The affliction of the world and the reward of the hereafter | A quote by Imam Hadi Naqi

Congratulation for the birthday of Imam Hadi Naqi, the 10th Shia imam, to Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance) and all the believers.

God made this world as the home of affliction, the hereafter as the home of reward, the affliction of this world as the mean for the hereafter’s reward and the hereafter’s reward as the compensation for this world’s affliction.

–Imam Al-Hadi (PBUH), the 10th Shia Imam

قالَ الإمامُ الهادى علیه‏السلام:

اِنَّ اللّه‏َ جَعَلَ الدُّنیا دارَ بَلْوى وَالاْخِرَةَ دارَ عُقْبى وَجَـعَلَ بَـلوَى الدُّنیا لِثَـوابِ الاْخِـرَةِ سَبَبَا وَثَوابَ الاْخِرَةِ مِنْ بَلوَى الدُّنیا عِوَضا.

امام هادى علیه‏ السلام فرمود: خداوند، دنیا را جاى گرفتارى قرار داده و آخــرت را سـراى پـاداش، گرفتارى دنیا را سبب ثواب آخرت قرار داده و ثـواب آخـرت را عـوض گرفتـارى دنـیا.

تحف العقول، ص 772