Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Age and Lifespan

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hadith 7128
Imam Ali (AS) said, The age up to which Allah, the Glorified, accepts the excuse of human beings and warns them is sixty years.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعُمْرُ الَّذي أعْذَرَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ فيهِ إلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ وَ أنْذَرَ السِّتُّونَ
Tags Death
hadith 7129
Imam Ali (AS) said, The age in which a person reaches maturity is forty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعُمْرُ الَّذي يَبْلُغُ الرَّجُلُ فيهِ الأشُدَّ اَلأرْبَعُونَ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 7130
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be wary of wasting your lifetimes in that which will not remain for you, for that which has passed from it does not return.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إحْذَرُوا ضِياعَ الأعْمارِ فيما لايَبْقى لَكُمْ فَفائِتُها لايَعُودُ
Tags WisdomHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 7131
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily your lifetime is the dower of your prosperity if you spend it in obedience to your Lord.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ عُمْرَكَ مَهْرُ سَعادَتِكَ إنْ أنْفَذْتَهُ (أنْفَدْتَهُ) في طاعَةِ رَبِّكَ
Tags WorshipGood Deeds
hadith 7132
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily your breaths are portions of your life, so do not use them up except in the obedience that brings you closer [to Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أنْفاسَكَ أجْزاءُ عُمْرِكَ فَلا تُفْنِها إلاّ في طاعَة تُزْلِفُكَ
Tags WorshipGood Deeds
hadith 7133
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily your lifetime is the time which you find yourself in.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ عُمْرَكَ وَقْتُكَ الَّذي أنْتَ فيهِ
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hadith 7134
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily your lifespan is the number of your breaths, and there is a watcher who counts them.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ عُمْرَكَ عَدَدَ أنْفاسِكَ وَ عَلَيْها رَقيبٌ تُحْصيها
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7135
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed the night and day are quick in razing the lifetimes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ مُسْرِعانِ في هَدْمِ الأعْمارِ
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7136
Imam Ali (AS) said, Indeed your lifes past is that which has come to pass and its future is hope, and the present is [time for] action.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ ماضِيَ عُمْرِكَ أجَلٌ وآتِيَهُ أمَلٌ وَ الوَقْتُ عَمَلٌ
Tags WisdomGood Deeds
hadith 7137
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the life that is being shortened every moment and being dismantled every hour must be regarded as very short.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ غايَةً تَنْقُصُهَا اللَّحْظَةُ وَ تَهْدِمُهَا السّاعَةُ لَحَرِيَّةٌ بِقَصْرِ المُدَّةِ
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7138
Imam Ali (AS) said, 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.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ المَغْبُونَ مَنْ غَبِنَ عُمْرَهُ وَ إنَّ المَغْبُوطَ مَنْ أنْفَذَ عُمْرَهُ في طاعَةِ رَبِّهِ
Tags WorshipGood Deeds
hadith 7139
Imam Ali (AS) said, The lifespan [of a person] is [made up of] a specific number of breaths.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعُمْرُ أنْفاسٌ مُعَدَّدَةٌ
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7140
Imam Ali (AS) said, How can one be pleased with a lifetime that is diminished by [the passing of] hours?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيْفَ يُفْرَحُ بِعُمْر تَنْقُصُهُ السّاعاتُ
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7141
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is nothing more valuable than red sulphur, except that which remains from the lifetime of a believer.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أعَزَّ مِنَ الكِبْرِيتِ الأحْمَرِ إلاّ ما بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِ المُؤْمِنِ
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hadith 7142
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose life is long, his tribulations become many.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طالَ عُمْرُهُ كَثُرَتْ مَصائِبُهُ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 7143
Imam Ali (AS) said, One whose life is long gets afflicted by [the loss of] his dear and beloved ones.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ طالَ عُمْرُهُ فُجِعَ بِأعِزَّتِهِ وَ أحِبّائِهِ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 7144
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who spends his life in other than that which will save him [in the Hereafter] has missed his objective.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ أفْنى عُمْرَهُ في غَيْرِ ما يُنْجيهِ فَقَدْ أضاعَ مَطْلَبَهُ
Tags WisdomHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 7145
Imam Ali (AS) said, An hour of your time does not pass but that it cuts away a portion of your lifespan.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَا انْقَضَتْ ساعَةٌ مِنْ دَهْرِكَ إلاّ بِقِطْعَة مِنْ عُمْرِكَ
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7146
Imam Ali (AS) said, Do not waste your lifetime in useless pastimes, thereby leaving this world without any hope [in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتُفْنِ عُمْرَكَ فِي المَلاهي فَتَخْرُجَ مِنَ الدُّنيا بِلا أمَل
Tags Heedlessness/NegligenceWisdom
hadith 7147
Imam Ali (AS) said, With the progression of days and nights, nothing remains of the lifetimes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لابَقاءَ لِلأعْمارِ مَعَ تَعاقُبِ اللَّيْلِ والنَّهارِ
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7148
Imam Ali (AS) said, Nobody knows how much longer he has to live except a Prophet or a man of truth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَعْرِفُ قَدْرَ ما بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ إلاّ نَبِيٌّ أوْ صِدّيقٌ
Tags DeathThe Unseen (Ghayb)
hadith 7149
Imam Ali (AS) said, Lifetime is diminished by moments.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعُمْرُ تُفْنِيهِ اللَّحَظاتُ
Tags WisdomDeath
hadith 7150
Imam Ali (AS) said, Guard your lifetime from being wasted in other than acts of worship and obedience [to Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِحْفَظْ عُمْرَكَ مِنَ التَّضْييعِ لَهُ في غَيْرِ العِبادَةِ وَ الطّاعاتِ
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