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382 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us, from a man of Quraysh, who said:
A certain sage wrote to his brother:
“Now then: the world ⦗174⦘ is a dream, the Hereafter is wakefulness, the point that lies between them is death, and we are adrift in tangled visions. Peace.”
٣٨٢ - ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ: كَتَبَ بَعْضُ الْحُكَمَاءِ إِلَى أَخٍ لَهُ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ الدُّنْيَا ⦗١٧٤⦘ حُلْمٌ، وَالْآخِرَةَ يَقَظَةٌ، وَالْمُتَوَسِّطُ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمَوْتُ، وَنَحْنُ فِي أَضْغَاثٍ، وَالسَّلَامُ