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3ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): كُنْ عَلى عُمرِكَ أشَحَّ مِنكَ عَلى دِرهَمِكَ ودينارِكَ. |
| 3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Be even more niggardly with your life than with your dirham and your dinar [i.e. your money].’[Makarim al-Akhlaq, v. 2, p. 364, no. 2661] |
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4ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ العُمرَ مَحدودٌ لَن يَتَجاوَزَ أحَدٌ ماقُدِّرَ لَهُ، فبادِروا قَبلَ نَفاذِ الأجَلِ . |
| 4– 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.’[A`alam al-Din, p. 336, no. 12] |
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5ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ماضي يَومِكَ فائتٌ ، وآتيهِ مُتَّهَمٌ ، ووَقتُكَ مُغتَنَمٌ . |
| 5– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Your yesterday has passed on, your tomorrow is uncertain, and your today is to be taken advantage of.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9840] |
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6ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما أسرَعَ السّاعاتِ فِي اليَومِ ، وأسرَعَ الأيّامَ فِي الشَّهرِ ، وأسرَعَ الشُّهورَ فِي السَّنَةِ ، وأسرَعَ السّنينَ (السَّنَةَ) فِي العُمرِ! |
| 6– 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!’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 188] |
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7ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أيُّها النّاسُ! الآنَ الآنَ مِن قَبلِ النَّدَمِ ، ومِن قَبلِ «أن تَقولَ نَفسٌ يا حَسرَتى عَلى ما فَرَّطتُ في جَنبِ اللّهِ». |
| 7– 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!”[ Qur’ an 3956].[ Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 89] |
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8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): رَحِمَ اللّهُ امرَأً عَلِمَ أنَّ نَفَسَهُ خُطاهُ إلى أجَلِهِ ، فبادَرَ عَمَلَهُ وقَصَّرَ أمَلَهُ. |
| 8– 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.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5214] |
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9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اِحذَروا ضَياعَ الأعمارِ فيما لا يَبقى لَكُم ، فَفائتُها لا يَعودُ . |
| 9– 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.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2618] |
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10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ عُمرَكَ مَهرُ سَعادَتِكَ إن أنفَدتَهُ في طاعَةِ رَبِّكَ . |
| 10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily your lifetime is the ransom for your eternal prosperity if you spend it in the obedience of your Lord.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3429] |
