Ce qui est dit à propos de ce monde et de celui qui le recherche

3.Faḍālah narrated from Dāwūd ibn Farqad who said, “I told Abū ʿAbdillāh (a), ‘By your right,[1] this world and what it contains does not please me.’ He said, ‘Fie upon this world and what it contains! And what is it O Dāwūd? Is it anything other than two pieces of cloth and that which fills your belly?’”

"Malheur à ce monde et à ce qu'il contient, ô Dawud! N'est-ce rien d'autre que des vêtements et de la nourriture pour ton ventre?"

4.ʿUthmān ibn ʿĪsā narrated from Samāʿah who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘Remain patient in obeying Allah, and remain patient in keeping away from disobeying Allah, for indeed this world is short lived; that which has passed from it is [such that you find neither joy nor sorrow for it now, while that which has not yet come is] [1] unknown to you, so remain patient in the present moment that you are in, and it will be as though you have been granted [its reward].’”

"Soyez patients dans l'obéissance à Allah et soyez patients face aux désobéissances à Allah, car ce monde n'est qu'une heure passagère. Ce qui en est déjà écoulé, tu ne le connais pas, alors sois patient dans cette heure où tu te trouves, et qui t'a été donnée."

5.Al-Naḍr narrated from Durust, from Isḥāq ibn ʿAmmār, from Muyassir, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “When the following verse was revealed: Do not gaze longingly at what We have given some of them to enjoy, the [fleeting] finery of this worldly life… (Q20:131), the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) sat up straight and then said, ‘Whoever does not take solace with the consolation of Allah will overwhelm himself with [sorrow and] regret for [what he has lost of] this world; and whoever follows with his gaze that which is in the possession of others, his sadness will be prolonged and his anger will never subside; and whoever does not recognize the blessing of Allah upon him except in his food or drink, his action will fall short and his chastisement will be near.’”

Quand cette parole fut révélée : "Et ne tends pas tes yeux vers ce dont Nous avons donné jouissance à certains couple parmi eux, [et ne sois pas triste à leur sujet], et abaisse ton aile pour les croyants." Le Messager de Dieu صلى الله عليه وآله s'assit droit et dit : "Celui qui ne se console pas avec la consolation de Dieu, son âme sera déchirée par le chagrin de ce monde. Celui qui suit son regard sur ce que possèdent les gens, son souci sera prolongé et sa colère ne sera pas apaisée. Celui qui ne reconnaît pas Dieu dans Ses bienfaits, sa demeure sera rétrécie même dans un repas ou une boisson, et son châtiment se rapprochera."

6.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, from Isḥāq ibn Ghālib who said, “Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said to me, ‘O Isḥāq, how many [people] do you think the following verse refers to: If they are given some of it they are pleased, but if they are not given from it they get enraged (Q9:58)?’ Then he said to me, ‘They are more than two-thirds of the people.’”

Ô Ishaq, combien penses-tu que soient les compagnons de ce verset ? S'ils en reçoivent, ils sont satisfaits, et s'ils n'en reçoivent pas, ils sont mécontents. Puis il m'a dit : Ils sont plus nombreux que les deux tiers des gens.

7.Al-Naḍr narrated from Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, from Isḥāq ibn Ghālib who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) speaking about the following verse: Were it not that people might have become a single nation [of disbelievers], We would have given all those who disbelieve in the Compassionate [Lord] houses with roofs of silver, and sweeping stairways to ascend (Q43:33). He (a) said, ‘If He did so all the people would be disbelievers.’”

Dans ce verset, "Et si les gens n'étaient qu'une seule communauté, Nous aurions assigné à ceux qui ne croient pas au Tout Miséricordieux des maisons en argent, et des escaliers où ils monteraient", s'il en était ainsi, les gens tout entiers auraient mécru.

8.Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUlwān narrated from Saʿd ibn Ṭarīf, from Aṣbagh ibn Nubātah who said, “I was seated with Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) when a man came to him and complained about the world and spoke ill of it. So Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) told him, ‘Verily this world is an abode of truth for the one who is veracious with it, an abode of riches for the one who takes provisions from it [for the Hereafter], and an abode of consequence for those who comprehend it. It is the place of prostration by those who love Allah, the place where the revelation of Allah descended, where His angels pray [and send salutations], where His friends conduct trade [for the Hereafter] in which they earn Paradise and profit from [Divine] mercy. So why do you criticise it when parting from it has been announced and the call to separate from it has been made, and it has informed [everyone] of its own death and the death of its inhabitants? Through its trial it exemplifies the trial [of the Hereafter] and through its delight it exemplifies the delight [of Paradise]. It departs with tragedy and arrives with wellbeing, as a warning, an enticement, and a frightening alarm. Hence, some people criticised it after their regret and others praised it. It reminded them, so they remembered and it spoke to them, so they accepted [its speech]. So O you who are criticising this world while being beset by its delusions, when did the world elicit your disdain and [how did it] deceive you? Was it by the abodes of your forefathers within the earth or the tombs of your mothers in the decrepit ruins? How many sick people did you tend to yourself and care for by your own hands? You would seek out a cure for him and consult physicians, yet neither did your concern benefit you, nor did you achieve what you sought. Through him, the world demonstrated to you your own reality, and by his demise, your own [eventual] demise. So it behoves you that your tears should never end, as you have realised that your loved ones cannot benefit you.’”

Le Commandeur des croyants, que la paix soit sur lui, lui dit: "Ce bas monde est une demeure de vérité pour celui qui lui est sincère, une demeure de richesse pour celui qui s'y prépare, et une demeure de conséquences pour celui qui en comprend le sens. C'est le lieu de prière des amis d'Allah, le lieu de descente de la révélation divine, le lieu de prière des anges, et le marché des saints. Ils y acquièrent le Paradis et y gagnent la miséricorde. Alors pourquoi le critiquer? Il a annoncé sa clarté, proclamé sa finitude, décrit ses habitants, et présenté ses épreuves comme avertissement et encouragement. Ceux qui regrettent le matin le louent le soir, et ceux que je mentionne se souviennent, et ceux à qui je parle croient. Ô toi qui critiques ce bas monde, égaré par les illusions de mon ego, pourquoi le critiques-tu? Est-ce pour les demeures de tes ancêtres dans la terre? Ou pour les lits de tes mères dans la poussière? Combien de fois as-tu été malade de tes mains? Et combien de fois as-tu cherché des remèdes avec tes mains pour obtenir la guérison, consulté des médecins sans que ta compassion ne serve à rien et tes supplications ne soient d'aucun secours? Ce bas monde t'a montré ton propre ego et ta propre mort, alors il est digne de toi de ne pas être consumé par tes pleurs, sachant que tes proches ne te seront d'aucun secours."

9.ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mughīrah narrated from Ṭalḥah ibn Zayd, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “This world appeared to ʿĪsā (a) in the for of a blue-eyed woman. He asked her, ‘How many have you married?’ She said, ‘Many.’ He asked, ‘Did you divorce them all?’ She said, ‘Rather, I killed them all!’ He said, ‘Then woe to your remaining spouses! How can they not take lesson from those who have passed?’” Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) [then] said, “The example of this world is like the salty sea – every time a thirsty person drinks from it, it increases his thirst, until it kills him.”

: Il a dit : "Le monde s'est présenté à Jésus (que la paix soit sur lui) sous la forme d'une femme vêtue de bleu. Il lui demanda : 'Combien de fois t'es-tu mariée?' Elle répondit : 'Beaucoup de fois.' Il demanda alors : 'As-tu été divorcée à chaque fois?' Elle répondit : 'Oui, à chaque fois.' Il dit alors : 'Malheur à tes maris restants, comment ne tirent-ils pas de leçon des précédents?' Et l'Imam Abu Abdullah (que la paix soit sur lui) a dit : 'Le monde est comme l'océan salé, plus les assoiffés en boivent, plus leur soif augmente jusqu'à les tuer.'

10.ʿAbdullāh ibn Mughīrah narrated from Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Zayd who attributed the statement to Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) that when he was asked, “What is detachment (al-zuhd) from the world?” He said, “[It pertains to] what is forbidden thereof – so restrain yourself from it and shun it.”[1]

Il a été demandé : "Qu'est-ce que le détachement par rapport à ce monde ?" Il a répondu : "C'est de considérer illicite ce qui est licite et de ne pas s'en préoccuper."

11.Faḍālah narrated from Abān ibn ʿUthmān, from Salamah ibn Abī Ḥafṣ, from Abū ʿAbdillāh, from his father (a), from Jābir who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) passed by the market and approached [one of the shops] seeking to buy some perfume, while the people had surrounded him. Then he passed by a dead goat with its ears cut, lying in a rubbish heap, so he took hold of it by its [severed] ear and asked, ‘Who among you would want to buy this for a dirham?’ They said, ‘We would not like to buy this for any amount – what would we do with it?’ He said, ‘Would you not like to possess it?’ They said, ‘No!’ He (ṣ) repeated that [question] thrice, so they said, ‘By Allah, even if it were alive it would be flawed, so how about now when it is dead!’ The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Verily the [material] world is less valuable to Allah than this [dead goat] is to you.’”

Le Messager d'Allāh, paix et bénédictions d'Allāh soient sur lui et sa famille, passa par le marché et se dirigea vers une carcasse de chèvre jetée dans un dépotoir, morte. Il prit son oreille et demanda : "Lequel d'entre vous aimerait avoir ceci pour un dirham?" Ils répondirent : "Nous n'aimerions pas l'avoir même gratuitement, que ferions-nous avec?" Il dit : "Le voudriez-vous s'il vous était donné?" Ils répondirent : "Non, même pas." Il répéta cela trois fois, puis ils dirent : "Par Allāh, même s'il était vivant, ce serait un défaut, alors comment étant mort?" Le Messager d'Allāh, paix et bénédictions d'Allāh soient sur lui et sa famille, dit : "Certes, ce monde est plus insignifiant pour Allāh à vos yeux que cela."

12.Faḍālah narrates from Abān, from Ziyād ibn Abī Rajāʾ, from Abū Hishām, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Whoever starts his day with the world as his greatest concern [and objective], Allah will scatter his affair and his poverty will be [seen] in front of him, and nothing of this world will come to him except that which has been destined for him. But whoever’s greatest concern is the Hereafter, Allah will remove his constraints for him and gather his affair, and this world will come to him in [complete] submission.”

"Celui dont la principale préoccupation est ce monde, Dieu dispersera ses affaires et la pauvreté sera devant ses yeux. Il n'obtiendra de ce monde que ce qui lui est destiné. Mais celui pour qui l'au-delà est la plus grande préoccupation, Dieu dissipera ses soucis, ordonnera ses affaires, et le monde viendra à lui malgré lui."

13.Ḥammād ibn ʿĪsā narrated from al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Mukhtār, from Ismāʾīl ibn Abī Ḥamzah who said, “Jābir narrated to me saying, ‘Abū Jaʿfar (a) said to me, ‘O Jābir, take this world as you would a place where you have arrived and then wish to depart from on the very same day, or as wealth that you have earned in your dream and when you awake there is nothing of it in your hand. And when you are at a funeral, then be as though it is you who is being carried [to your grave] and as though you are the one who is asking his Lord to send him back to the world so that you may work [and perform the deeds] like those who are living, for indeed to the learned, this world is like the shadow [that soon passes].”

14.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from ʿAbdullāh ibn Sinān who said, “I hear Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) saying, ‘A man came to visit the Prophet (ṣ) while he was sitting on a mat which had left marks on his body, and a pillow made of palm fibers which had left a mark on his cheek. So he began wiping [his blessed face] saying, “Chosroes and Caesar would never be pleased with such [for themselves]. They sleep on silk and brocade while you are on this mat!” So the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, “I am surely better than both of them by Allah, I am surely more noble than them both by Allah! What do I have to do with this world? Indeed the example of this world is but like a man who rides past a tree that has a shadow, so he takes shade under it. When the shadow recedes, he departs and leaves it.”’”

15.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from Abū Sayyār, from Marwān, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a) said to me, ‘It has never happened that two matters, one for this world and the other for the Hereafter, were presented before me and I prioritized the [matter of] this world but that I saw what I disliked before the end of the day.’” Then Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said regarding the Banī Umayyah, “They have been preferring [and prioritizing] this world over the Hereafter for the past eighty years, yet they do not see anything that they dislike.”[1]

Il m'a été rapporté par 'Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn عليهما السلام qu'il n'a jamais été présenté devant moi deux choses, l'une pour ce monde et l'autre pour l'au-delà, et j'ai préféré ce monde, sauf que j'ai vu ce que je déteste avant la fin de la journée. Abū 'Abdillāh عليه السلام a ensuite dit à Banī Umayyah : "Ils ont préféré ce monde à l'au-delà depuis quatre-vingts ans et ils ne voient rien qu'ils détestent."

16.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from ʿAlī al-Aḥmaṣ, from the one who informed him of it, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who used to say, “How good a helper this world is for the Hereafter [if it is approached correctly].”

qu'il disait : "La vie d'ici-bas est un grand secours pour l'au-delà."

17.Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī said, “I heard Abā al-Ḥasan (a) say, ‘[One of the things] that ʿĪsā (a) said to the disciples was, “Do not grieve over what you have missed of this world of yours, just as the people of this world do not grieve over what they have missed from their Hereafter when they acquire their worldly objectives.”’”

Ce que Jésus a dit à ses disciples: Ô enfants d'Adam, ne vous attristez pas pour ce que vous avez manqué (de vos biens de ce monde), tout comme les gens de ce monde ne se lamentent pas sur ce qu'ils ont manqué de leur Au-delà lorsqu'ils obtiennent leur part de ce monde.

18.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Hishām ibn Sālim, from Abū Yaʿqūb who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘Verily we love this world yet it is actually better for it not to be granted to us, and nothing from it is granted to anyone but that his share is thereby reduced in the Hereafter.’”

Nous n'aimons certes pas ce monde, et il ne nous apporte aucun bien. Quiconque en reçoit quelque chose voit sa part dans l'au-delà diminuée.

19.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from ʿĀṣim, from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘An angel came and told me, “O Muḥammad, your Lord sends you greetings and says to you: If you wish, I will turn the plains of Makkah into nuggets of gold [for you].”’ So the Prophet (ṣ) raised his head to the sky and said, ‘O Lord, I am sated one day so I praise You, and I am hungry another day so I implore You [and that is enough for me].’”

Le Messager d'Allah صلى الله عليه وآله a dit : "Un ange est venu à moi et a dit : 'Ô Muhammad, ton Seigneur te salue et te dit : Si tu le souhaites, Je peux te donner les montagnes de La Mecque en or pur ?' Le Prophète صلى الله عليه وآله leva alors la tête vers le ciel et dit : 'Ô Seigneur, rassasie-moi un jour pour Te louer et affame-moi un jour pour Te demander.'"

20.Ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Hishām ibn Sālim, from al-Yamānī who said, “I heard ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a) say, ‘How truly amazing it is that one works for the perishing abode yet abandons the [permanent] abode of the Hereafter.’”

"Il est étonnant, vraiment étonnant, celui qui travaille pour la demeure de la perdition et délaisse la demeure de l'au-delà."