.A wonderful nasheed by Ahmad Bukhatir
:Here are the lyrics in Arabic as well as the English translation
أَلا كُلُّ ما هُوَ آتٍ قَريبُ ... وَ لِلأَرْضِ مِنْ كُلِّ حَيٍ نَصيبُ
Everything to come is indeed very near . . . And world will have its share from every person
وَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبٌّ لِطولِ البَقاءِ ... فِيهَا وَ لِلمَوْتِ فِيهُمْ دَبيبُ
People have a love for staying here awhile . . . While Death inches towards them
وَ لِلدَّهْرِ شَدٌّ عَلى أَهْلِهِ ... فَبَيْنٌ مُشِتٌ وَ نَبْلٌ مُصيبُ
And time exerts a force on the people of this world . . . either scattering them about or alleviating them to a better place
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أَلا كُلُّ ما هُوَ آتٍ قَريبُ ... وَ لِلأَرْضِ مِنْ كُلِّ حَيٍ نَصيبُ
Everything to come is indeed very near . . . And world will have its share from every person
وَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبٌّ لِطولِ البَقاءِ ... فِيهَا وَ لِلمَوْتِ فِيهُمْ دَبيبُ
People have a love for staying here awhile . . . While Death inches towards them
وَ لِلدَّهْرِ شَدٌّ عَلى أَهْلِهِ ... فَبَيْنٌ مُشِتٌ وَ نَبْلٌ مُصيبُ
And time exerts a force on the people of this world . . . either scattering them about or alleviating them to a better place
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وَ كَمْ مِنْ أُناسٍ رَأَيْناهُمُ ... تَفانَوْا فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ غَريبُ
So, how many people have we seen . . . turn to dust, So that not even a stranger amongst them is left
وَ صاروا إِلى حُفْرَةٍ تَحْتَوي ... وَ يُسْلِمُ فيها الحَبيبَ الحَبيبُ
Into the hole they have that surrounds them . . . and separated are the ones who once love each other??
أَرى المَرْءَ تُعْجِبُهِ نَفْسُهُ ... فَأَعْجَبُ وَ الأَمْرُ عِنْدي عَجيبُ
I see the person who’s proud and in love with himself . . . which amazes me and makes me wonder
وَ ما هُوَ إِلا عَلى نَقْصِهِ ... فَيَوْماً يَشِبُّ وَ يَوْماً يَشيبُ
That this is only due to his own limitations . . . Hasn’t he realized that one day he is young, The next he is not
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أَلا كُلُّ ما هُوَ آتٍ قَريبُ...وَ لِلأَرْضِ مِنْ كُلِّ حَيٍ نَصيبُ
Everything to come is indeed very near . . . And world will have its share from every person
وَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبٌّ لِطولِ البَقاءِ...فِيهَا وَ لِلمَوْتِ فِيهُمْ دَبيبُ
People have a love for staying here awhile . . . While Death inches towards them
وَ لِلدَّهْرِ شَدٌّ عَلى أَهْلِهِ...فَبَيْنٌ مُشِتٌ وَ نَبْلٌ مُصيبُ
And time exerts a force on the people of this world . . . either scattering them about or alleviating them to a better place
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أَلا يَعْجَبُ المَرْءُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ ... إِذا ما نَعاها إِلَيْهِ المَشيبُ
Therefore one should not be proud and in love with themselves . . . for soon enough their own loving self will tell them of old age
إِذا عِبْتَ أَمْراً فَلا تَأْتِهِ ... وَ ذو اللُّبِّ يُجْنِبُ ما يَسْتَعيبُ
If you are to criticize a certain thing then do not approach it . . . The ones of wisdom avoid such things
وَ دَعِ ما يُربيُكَ لا تَأْتِهِ ... وَ جُزْهُ إِلى كُلِّ ما لا يُريبُ
And leave which confounds you and do not approach it . . . rather exceeds beyond it towards that which englightens
أَغَرَّكَ مِنْها نَهارٌ يُضيءُ ... وَ لَيْلٌ يَجُنُّ وَ شَمْسٌ تَغيبُ
For this life has confused you with a bright day . . . a mysterious night and a setting sun
فَلا تَحْسَبِ الدّارَ دارَ الغُرور ... أَلَمْ تَدْري أَنَّكَ فيها غَريبُ
So do not confuse this “World of Foolishness” to the eternity . . . did you not realize you are nothing here
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أَلا كُلُّ ما هُوَ آتٍ قَريبُ...وَ لِلأَرْضِ مِنْ كُلِّ حَيٍ نَصيبُ
Everything to come is indeed very near . . . And world will have its share from every person
وَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبٌّ لِطولِ البَقاءِ...فِيهَا وَ لِلمَوْتِ فِيهُمْ دَبيبُ
People have a love for staying here awhile . . . While Death inches towards them
وَ لِلدَّهْرِ شَدٌّ عَلى أَهْلِهِ...فَبَيْنٌ مُشِتٌ وَ نَبْلٌ مُصيبُ
And time exerts a force on the people of this world . . . either scattering them about or alleviating them to a better place
