--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Our abode in this world is transitory…" description: "\"Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.\" — Abu Bakr" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/abu-bakr-11186_abode_our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-ou_1940196.jpg" --- # Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is… ![“Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.” quote by Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/abu-bakr-11186_abode_our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-ou_1940196.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/abu-bakr-11186_abode_our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-ou_1940196.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/abu-bakr-11186_abode_our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-ou_1940196.jpg) > “Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.” [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Life is temporary, like a loan, and our time is limited, urging mindful living. **In simple terms:** Life is short, act wisely. Key Takeaway Live purposefully now. Themes mortality impermanence mindfulness Mood reflective serious Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - daily decisions - career planning - relationships - health choices Key Concepts existentialism temporal awareness Questions to Reflect On - How does awareness of mortality shape your priorities? - What does “loan” metaphor suggest about ownership? A Different Perspective It may overlook cultural or religious contexts. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Breaths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breaths/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/) ## Related quotes > [Belief is so valuable and living that it infuses with life everything it enters! It transforms the fleeting glimmer of transitory life into eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/said-nursi/belief-is-so-valuable-and-living-that-it-infuses-with-life-everything/) [Said Nursi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/said-nursi/) > [The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucan/the-abode-of-god-too-is-wherever-is-earth-and-sea-and-air-and-sky-and/) [Lucan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucan/) > [Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream, Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd; The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gates-percival/happy-the-life-that-in-a-peaceful-stream-obscure-unnoticed-through/) [James Gates Percival](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gates-percival/) > [‎We are already taking care of people from jail. Hundred and ten non-criminal women are already with us in Shantidhan (abode of peace).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-are-already-taking-care-of-people-from-jail-hundred-and-ten-non/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/open-the-gates-of-wisdom-tear-the-veil-of-ignorance-enter-the-abode/) [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) > [By unswerving devotion to Me, a man crosses over three Gunas - I am the Abode of Brahman, Eternal and Immutable, of everlasting Dharma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinmayananda-saraswati/by-unswerving-devotion-to-me-a-man-crosses-over-three-gunas-i-am-the/) [Chinmayananda Saraswati](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinmayananda-saraswati/) > [It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad/it-is-sparkling-light-aromatic-plants-a-lofty-palace-a-flowing-river/) [Muhammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad/) > [“Tho' you're tired and weary, still journey on, Till you come to your happy abode, Where all the love you've been dreaming of, Will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/tho-you-re-tired-and-weary-still-journey-on-till-you-come-to-your/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/for-if-that-last-day-does-not-occasion-an-entire-extinction-but-a/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire; Blest that abode, where want and pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-goldsmith/blest-be-that-spot-where-cheerful-guests-retire-to-pause-from-toil/) [Oliver Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-goldsmith/) > [You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-study-god-through-everything-and-everyone-in-the-universe-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-setting-sun-is-reflected-from-the-windows-of-the-alms-house-as/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-griswold-goodrich/perseverance-gives-power-to-weakness-and-opens-to-poverty-the-world-s/) Samuel Griswold Goodrich > [Yes, would to God that I could persuade the rich and the mighty that they would permit the whole Bible to be painted on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/yes-would-to-god-that-i-could-persuade-the-rich-and-the-mighty-that/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-maria-rilke/may-i-strike-my-heart-s-keys-clearly-and-may-none-fail-because-of/) [Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/) ## More by Abu Bakr > [If you want to control other people, first control yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/if-you-want-to-control-other-people-first-control-yourself/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/he-who-is-not-impressed-by-sound-advice-lacks-faith/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [He who comes to take the love of God can have no taste for the love of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/he-who-comes-to-take-the-love-of-god-can-have-no-taste-for-the-love/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honor in humility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/there-is-greatness-in-the-fear-of-god-contentment-in-faith-of-god-and/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [God helps those who fear Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/god-helps-those-who-fear-him/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/maybe-a-thing-that-you-do-not-like-is-really-in-your-interest-it-is/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/if-anybody-seeks-your-advice-offer-right-and-sincere-advice/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [Knowledge is the life of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/knowledge-is-the-life-of-the-mind/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [Muslims should live like brothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/muslims-should-live-like-brothers/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/he-who-indulges-in-falsehood-will-find-the-paths-of-paradise-shut-to/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [A Man who is Shy and Modest, is An Amazing Character, but a Women who is Shy and Modest is Beyond Amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/a-man-who-is-shy-and-modest-is-an-amazing-character-but-a-women-who/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/have-an-earnestness-for-death-and-you-will-have-life/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/he-who-becomes-a-muslim-does-so-in-his-own-interest/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/o-man-you-are-busy-working-for-the-world-and-the-world-is-busy-trying/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) > [Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/do-not-follow-vain-desires-for-verily-he-who-prospers-is-preserved/) [Abu Bakr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) [Explore all 61 Abu Bakr quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/) ## More Abode quotes > [May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-maria-rilke/may-i-strike-my-heart-s-keys-clearly-and-may-none-fail-because-of/) [Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/) > [Yes, would to God that I could persuade the rich and the mighty that they would permit the whole Bible to be painted on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/yes-would-to-god-that-i-could-persuade-the-rich-and-the-mighty-that/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-griswold-goodrich/perseverance-gives-power-to-weakness-and-opens-to-poverty-the-world-s/) Samuel Griswold Goodrich > [The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-setting-sun-is-reflected-from-the-windows-of-the-alms-house-as/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-study-god-through-everything-and-everyone-in-the-universe-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire; Blest that abode, where want and pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-goldsmith/blest-be-that-spot-where-cheerful-guests-retire-to-pause-from-toil/) [Oliver Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-goldsmith/) > [For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable? And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/for-if-that-last-day-does-not-occasion-an-entire-extinction-but-a/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) > [“Tho' you're tired and weary, still journey on, Till you come to your happy abode, Where all the love you've been dreaming of, Will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/tho-you-re-tired-and-weary-still-journey-on-till-you-come-to-your/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad/it-is-sparkling-light-aromatic-plants-a-lofty-palace-a-flowing-river/) [Muhammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad/) > [By unswerving devotion to Me, a man crosses over three Gunas - I am the Abode of Brahman, Eternal and Immutable, of everlasting Dharma…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinmayananda-saraswati/by-unswerving-devotion-to-me-a-man-crosses-over-three-gunas-i-am-the/) [Chinmayananda Saraswati](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinmayananda-saraswati/) > [Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sathya-sai-baba/open-the-gates-of-wisdom-tear-the-veil-of-ignorance-enter-the-abode/) [Sathya Sai Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sathya-sai-baba/) > [‎We are already taking care of people from jail. Hundred and ten non-criminal women are already with us in Shantidhan (abode of peace).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-are-already-taking-care-of-people-from-jail-hundred-and-ten-non/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream, Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd; The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gates-percival/happy-the-life-that-in-a-peaceful-stream-obscure-unnoticed-through/) [James Gates Percival](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gates-percival/) > [The abode of God, too, is wherever is earth and sea and air, and sky and virtue. Why further do we seek the Gods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucan/the-abode-of-god-too-is-wherever-is-earth-and-sea-and-air-and-sky-and/) [Lucan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucan/) > [I was brought up on the books of The Wizard of Oz and my mother told me that these were great philosophies. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bolger/i-was-brought-up-on-the-books-of-the-wizard-of-oz-and-my-mother-told/) [Ray Bolger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bolger/) Browse all 122 Abode quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abu Bakr" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-our-life-therein-is-but-a-loan/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Abode" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-our-life-therein-is-but-a-loan/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/abu-bakr-11186_abode_our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-ou_1940196.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/abu-bakr-11186_abode_our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-ou_1940196.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/abu-bakr-11186_abode_our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-ou_1940196.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our…” — Abu Bakr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Abu Bakr", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abu-bakr/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Our abode in this world is...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-our-life-therein-is-but-a-loan/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abu-bakr/our-abode-in-this-world-is-transitory-our-life-therein-is-but-a-loan/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```