40ـ مَنِ اسْتَقصَـرَ بَقائَهُ وأجَلَهُ قَصُرَ رَجاؤُهُ وأمَلُهُ.

What an excellent cure death is! 45ـ نِعْمَ الدَّواءُ الأجَلُ. Each breath of a person is a step closer to his death. 46ـ نَفَسُ الْمَرْءِ خُطاهُ إلى أجَلِهِ. No shield is more protective than the appointed time of death. 47ـ لا جُنََّةَ أوقيمِنَ الأجلِ. Nothing is truer than death. 48ـ لا شَيْءَ أصْدَقُ مِنَ الأجَلِ. You are the harvests of the appointed terms and the targets of death. 49ـ إنَّكُمْ حَصائِدُ الآجالِ وأغْراضُ الحِمامِ.

May the mercy of Allah be on the person who understands that his [every] breath brings him a step closer to his death, so he hastens to [do] good deeds and shortens his hopes. 50ـ رَحِمَ اللّهُ امْرَءاً عَلِمَ أنَّ نَفَسَهُ خُطاهُ إلى أجَلِهِ، فبادَرَ عَمَلَهُ، وقَصَّرَ أمَلَهُ. May the mercy of Allah be on the person who anticipates [his] death, belies [his false] aspirations, and makes his actions sincere. 51ـ رَحِمَ اللّهُ امْرَءا ًبادَرَ الأجَلَ، وأكْذَبَ الأمَلَ، وأخلَصَ العَمَلَ.