
“How long did you stay in the world?”
QURAN & MATHEMATICS
You Lived Only 121 Seconds — Did You Realize?)
121 Seconds… and the Eternal Decision
Beginning: In the Light of the Qur’an
Allah Almighty says: (Surah Al-Mu’minun)
قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ(112)
He will ask: “How many years did you remain on the earth?”
قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ(113)
They will reply: “We remained for a day, or part of a day. Ask those who keep count.”
قَالَ إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ(114)
Allah will say: “You stayed only a little — if only you had known.”
And Allah also says:
يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
A Day (of the Hereafter) whose measure is equal to fifty thousand years of worldly time.
(Surah Al-Ma‘arij, Ayah 4)
A Scientific Perspective: How Long Is Worldly Life?
According to the Qur’an, one Day of the Hereafter equals 50,000 years of this world.
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In today’s terms, the average human lifespan is about 70 years.
Let us calculate:
70 ÷ 50,000 = 0.0014
One day = 24 hours × 60 minutes × 60 seconds = 86,400 seconds
0.0014 × 86,400 = 121 seconds (approximately)
Conclusion:
A complete 70-year human life equals only about 121 seconds — just two minutes — on the scale of the Day of Judgment.
Now Calculate According to Your Own Age
If you are 20 years old, you have lived only 34 seconds on the clock of the Hereafter.
If you are 35 years old, you have lived only 60 seconds.
If you are 50 years old, you have lived only 84 seconds.
And if your life ends at 70 years, then your entire worldly existence amounts to just 121 seconds.
A Reflection for Today’s Human Being
O human of today — pause and think.
Your seventy years of struggle, your desires, your ambitions, and your pride —
on the scale of the Hereafter — are worth only two minutes.
Will you sell your eternal Paradise for 121 seconds of pleasure?
Will you buy everlasting fire for a few fleeting moments of gain?
Think deeply.
The time that has passed will never return,
and the time that remains is slipping away moment by moment.
This world is a temporary examination,
while the Hereafter is the eternal reality.
Allah, the Lord of Majesty, has granted the human being a gift that is priceless — beautiful, precious, unmatched, and extraordinary.
Now the decision is in your hands:
Will you align your few remaining seconds
with the frequency of Paradise (good deeds),
or will you tune your life
to the frequency of Hell (evil deeds)?



