The life of the Hereafter
فَإِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ لَكَ مِنْ نَصِيبِكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَنْتَ إِلَى نَصِيبِكَ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ أَحْوَجُ فَإِنْ عَرَضَ لَكَ أَمْرَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا لِلْآخِرَةِ وَ الْآخَرُ لِلدُّنْيَا فَابْدَأْ بِأَمْرِ الْآخِرَةِ
(Amir ul-Momineen-asws wrote to Mohammed Ibn Abu Bakr-ra) ‘Surely, there is no escape for you from your share from the world and you are needier to your share in the Hereafter, so if two matters are presented to you, one of them for the Hereafter and the other for the world, then begin with the matter of the Hereafter. ….. And the greetings be to you and Mercy of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Blessings’.[1]
[1] Bihar Al Anwaar – V 32, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 30 H 733