Pearl of Wisdom
											
	'There is no absent thing closer [to us] than death.'
 Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib [as] Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 263, no. 2  					 
				 
			 
		 
			
			
				
					
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					A letter to Amr bin Aas. 			 | 
				
		
				
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Letter  39                                                    				           	  		A letter to Amr bin Aas. 
 
 Undoubtedly  you have subordinated your religion to the worldly power, pomp and  wealth provided to you by a person whose apostation and scepticism are  not hidden from anybody. He and his ways are known to everybody. He  sullies the reputation as well as the character of those who keep  company with him. He tries to deceive sober and sedate people. For the  sake of remnants and crumbs of bread left over at his table, you have  attached yourself to him. You are following him like a dog which follows  a tiger, frightfully looks at its paws and waits to live upon the  refuse which it leaves of its kill.  In this way you have lost your self-respect and honour in this world and  your salvation in the next. You have ruined your present and future.  Had you followed the true path, you would have secured success in this  world as well as in the Hereafter.					  
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