141 - الدنيا
141 THE WORLD
702 - تَسمِيَةُ الدُّنيا
702 NAMING THE 'WORLD'
2167. الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّما سُمِّيَتِ الدُّنيا دُنيا لأ نّها أدنى مِن كلِّ شيءٍ ، وسُمِّيَت الآخِرةُ آخِرةً لأنّ فيها الجزاءَ والثوابَ1
2167. Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The world has been named dunya2 because it is lower than every thing, and the Hereafter has been named akhira3 because it contains recompense and reward.'4
1. علل الشرائع : 2 / 1 .
2. From the Arabic root da-na-wa: to be low, vile, despicable (ed.)
3. From the Arabic root a-kha-ra: to be last, final; to come after (ed.)
4. Ilal al-Shara'i, v. 2 , no. 1