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THE FIFTH FRUIT
WHAT THE WORLD MEANS
Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s.) says, ‘ A person who seeks the world is like the silk-worm
which becomes more and more incarcerated inside the cocoon the more silk it wounds
around and dies inside it. A seeker of the world is like the sheep that ventures into the
grassland to feed. It fattens, and the same fattening becomes the cause of its death under
the butcher’s knife! Remember, when you go before Allah, four questions will be asked:
• How did you spend your youth?
• What work you did during your lifetime?
• From where you acquired the riches?
• Where did you spend your wealth?
Prepare your replies to these questions. “
The more you seek the world, the more will be the desire to have it. It is like the thirsty
drinking the water from Dariya e Shor (a river). The more he drinks the water, the more
thirsty he feels!.
The exterior of the world is very attractive and in fact it is very destructive! It looks
pretty like a snake, soft and cuddly! But its nature is venomous! The wise keeps an eye
on its venom and escape from it. The gullible plays with it like a child!
This world is transient! The Prophet of Islam (a.s.) has said, “ The world is like a tree for
men to have a respite under it’s shadow and depart!”
ABOUT THE UNGRATEFULNESS OF THE WORLD
Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) narrates that the world came one day, smartly dressed, to
Hazrat Eeesa (a.s.) and said, “ O Eeesa bin Mariam (a.s.)! Marry me!
• Hazrat Eesa (a.s.) said, “ Did you ever marry anyone else?”
• It said, “ I married thousands!”
• Hazrat Eesa (a.s.) asked, “ Did they all divorce you?”
• It said, “ No! I killed them all!”
• Hazrat Eesa (a.s.) said, “ Who will marry you that you have killed thousands of your
husbands!”