عُمْرlifetime

Example sentences

• يَا منفقا بضَاعَة الْعُمر فِي مُخَالفَة حَبِيبه

  O you who spend the capital of your life in disobeying your Beloved!

  الْعُمْرِ — life. The owner completing 'the capital of life', genitive, definite — one's lifespan, spent like wealth. The precious stock being squandered.

  From: Love and Devotion to God →

• عمرك وَهُوَ وقتك الْحَاضِر بَين مَا مضى وَمَا يسْتَقْبل

  Your life is your present time between what has passed and what is to come.

  عُمْرُكَ — your life. The '-ka' ending is 'your' addressed to a man, fusing the noun 'lifespan' with its owner into one word. It stands as the topic of a verbless sentence whose description, 'your present moment', follows with no 'is'.

  From: Repentance and Resolve →

• وَلَكِن الشَّأْن فِي عمرك وَهُوَ وقتك الَّذِي بَين الْوَقْتَيْنِ

  But the matter is in your life, which is your present time between the two periods.

  عُمْرِكَ — your life. In the genitive because the preposition governs it, with 'your' (to a man) fused on the end. The whole point rests here: your present lifespan is where the real work is done.

  From: Repentance and Resolve →

• وكتب لفناء ساكنيها عمرًا مقدرًا وميقاتا،

  And He decreed a lifespan and an appointed time for the demise of its inhabitants,

  عُمْرًا — a lifespan. This noun is the object of 'decreed', shown by its accusative ending and indefinite shape, naming a lifespan as one thing ordained. It is the first of two objects, paired with the appointed time that follows, both fixed for the dwellers' end.

  From: Death and Decree →