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25 – Mūsā ibn ʿAbd Allāh the Qurʾān-reciter narrated to me; he said: “A Bedouin stopped with a certain tribe. They set food before him and he ate. Then he went to the shade of their tent and fell asleep. The people struck the tent, the sun beat down on him, and he woke up saying:
Know that this world is but a shade you have pitched; Inevitably there will come a day when that shade is gone.”
٢٥ - حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُقْرِئُ، قَالَ: نَزَلَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بِقَوْمٍ فَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيْهِ طَعَامًا، فَأَكَلَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى ظِلِّ خَيْمَةٍ لَهُمْ فَنَامَ هُنَاكَ، فَاقْتَلَعُوا الْخَيْمَةَ فَأَصَابَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ فَانْتَبَهَ وَقَامَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ:
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أَلَا إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا كَظِلٍّ بِنَيْتَهُ ... وَلَا بُدَّ يَوْمًا أَنَّ ظِلَّكَ زَائِلُ