سورة الحجر

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ یُلْهِهِمُ الْأَمَلُ [and hope beguiles them] means: hopes keep them occupied.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Death comes, but hope does not end.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Whoever counts tomorrow as part of his lifespan has not truly recognised death as it should be recognised.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): No one will have long hopes without committing bad and ugly deeds.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): If a person could see the end of his life and how swiftly that time is approaching him, he would surely regard the pursuit of worldly desires as an enemy.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): I fear two things for you: following the desires of the self and long hopes; for following the desires of the self holds [a person] back from the truth, and long hopes make one forget the Hereafter.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): The wellbeing of this Ummah at its beginning lies in abstinence from the world and in certainty, and its ruin at its end lies in miserliness and hope.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Know that hope [that is long and far-reaching] makes the intellect heedless and causes the remembrance of Allah to be forgotten; so regard hope [that is improper] as a lie, for hope is deceiving and its holder is deceived.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): When the wilayah of Allah and felicity are realized [for someone], [the remembrance of] death comes before [his] eyes and hope is driven behind [his] back; and when the wilayah of Satan and wretchedness are realized, hope comes before [his] eyes and [the remembrance of] death is driven behind [his] back.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family)- Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) was asked: "Who is the most intelligent of the believers?" He said: "The one who remembers death more than others and is most prepared for it."