اغْتَنِمْ خَمْسًا قَبْلَ خَمْسٍ: شَبَابَكَ قَبْلَ هَرَمِكَ، وَصِحَّتَكَ قَبْلَ سَقَمِكَ، وَغِنَاكَ قَبْلَ فَقْرِكَ، وَفَرَاغَكَ قَبْلَ شُغْلِكَ، وَحَيَاتَكَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِكَ
Take advantage of five before five: your youth before old age, health before illness, wealth before poverty, free time before preoccupation, and life before death.
Source: الترمذي
اغْتَنِمْ is a singular imperative: “make good use of” or “regard as an opportunity.” خَمْسًا قَبْلَ خَمْسٍ introduces five blessings to recognize before circumstances change. قَبْلَ means “before” in each comparison.
The five pairs are youth and old age, health and illness, wealth and poverty, free time and busyness, and life and death. The message is to use existing abilities and opportunities for meaningful good, responsibilities, and needed tasks before they become harder or impossible. Awareness of change gives urgency to present blessings.