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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Age And Lifespan Age and Lifespan-العمر The age up to which Allah, the Glorified, accepts the excuse of human beings and warns them is sixty years. 1ـ اَلعُمْرُ الَّذي أعْذَرَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ فيهِ إلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ وأنْذَرَ، السِّتُّونَ. The age in which a person reaches maturity is forty. 2ـ اَلعُمْرُ الَّذي يَبْلُغُ الرَّجُلُ فيهِ الأشُدَّ، اَلأرْبَعُونَ.

Be wary of wasting your lifetimes in that which will not remain for you, for that which has passed from it does not return. 3ـ إحْذَرُوا ضِياعَ الأعْمارِ فيما لايَبْقى لَكُمْ، فَفائِتُها لايَعُودُ. Verily your lifetime is the dower of your prosperity if you spend it in obedience to your Lord. 4ـ إنَّ عُمْرَكَ مَهْرُ سَعادَتِكَ، إنْ أنْفَذْتَهُ (أنْفَدْتَهُ) في طاعَةِ رَبِّكَ.

Verily your breaths are portions of your life, so do not use them up except in the obedience that brings you closer [to Allah]. 5ـ إنَّ أنْفاسَكَ أجْزاءُ عُمْرِكَ، فَلا تُفْنِها إلاّ في طاعَة تُزْلِفُكَ. Verily your lifetime is the time which you find yourself in. 6ـ إنَّ عُمْرَكَ وَقْتُكَ الَّذي أنْتَ فيهِ. Verily your lifespan is the number of your breaths, and there is a watcher who counts them. 7ـ إنَّ عُمْرَكَ عَدَدَ أنْفاسِكَ، وعَلَيْها رَقيبٌ تُحْصيها.

Indeed the night and day are quick in razing the lifetimes. 8ـ إنَّ اللَّيْلَ والنَّهارَ مُسْرِعانِ في هَدْمِ الأعْمارِ. Indeed your life’s past is that which has come to pass and its future is hope, and the present is [time for] action. 9ـ إنَّ ماضِيَ عُمْرِكَ أجَلٌ، وآتِيَهُ أمَلٌ، والوَقْتُ عَمَلٌ. Verily the life that is being shortened every moment and being dismantled every hour must be regarded as very short.

10ـ إنَّ غايَةً تَنْقُصُهَا اللَّحْظَةُ، وتَهْدِمُهَا السّاعَةُ، لَحَرِيَّةٌ بِقَصْرِ المُدَّةِ. 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. 11ـ إنَّ المَغْبُونَ مَنْ غَبِنَ عُمْرَهُ، وإنَّ المَغْبُوطَ مَنْ أنْفَذَ عُمْرَهُ في طاعَةِ رَبِّهِ. The lifespan [of a person] is [made up of] a specific number of breaths. 12ـ اَلعُمْرُ أنْفاسٌ مُعَدَّدَةٌ.

How can one be pleased with a lifetime that is diminished by [the passing of] hours?! 13ـ كَيْفَ يُفْرَحُ بِعُمْر تَنْقُصُهُ السّاعاتُ. There is nothing more valuable than red sulphur, except that which remains from the lifetime of a believer.