Sayings · Sleeping travelers as a metaphor for worldly life

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

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Arabic text

٦٤. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا كَرَكْبٍ يُسَارُ بِهِمْ وَهُمْ نِيَامٌ.

Original English translation

64. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The people of the world are like travellers who are being carried while they are asleep.

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