Ibn_hassan
Servant of Allah
Do not fix your hopes on your health and do not laugh away life.
Remember how they walked and now their joints lie separately,
and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by worms.
Do not sit idle for indeed death is seeking you [Hasan al-Basri]
Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age.
Remember the honours and fame they earned, the high posts they held and the beautiful bodies they possessed. Today all of them are turned to dust. They have left orphans and widows behind them, their wealth is being wasted, and their houses turned into ruins. No sign is of them is left today, their wealth is being wasted and their houses turned into ruins. No sign of them is left today and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth. Picture their faces before your minds eye and ponder.
Remember how they walked and now their joints lie separately,
and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by worms.
Do not sit idle for indeed death is seeking you [Hasan al-Basri]
Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age.
Remember the honours and fame they earned, the high posts they held and the beautiful bodies they possessed. Today all of them are turned to dust. They have left orphans and widows behind them, their wealth is being wasted, and their houses turned into ruins. No sign is of them is left today, their wealth is being wasted and their houses turned into ruins. No sign of them is left today and they lie in dark holes underneath the earth. Picture their faces before your minds eye and ponder.