Initiative, Imam Ali

2021.08.04 - 08:18
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Take the initiative to act, belie [false] hope and recall death.


Take the initiative to act and fear the suddeness of death, [then] you will realize the greater hope.

Hasten towards [virtuous] actions before old age disables you.

Hasten towards [virtuous] actions before deilitating illness or sudden death [overtakes you].

Hasten towards virtue, for verily virtuous deeds are an opportunity [to secure your Hereafter].

Take the initiative to perform good deeds [now] while the nect is free from the noose and the spirit is unfettered.

Take the initiative in your youth before your old age and in your health before your illness.

Take the initiative in your affluence before your poverty and while you are alive before your death.

Take the initiative while the rest of your life is before you, and you have the ability to act by volition, and have the opportunity of repentance, and the possibility of abrogating your misdeeds.

Hasten to act while the bodies are healthy, the tongues are untied, the [cry of] repentance is heard and the deeds are accepted.

Hasten to act before [you are seized with] the seizing of the all]powerful, the Omnipotent.

Hasten to act before the narrowness and constriction [of the grave].

Hasten to act before the terror [of death] and the departure of your soul [from your body].

Hasten towards good deeds before your deaths, and purchase what will remain for you [in the hereafter] with what will depart from you [of this world].

Hasten [to do good] with your wealth before your deaths come upon you, so that it may purify you, set your aright and bring you closer [to Allah].

Hasten towards obedience [to Allah] and you will be felicitous.

Hasten towards good and you will be guided.

Hasten [to do good] before the coming of the hidden awaited one.

Anticipate death and its throes, prepare for it before its arrival and get ready for it before it descends.

Hasten [to act] in the period of guidance and repose of the bodies, and in your remaining lifetime
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