420 – al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to me; he said: Abu Ḥāzim said:

“The days are three: As for yesterday, its favor has vanished even for kings, and its hardship has passed away from me. As for tomorrow, both they and I await it in apprehension. That leaves only today—so what, after all, might it bring?”