O world ,I have divorced you three times

One day Moavieh, may God curse him told Zerar Ibne Zamrah Leissi to describe Ali (AS) for him. Zerar said: Exempt me fro this task.  Moavieh said: You are not exempted.  Zerar said: By God! He was strong and farsighted.  His speech settled differences and hostilities and his judgment was the spirit of justice.  Knowledge and wisdom were pouring down from him.  He feared the world and its ornaments.  By God, he meditated, supplicated and wept a lot.  He wore coarse clothes and loved simple food.   When among us, he was one of us and when he received us, he was very close to us and when we asked something from him, he would fulfill our desire.  Although he was very sincere, and we felt that sincerity, we did not dare to speak in front of him due to his awe nor did we dare to raise our look towards him due to his dignity.  When smiling, it was such that only his front teeth which were like pearls showed themselves.  He honored the faithful ones and loved the destitutes.  Neither the powerful ones could allure him into injustice nor the oppressed were desperate about his justice.  I take God as witness that I saw him in the altar lamenting and weeping in the middle of the night when darkness had spread everywhere and stars were hidden, crying out: *           *  “O world, o world, are you offering yourself to a person like me or expressing love to me?  How far! Time is not proper for you.  Deceive anyone but me.  I do not need you, for I have divorced you three times, an irrevocable divorce.  Your life is short, your position worthless and setting hope on you is the same as abjectness.   Woe to little provision, long journey, horrible path and the magnitude of what will befall us.”    When Zerar came to this point, tears started running on the face of Moavieh, which he wiped with his sleeve.  Those around him started weeping too.  Then Moavieh said: By God! Abol Hassan was exactly as you described.  Now tell me how much do you love him?  Zerar said: As Moses’ mother loved him.  Yet he deserves more.  Hence I apologize to God.  Moavieh said: As a mother the head of whose child is cut on her breast, whose tears will never dry up and she will not calm down.  At this time, Zerar rose up and left the meeting while weeping.  Moavieh said to those around him: When I die, there will be no one among you to eulogize me as such.  One of those present in the meeting said: The dignity of every person is the same as that of his company.  Reference : Oddatud Daee