1367 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ اغتِنامِ العُمُرِ

1367. ENCOURAGING MAKING THE MOST OF ONE’S LIFE

4586.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كُنْ عَلى‏ عُمرِكَ أشَحَّ مِنكَ عَلى‏ دِرهَمِكَ ودينارِكَ .¹

4586.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Be even more niggardly with your life than with your dirham and your dinar [i.e. your money].’²

4587.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ العُمرَ مَحدودٌ لَن يَتَجاوَزَ أحَدٌ ماقُدِّرَ لَهُ، فبادِروا قَبلَ نَفاذِالأجَلِ .³

4587.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily lifespan is fixed and no one will surpass that which has been allotted to him, so rush to make the most of it before time runs out.’⁴

4588.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: ماضي يَومِكَ فائتٌ ، وآتيهِ مُتَّهَمٌ ، ووَقتُكَ مُغتَنَمٌ .⁵

4588.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Your yesterday has passed on, your tomorrow is uncertain, and your today is to be taken advantage of.’⁶

4589.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما أسرَعَ السّاعاتِ فِي اليَومِ ، وأسرَعَ الأيّامَ فِي الشَّهرِ ، وأسرَعَ الشُّهورَ فِي السَّنَةِ ، وأسرَعَ السّنينَ (السَّنَةَ) فِي العُمرِ !⁷

4589.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘How fast the hours in a day go by, and how fast the days in a month, and how fast the months in a year, and how fast the years in a lifetime!’⁸

4590.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أيُّها النّاسُ ! الآنَ الآنَ مِن قَبلِ النَّدَمِ ، ومِن قَبلِ (أن تَقولَ نَفسٌ يا حَسرَتى‏ عَلى‏ ما فَرَّطتُ في جَنبِ اللَّهِ)⁹ !¹⁰

4590.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘O people! [take advantage of] Now! Now before regret sets in, and before “anyone should say, ‘Alas for my negligence in the vicinage of Allah!”¹¹¹²

4591.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: رَحِمَ اللَّهُ امرَأً عَلِمَ أنَّ نَفَسَهُ خُطاهُ إلى‏ أجَلِهِ ، فبادَرَ عَمَلَهُ وقَصَّرَ أمَلَهُ .¹³

4591.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Allah has mercy on the man who knows that his breaths are but his steps towards his end, so he hastens to perform good deeds and cuts short his high hopes.’¹⁴

4592.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِحذَروا ضَياعَ الأعمارِ فيما لا يَبقى‏ لَكُم ، فَفائتُها لا يَعودُ .¹⁵

4592.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Be cautious of wasting away your lives in that which will not last for you, for whatever has passed of them never returns.’¹⁶

4593.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ عُمرَكَ مَهرُ سَعادَتِكَ إن أنفَدتَهُ في طاعَةِ رَبِّكَ .¹⁷

4593.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily your lifetime is the ransom for your eternal prosperity if you spend it in the obedience of your Lord.’¹⁸

289 - العُمر

289. LIFESPAN

1366 - العُمُرُ

1366. Lifespan

(وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ أزْوَاجاً وَما تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنْثَى‏ وَلا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ وَما يُعَمَّرُ مِنْ مُعَمَّرٍ وَلا يُنْقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهِ إلَّا فِي كِتابٍ إنَّ ذلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ) .¹

“Allah created you from dust, then from a drop of [seminal] fluid, then He made you mates. No female conceives or delivers except with His knowledge, and no elderly person advances in years, nor is anything diminished from his life, but it is [recorded] in a Book. That is indeed easy for Allah.”²

4584.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ عُمرَكَ عَدَدُ أنفاسِكَ ، وعَلَيها رَقيبٌ يُحصيها .³

4584.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily your lifespan is the total number of your breaths, and there is a watcher over them counting them.’⁴

4585.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّهُ لَن يَستَقبِلَ أحَدُكُم يَوماً مِن عُمرِهِ إلّا بِفِراقِ آخَرَ مِن أجَلِهِ .⁵

4585.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily nobody will receive another day of his lifespan except that another day will be taken from him from his end.’⁶