worldly pleasures versus eternal rewards
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٢٥١. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): مَرَارَةُ الدُّنْيَا حَلاَوَةُ الْآخِرَةِ، وَحَلاَوَةُ الدُّنْيَا مَرَارَةُ الْآخِرَةِ.

251. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The sourness of this world is the sweetness of the next world while the sweetness of this world is the sourness of the next one.