LessonsṬarafah: Courage, Mortality, and the Revelation of Time (Verses 98–104)Quiz

أَرَى الْمَوْتَ أَعْدَادَ النُّفُوسِ وَلَا أَرَى
بَعِيدًا غَدًا مَا أَقْرَبَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ غَدِ
Meaning: I see death as unfailing sources of water to which living souls must come, and I do not consider tomorrow far away. How close today lies to tomorrow!

Aʿdād here does not mean numerical counts. It is treated as the plural of ʿidd, a source of water whose supply does not cease. Ṭarafah likens mortality's inescapable recurrence to an unfailing spring, before tightening the time horizon between today and tomorrow.

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Verse 102: death as an unfailing source

Ṭarafah: Courage, Mortality, and the Revelation of Time (Verses 98–104)

أَرَى الْمَوْتَ أَعْدَادَ النُّفُوسِ وَلَا أَرَى
بَعِيدًا غَدًا مَا أَقْرَبَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ غَدِ
Meaning: I see death as unfailing sources of water to which living souls must come, and I do not consider tomorrow far away. How close today lies to tomorrow!

Aʿdād here does not mean numerical counts. It is treated as the plural of ʿidd, a source of water whose supply does not cease. Ṭarafah likens mortality's inescapable recurrence to an unfailing spring, before tightening the time horizon between today and tomorrow.