Sayings · Life's transience and worldly impermanence

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

١٣٢. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَكاً يُنَادِى فِى كُلِّ يَوْمٍ لِدُوا لِلْمَوْتِ وَاجْمَعُوا لِلْفَنَاءِ وَابْنُوا لِلْخَرَابِ.

Translation

132. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: There is an angel of Allāh who calls out every day, “Beget children for death, collect wealth for destruction, and raise construction for ruin.”

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