Verily your lifetime is the dower of your prosperity if you spend it in obedience to your Lord
إِنَّ عُمُرَكَ مَهْرُ [سهر] سَعَادَتِكَ إِنْ أَنْفَذْتَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ رَبِّكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily your lifespan is the number of your breaths, and there is a watcher who counts them
إِنَّ عُمُرَكَ عَدَدُ أَنْفَاسِكَ وَعَلَيْهَا رَقِيبٌ تُحْصِيهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Pitiable indeed is the negligent person whose entire life will be used as proof against him and whose days will lead him to wretchedness
فَيَا لَهَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى ذِي غَفْلَةٍ إِنْ يَكُنْ عُمُرُهُ عَلَيْهِ حُجَّةً وَأَنْ تُؤَدِّبَهُ [تُؤَدِّيَهُ] أَيَّامُهُ إِلَى شَقْوَةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Reduce [your] hopes, for verily life is short; and perform good actions, for verily little of it is plenty
قَصِّرِ الْأَمَلَ فَإِنَّ الْعُمُرَ قَصِيرٌ وَافْعَلِ الْخَيْرَ فَإِنَّ يَسِيرَهُ كَثِيرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is nothing more valuable than red sulphur, except that which remains from the lifetime of a believer
لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَعَزَّ مِنَ الْكِبْرِيتِ الْأَحْمَرِ إِلَّا مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Are the people who are enjoying the vitality of good health awaiting anything other than the afflictions of illness?!
هَلْ يَنْتَظِرُ أَهْلُ غَضَاضَةِ الشَّبَابِ إِلَّا حَوَانِيَ [خوافي] الْهَرَمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nobody knows how much longer he has to live except a Prophet or a man of truth
لَا يَعْرِفُ قَدْرَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِهِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ صِدِّيقٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If the intellect was sound, every person would take advantage of [every moment of] his time
لَوْ صَحَّ الْعَقْلُ لَاغْتَنَمَ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مَهَلَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Blessed is he who anticipates death, takes advantage of respite and prepares the provision of good deeds [for the Hereafter]
طُوبَى لِمَنْ بَادَرَ الْأَجَلَ وَاغْتَنَمَ الْمَهَلَ وَتَزَوَّدَ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily your lifetime is the time which you find yourself in
إِنَّ عُمُرَكَ وَقْتُكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Indeed your life’s past is that which has come to pass and its future is hope, and the present is [time for] action
إِنَّ مَاضِيَ عُمُرِكَ أَجَلٌ وَآتِيَهُ أَمَلٌ وَالْوَقْتَ عَمَلٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily your moments are portions of your life, so do not pass your time except in that which will save you [in the Hereafter]
إِنَّ أَوْقَاتَكَ أَجْزَاءُ عُمُرِكَ فَلَا تُنْفِدْ لَكَ وَقْتاً إِلَّا فِيمَا يُنْجِيكَ [فِي غَيْرِ مَا يُنْجِيكَ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Days are the pages of your lifetime so eternize [or bind] them with your best deeds
الْأَيَّامُ صَحَائِفُ آجَالِكُمْ فَخَلِّدُوهَا أَحْسَنَ أَعْمَالِكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily one whose riding mount is the night and day is carried [forward] by it even when he is stationary, and he traverses the distance even if he is settled in one place
إِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ مَطِيَّتُهُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ فَإِنَّهُ يُسَارُ بِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ وَاقِفاً وَيَقْطَعُ الْمَسَافَةَ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُقِيماً وَادِعاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily you are only [the sum total of] a fixed number of days, and every day that passes you by takes a piece of you with it, so reduce your desires and be moderate in your earning
إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ عَدَدُ أَيَّامٍ فَكُلُّ يَوْمٍ يَمْضِي عَلَيْكَ يَمْضِي بِبَعْضِكَ فَخَفِّضْ فِي الطَّلَبِ وَأَجْمِلْ فِي الْمُكْتَسَبِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Take the initiative in your youth before your old age and in your health before your illness
بَادِرْ شَبَابَكَ قَبْلَ هَرَمِكَ وَصِحَّتَكَ قَبْلَ سُقْمِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
What a bad rival sleep is! It wastes the short life [a person has] and causes one to lose a lot of reward
بِئْسَ الْغَرِيمُ النَّوْمُ يُفْنِي قَصِيرَ الْعُمُرِ وَيُفَوِّتُ كَثِيرَ الْأَجْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Rectify at the end of your life that which you have neglected [and lost] earlier on and you will make your place of return a happy one
تَدَارَكْ فِي آخِرِ عُمُرِكَ مَا أَضَعْتَهُ فِي أَوَّلِهِ تَسْعَدْ بِمُنْقَلَبِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Take away from your long hopes and increase your short lifetime, and do not be deceived by your good physical health and yesterday’s wellbeing, for life is short and good health is prone to change
زِدْ مِنْ طُولِ أَمَلِكَ فِي قِصَرِ أَجَلِكَ وَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكَ صِحَّةُ جِسْمِكَ وَسَلَامَةُ أَمْسِكَ فَإِنَّ مُدَّةَ الْعُمُرِ قَلِيلَةٌ وَسَلَامَةُ الْجِسْمِ مُسْتَحِيلَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Reduce [your] hopes, hasten towards [good] deeds and fear the suddenness of death, as the return of lifetime cannot be hoped for like the return of livelihoodWhatever is missed from livelihood today may be hoped for tomorrow with increase, but whatever is lost from one’s lifetime yesterday, its return cannot be hoped for today
قَصِّرُوا الْأَمَلَ وَبَادِرُوا الْعَمَلَ وَخَافُوا بَغْتَةَ الْأَجَلِ فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يُرْجَى مِنْ رَجْعَةِ الْعُمُرِ مَا يُرْجَى مِنْ رَجْعَةِ الرِّزْقِ مَا فَاتَ الْيَوْمَ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ يُرْجَى غَداً زِيَادَتُهُ وَمَا فَاتَ أَمْسِ مِنَ الْعُمُرِ لَمْ تُرْجَ الْيَوْمَ رَجْعَتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Occupy yourself with that which you are answerable for
كُنْ مَشْغُولًا بِمَا أَنْتَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Many a lost thing is such that it cannot be regained.
رُبَّ فَائْتٍ لَا يُدْرَكُ لَحَاقُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Not every opportunity can be realized
لَيْسَ كُلُّ فُرْصَةٍ تُصَابُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If you took lessons from what has passed of your life, you would safeguard that which remains [of it]
لَوِ اعْتَبَرْتَ بِمَا أَضَعْتَ مِنْ مَاضِي عُمُرِكَ لَحَفِظْتَ مَا بَقِيَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who has certitude works diligently
مَنْ يَسْتَيْقِنُ يَعْمَلُ جَاهِداً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is deluded by respite, is tormented by death
مَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِالْمَهَلِ اغْتَصَّ بِالْأَجَلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Lifetime is diminished by moments
الْعُمُرُ تُفْنِيهِ اللَّحَظَاتُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Hours plunder lifetimes
السَّاعَاتُ تَنْهَبُ [تَنْتَهِبُ] الْأَعْمَارَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The lifespan [of a person] is [made up of] a specific number of breaths
الْعُمُرُ أَنْفَاسٌ مُعَدَّدَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Hours plunder lifetimes
السَّاعَاتُ تَنْهَبُ الْآجَالَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Hours plunder lifetimes
السَّاعَاتُ تَنْقُصُ [تَنْتَقِصُ] الْأَعْمَارَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Indeed the night and day are quick in razing the lifetimes
إِنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ مُسْرِعَانِ فِي هَدْمِ الْأَعْمَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The [passing of] hours diminishes lifetimes and bring [one] closer to annihilation
السَّاعَاتُ تَخْتَرِمُ الْأَعْمَارَ وَتُدْنِي مِنَ الْبَوَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily the life that is being shortened every moment and being dismantled every hour must be regarded as very short
إِنَّ غَايَةً تَنْقُصُهَا اللَّحْظَةُ وَتَهْدِمُهَا السَّاعَةُ لَحَرِيَّةٌ بِقِصَرِ الْمُدَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How can one be pleased with a lifetime that is diminished by [the passing of] hours?!
كَيْفَ يُفْرَحُ بِعُمُرٍ تَنْقُصُهُ السَّاعَاتُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In every moment there is loss
فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ فَوْتٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every denumerable thing can diminish
كُلُّ مَعْدُودٍ مُنْتَقَصٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Every day is driving towards its morrow
كُلُّ يَوْمٍ يَسُوقُ إِلَى غَدِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
An hour of your time does not pass but that it cuts away a portion of your lifespan
مَا انْقَضَتْ [مَا نَقَصَتْ] سَاعَةٌ مِنْ دَهْرِكَ إِلَّا بِقِطْعَةٍ مِنْ عُمُرِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How quick the hours pass in the day and how fast the days pass in the month and how quick the months pass in the year and how fast the years pass in the lifetime!
مَا أَسْرَعَ السَّاعَاتِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ وَأَسْرَعَ الْأَيَّامَ فِي الشُّهُورِ وَأَسْرَعَ الشُّهُورَ فِي السَّنَةِ وَأَسْرَعَ السَّنَةَ فِي الْعُمُرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
With the passing of hours, lifetimes perish
مَعَ السَّاعَاتِ تَفْنَى الْآجَالُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
With the progression of days and nights, nothing remains of the lifetimes
لَا بَقَاءَ لِلْأَعْمَارِ مَعَ تَعَاقُبِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Preparation does not benefit when the time has elapsed
لَا تَنْفَعُ الْعُدَّةُ إِذَا مَا انْقَضَتِ الْمُدَّةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Guard your lifetime from being wasted in other than acts of worship and obedience [to Allah]
احْفَظْ عُمُرَكَ مِنَ التَّضْيِيعِ لَهُ فِي غَيْرِ الْعِبَادَةِ وَالطَّاعَاتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be wary of wasting your lifetimes in that which will not remain for you, for that which has passed from it does not return
احْذَرُوا ضِيَاعَ الْأَعْمَارِ فِيمَا لَا يَبْقَى لَكُمْ فَفَائِتُهَا لَا يَعُودُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Verily your breaths are portions of your life, so do not use them up except in the obedience that brings you closer [to Allah]
إِنَّ أَنْفَاسَكَ أَجْزَاءُ عُمُرِكَ فَلَا تُفْنِهَا إِلَّا فِي طَاعَةٍ تُزْلِفُكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Indeed deceived is the one who is deluded with regards to his life and enviable is one who spends his life in the obedience of his Lord
إِنَّ الْمَغْبُونَ مَنْ غُبِنَ عُمُرَهُ وَإِنَّ الْمَغْبُوطَ مَنْ أَنْفَذَ عُمُرَهُ فِي طَاعَةِ رَبِّهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Lifetimes are wasted between hope and aspiration
ضِيَاعُ الْعُمُرِ بَيْنَ الْآمَالِ وَالْمُنَى
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
It is enough of negligence for a person to squander his life in that which will not save him [in the Hereafter]
كَفَى بِالرَّجُلِ غَفْلَةً أَنْ يُضَيِّعَ عُمُرَهُ فِيمَا لَا يُنْجِيهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who spends his life in other than that which will save him [in the Hereafter] has missed his objective
مَنْ أَفْنَى عُمُرَهُ فِي غَيْرِ مَا يُنْجِيهِ فَقَدْ أَضَاعَ مَطْلَبَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is neglectful in his days of hope, before his death comes, has indeed made a loss in his life and is harmed by his death
مَنْ قَصَّرَ فِي أَيَّامِ أَمَلِهِ قَبْلَ حُضُورِ أَجَلِهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ عُمُرَهُ وَضَرَّهُ أَجَلُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Loss [of opportunities] are [a cause of] distress
الْفَوْتُ غَصَصٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Opportunities are things that are [meant to be] seized
الْفُرَصُ خُلَسٌ [خلص]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
White hair [of old age] is a messenger of death
الْمَشِيبُ رَسُولُ الْمَوْتِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Grey hair [of old age] is the last of the promises of annihilation
الشَّيْبُ آخِرُ [أَخُو] مَوَاعِيدِ الْفَنَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The age up to which Allah, the Glorified, accepts the excuse of human beings and warns them is sixty years
الْعُمُرُ الَّذِي أَعْذَرَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ فِيهِ إِلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ وَأَنْذَرَ السِّتُّونَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The grey hair of old age is enough of a warner
كَفَى بِالشَّيْبِ نَذِيراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The grey hair of old age is enough of an announcer [of impending death]
كَفَى بِالشَّيْبِ نَاعِياً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The age in which a person reaches maturity is forty
الْعُمُرُ الَّذِي يَبْلُغُ الرَّجُلُ فِيهِ الْأَشُدَّ الْأَرْبَعُونَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is missed by the arrow of death is fettered by old age
مَنْ أَخْطَأَهُ [أخطأ] سَهْمُ الْمَنِيَّةِ قَيَّدَهُ الْهَرَمُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The fruit of long life is illness and senility
ثَمَرَةُ طُولِ الْحَيَاةِ السُّقْمُ وَالْهَرَمُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who lives [a long life], loses his loved ones
مَنْ عَاشَ فَقَدَ أَحِبَّتَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose life is long gets afflicted by [the loss of] his dear and beloved ones
مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ فُجِعَ بِأَعِزَّتِهِ وَأَحِبَّائِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One whose life is long, his tribulations become many
مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ كَثُرَتْ مَصَائِبُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech