Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Expectation is a mercy for my community; without expectation no mother would nurse her child, nor would anyone plant a tree.
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘A man who expects to be alive tomorrow is a man who expects to be alive forever.
رسولُ اللّٰهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : مَن كانَ يَأمَلُ أن يَعيشَ غَداً فإنّهُ يَأمَلُ أن يَعيشَ أبَداً.
Reference:’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 167, no. 31]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘There is no end to expectation.’
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الأملُ لا غايةَ لَهُ .
Reference:[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1010]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectations never cease.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الآمالُ لا تَنْتَهي .
Reference:[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 639]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Guard yourselves against false expectation, for many a person who begins the day does not live to see its end, and many a one is envied at the beginning of the night while his mourners have assembled by the end of it.’
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation is like the mirage - it deceives those who view it and leaves behind those who place their hope on it.’[Ibid. no. 1896]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Expectation drives reason away, breaks promises, encourages oblivion, and brings about grief. So distrust expectation, for it is deceitful and its addict is a sinner.’[Ibid. v. 77, p. 293, no. 2]
Description: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘How many a favor Allah grants His servant without his having expected them, and how many a hopeful one entertains high hopes when [Allah’s] choice favours others.’
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَمْ مِنْ نِعمةٍ للّهِ علي عبدِهِ في غَيْرِ أملِهِ ، وكَمْ مِنْ مُؤَمِّلٍ أملاً الخِيارُ في غَيرِهِ .
Reference:[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 152, no. 55]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘If man were to see his death [approaching] and the speed at which it draws near to him, he would despise expectation.’
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘A soul does not depart from his expectation until it enters the realm of death.’[Ibid. no. 10844]
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا تَخْلو النَّفْسُ مِنَ الأملِ حتّي تَدْخُلَ في الأجلِ.
Reference:[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10844]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Indeed you are in the days of expectation that is followed by death. So he who works in the days of his expectation before death arrives will benefit from his work and will not be hurt by death.’