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[Machine] "While a man in the kingdom before you was in his kingdom, he pondered and realized that it was separate from him and that what was in it had distracted him from worshipping his Lord. So, he sneaked out and slipped away one night from his palace."  

أحمد:٤٣١٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ كَانَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِهِ فَتَفَكَّرَ فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مُنْقَطِعٌ عَنْهُ وَأَنَّ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ قَدْ شَغَلَهُ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ فَتَسَرَّبَ فَانْسَابَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ قَصْرِهِ