40 Hadith Qudsi #4

يسب بنو آدم الدهر

Do Not Revile Time

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه
Sahih Al-BukhariMuslim
Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ: يَسُبُّ بَنُو آدَمَ الدَّهْرَ، وَأَنَا الدَّهْرُ، بِيَدِي اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ. رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ (وَكَذَلِكَ مُسْلِمٌ).
Pronunciation
'An Abi Hurayrata radiyallahu 'anhu, qala: Qala Rasulullahi sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam: Qalallahu: Yasubbu Banu Adama-d-Dahr, wa ana-d-Dahr, biyadiya-l-laylu wa-n-nahar. Rawahu-l-Bukhari (wa kadhalika Muslimun).
English
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah said: Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of] Time, and I am Time, in My hand is the night and the day. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).