The world has turned its back and announced its departure, while the abode of the hereafter has come forward and announced its arrival. Today is the day of preparation, and tomorrow will be the day of the race. The direction to advance is Paradise, and where some people (by their deeds, involuntarily) will reach is Hell. Is there no one who repents from his sins before death? Is there not even one who does good deeds before the day of calamity arrives? You are in the days of hope behind which is the tumult of death. So whoever acts in these days of hope before death, his action benefits him and death cannot harm him. But whoever is negligent in the time of hope and aspiration before death, he remains at a loss in terms of action, and death comes to him as a message of harm. Therefore, just as you engage in good deeds when you fear unpleasant circumstances, do good deeds also when the signs of the future seem promising. Paradise appears to me as something whose seeker is asleep, and Hell appears as something from which the one who flees is lost in the slumber of heedlessness. Whoever does not benefit from truth will have to bear the loss and harm of falsehood. Whoever is not kept firm by guidance will be dragged by misguidance toward destruction. You have been commanded to depart and have been shown the provisions for the journey. I fear two things most for you: following desires and the spread of hopes. While you remain in this world, take from it only as much provision as will save your souls tomorrow.