We created man in the best design. (Quran, 95:4)

“Then reduced him to the lowest of the low.” (Quran, 95:5)

“Surely we belong to God, and to Him we will return.” (Quran, 2:156)

‘Among what Yazeed Bin Sallam asked the Prophet-saww, he asked him-saww about the world, why it has been named as ‘Duniya’. He-saww said: ‘Because the world is the lowest, having been Crated below the Hereafter, and if it had been Created with the Hereafter, it’s people would not have perished, just as the people of the Hereafter will not perish’. –Al-Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi , Bihar Al Anwaar – Vol. 54, The book of creation

“We do not punish until We have sent a messenger.” (Quran, 17:15)

˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit1 will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length. (Quran, 70:4)

Abu Abdillah Ja’far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him, said: “For on the Day of Resurrection there will be fifty stations, each equal to a thousand years of your reckoning.”
–Al-Tusi, Al-Shaykh al-Tusi, Al-Amali, Thirty Third Collection.

“Within it is mercy, and outside it is agony!” (Quran, 57:13)

“Leave no malice in our hearts towards those who believe.” (Quran, 59:10)

Abu Abdillah Ja’far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him, said: ‘the one who goes around considering himself to be better than others, so he is from the arrogant ones’.
–Al-Kulayni, Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ya’qub. Al Kafi, Vol. 8 – The Book of Garden of Flowers

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, “If you did not sin, I would fear upon you that which is much worse: self-conceit.”
–Al Majlisi, Muhammad Baqir ,Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 69.

˹Today˺ you have come back to Us all alone as We created you the first time—leaving behind everything We have provided you with. We do not see your intercessors with you—those you claimed were Allah’s partners ˹in worship˺. All your ties have been broken and all your claims have let you down. (Quran, 6:94)

“May God have mercy on a person who knows where he came from, where he is and where he will go.”
-Imam Ali (pbuh)
–Al-Kashani, al-Fayd. Al-Wafi, vol.1.

Imam Ali said, “If a man wants the straps of his sandals to be better than the straps of his companion’s sandals, then he is one of those referred to in the Ayah, (That is the home of the Hereafter…28:83)

The Prophet said: “Indeed, God Almighty hates anyone who is knowledgeable about this world and ignorant about the hereafter.”
–Al-Hindi, Imam al-Muttaqi. Kanz al-Amal fi Sunan al-Aqwal and al-Afwal

Imam Abu-Abdullah (‘a) is reported to have said: One day, Imam ‘All ibn
al-Husayn went out wearing fine clothes, but he returned home quickly and said to his maid, “Bring me my old or usual clothes. When I have walked
wearing these clothes, I felt I was not ‘All ibn al-Husayn.”
–al-Tabrisi, al-Fadl al-Hasan, Makarim AL-Akhlaq.

Imam Hussain (PBUH) was asked,”what does politeness mean?” He replied,” it means that when you come out of your home you consider everyone you see, better than yourself.”
–The encyclopedia of the words of Imam al-Hussain

“The Day when neither wealth nor children will help, except for him who comes to God with a sound heart.” (Quran, 88-89)

Imam sadiq (asws) said: ‘The secure heart is that which is attached to its Lord (azwj), and there is no one in it besides Him (azwj).
–Al-Kulayni, Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ya’qub, Al Kafi Vol. 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief.