4d • Reflection Space
Every Breath Is Counted
“So do not hasten against them. We are only counting for them a numbered count.”
— Qur'an, Surah Maryam 19:84
It is narrated that Al-Ma'mun once recited this surah and, when he reached this verse, a group of jurists were with him. He then signaled with his head to Ibn al-Sammak to give them an admonition.
So Ibn al-Sammak said:
“If breaths are numbered, and they are given no extension, how quickly they will run out.”
And it was said in poetry about this meaning:
Your life is but breaths being counted;
whenever
A breath passes from you, a part of you diminishes.
That which gives you life each night is what brings you closer to death,
Driven forward by a driver who intends no jest.
And Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) would cry when he recited this verse and say:
“The end of the count: the departure of your soul.
The end of the count: your separation from your family.
The end of the count: your entering the grave.”
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Every Breath Is Counted
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