One who sees death with the eyes of his certitude, sees it nearby.
مَنْ رَأَى المَوْتَ بِعَيْنِ يَقينِهِ رَاهُ قَريباً۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who sees death with the eyes of his hope, sees it far away.
مَنْ رَأَى الْمَوْتَ بِعَيْنِ أمَلِهِ رَاهُ بَعيداً۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who remembers death forgets his aspirations.
مَنْ ذَكَرَ المَنِيَّةَ نَسِيَ الأُمْنِيَّةَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who recalls the distance of his journey, prepares [for it].
مَنْ تَذَكَّرَ بُعْدَ السَّفَرِ اِسْتَعَدَّ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who frequently remembers death is saved from the deceptions of this world.
مَنْ أكْثَرَ ذِكْرَ المَوْتِ نَجا مِنْ خِداعِ الدُّنْيا۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is missed by the arrow of death is fettered by old age.
مَنْ أخْطَأَهُ سَهْمُ المَنِيَّةُ قَيَّدَهُ الهِرَمُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who anticipates death hastens towards good deeds.
مَنْ تَرَقَّبَ المَوْتَ سارَعَ إلَى الْخَيْراتِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who visualizes death before his very own eyes, the affairs of this world become easy [and...
مَنْ صَوَّرَ المَوْتَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ هانَ أمْرُ الدُّنْيا عَلَيْهِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who frequently remembers death is pleased with whatever suffices him of this world.
مَنْ أكْثَرَ ذِكْرَ المَوْتِ رَضِيَ مِنَ الدُّنْيا بِالكَفافِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Whoever frequently remembers death, his desire in [the pleasures of] this world is reduced.
مَنْ أكْثَرَ مِنْ ذِكْرِ المَوْتِ قَلَّتْ فِي الدُّنْيا رَغْبَتُهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Whoever frequently remembers death is satisfied with the little he possesses of this world.
مَنْ ذَكَرَ المَوْتَ رَضِيَ مِنَ الدُّنْيا بِاليَسيرِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Whoever has [the angel of] death given charge over him, is overrun and annihilated by it.
مَنْ وُكِّلَ بِهِ المَوْتُ إجتاحَهُ وأفْناهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who is sought by death cannot be saved from it.
ما يَنْجُو مِنَ الْمَوتِ مَنْ طَلَبَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
One who counts tomorrow as part of his lifetime has not recognized the reality of death.
ما أنْزَلَ المَوْتَ مَنْزِلَهُ مَنْ عَدَّ غَداً مِنْ أجَلِهِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
How beneficial death is for the one who has filled his heart with faith and God-wariness!
ما أنْفَعَ المَوْتَ لِمَنْ أشْعَرَ الإيمانَ والتَّقْوى قَلْبَهُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The deaths of this world are easier to bear than the deaths [and chastisements] of the Hereafter.
مَوْتاتُ الدُّنيا أهْوَنُ مِنْ مَوْتاتِ الآخِرَةِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
We are the helpers of death and our lives are targets of mortality, so how can we expect to live...
نَحْنُ أعْوانُ المَنُونِ، وأنْفُسُنا نَصْبُ الحُتُوفِ، فَمِنْ أيْنَ نَرْجُو البَقاءَ، وهذا اللَّيْلُ والنَّهارُ لَمْ يَرْفَعا مِنْ...
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Are the people who have been given time to live [in this world] awaiting anything but the time of...
هَلْ (وأهْلُ مُدَّةِ البَقاءِ) يَنْتَظِرُ أهْلُ مُدَّةِ البَقاءِ، إلاّ آوِنَةَ الفَناءِ مَعَ قُرْبِ الزَّوالِ وأُزُوفِ الاِنْتِقالِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Can the near ones repel [death] from you, or can the wailing [of the women and children] be of any...
هَلْ يَدْفَعُ عَنْكُمْ الأقارِبُ، أوْ تَنْفَعُكُمُ النَّواحِبُ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Far be it for death to lose the one whom it seeks or for the one who flees it to get saved [from...
هَيْهاتَ أنْ يَفُوتَ المَوْتَ مَنْ طَلَبَ أوْ يَنْجُوَ مِنْهُ مَنْ هَرَبَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The arrival of death cuts off action and exposes [false] hopes.
وافِدُ المَوْتِ يَقْطَعُ العَمَلَ، ويَفْضَحُ الأمَلَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
The arrival of death expunges respite, brings the appointed time closer and dashes [one’s] hope.
وافِدُ المَوْتِ يُبيدُ المَهَلَ، ويُدْنِي الأجَلَ، ويُقْعِدُ الأمَلَ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
There is no soother like death.
لامُريحَ كَالمَوْتِ۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
Death does not desist from extermination [and will annihilate all].
لاتَرْعَوِى الْمَنِيَّةُ اخْتِراماً۔
—Ghurar al-Hikam
—غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم
