الزَّمان

TIME

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The man who best understands time is he who is not taken aback by its proceedings.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3252]

3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'He who knows
[the workings of] his time is never overwhelmed by its obscurities.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 356]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who places his trust in time has gone mad.’
[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 54, no. 204]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever trusts time is betrayed by it, and whoever holds it in high esteem is abased by it.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8028]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever trusts time is betrayed by it, whoever attaches great importance to it is abased by it, whoever is angry with time, it spites him even more, and whoever takes refuge with time is forsaken by it. Not everyone who throws hits the target. When the sultan changes so does the time.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 213, no. 1]

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Time betrays the one who believes he possesses time, and it does not seek to please the one who blames it.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2093]

8– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever preoccupies himself with time is occupied by it in turn.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7890]

9– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who blames time will find no end to his frustration.’
[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 53, no. 204]

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever resists time is spited by it even more, and whoever surrenders to it is not safe either.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 9054]

11– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever contends with time is thwarted, and whoever is resentful towards it ends up getting angry himself.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 85]

12– Al-Rayyan b. al-Salt narrated that Imam al-Rida (AS) recited some verses he had composed for `Aabd al-Muttalib:
All of people place the blame on time
When the trouble with time is only ourselves;
We reprove time while the fault lies within us
If time could speak, it would surely mock us.
The wolf shuns the meat of a fellow wolf
Whereas we devour each other in broad daylight.
Attired to deceive with our polished teeth,
Yet woe betide the stranger when he approaches us.
[ `Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 177, no. 5]