Do not let a dwelling that the hands of decay have played with in times past divert you (Beware of the trial of this world)
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The Shaykh : It is sufficient for one who has ambition to work toward reaching them.
"Do not let a dwelling that the hands of decay have played with in times past divert you"
By this dwelling, he means this world. This world should not divert you from the Hereafter. The hands of decay have played with it. Decay means destruction and ruin. It has been played with since times past, meaning from what has passed. You are only left with the world because people left it for you after they departed from it, and after they corrupted it and it corrupted them. Only the dregs remain.
"Do not let a dwelling that the hands of decay have played with in times past divert you"
By this dwelling, he means this world. This world should not divert you from the Hereafter. The hands of decay have played with it. Decay means destruction and ruin. It has been played with since times past, meaning from what has passed. You are only left with the world because people left it for you after they departed from it, and after they corrupted it and it corrupted them. Only the dregs remain.