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Be in this world as a stranger

Monday, February 9, 2026

كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ
Transliteration

Kun fi-d-dunya ka-annaka gharibun aw 'abiru sabil.

Translation

Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler passing through.

Narrated by Ibn Umar·Sahih al-Bukhari 6416·Nawawi's Forty · #40
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