Explanation of the athar of Khalid ibn 'Umar al-'Adawi, who said: 'Uthbah ibn Ghazwan (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us, and he was the governor of Basrah

The Shaykh : The second hadith, which is also authentic, states: And from Khalid ibn 'Umar al-'Adawi, who said: 'Uthbah ibn Ghazwan (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us, and he was the governor of Basrah. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: As for what follows, the world has announced its end.
Listen, this is the sermon of a man from among the Companions of the Messenger (peace be upon him). Naturally, he speaks in Arabic, but—unfortunately—we barely understand much of it. He admonishes the people—and he is a governor, as you heard, in Basrah—and he says:
As for what follows, the world has announced its end and has turned away swiftly, and nothing remains of it but a small amount, like the dregs of a vessel that its owner pours out. And you are moving from it to a home that does not end, so move with the best of what is with you. For it has been mentioned to us that a stone is thrown from the edge of Hellfire and falls into it for seventy years without reaching a resting place. And by Allah, it will be filled. Are you surprised? And it has been mentioned to us that the distance between two of the doors of Paradise is a journey of forty years, and a day will surely come when it is crowded with people.
And I have seen myself—and here is the point—and I have seen myself as the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we had no food except the leaves of trees, until our gums became sore. So I picked up a cloak and cut it between myself and Sa'd ibn Malik. I wrapped myself in half of it, and Sa'd wrapped himself in half of it. And none of us remained today but that he became a governor of one of the provinces. And I seek refuge in Allah from being great in my own self and small in the sight of Allah. He says: Muslim narrated it.
He explains the strange words of the hadith, or some of the strange words of the hadith. He says: 'Azhanat with a long alif; meaning: it informed. 'Surm: with a dammah on the sad and a sukun on the ra, meaning: severance and perishing. 'Hadhda: with a hah with a fathah, then a dhal with a shaddah, elongated; meaning: swift. 'Al-subabah: with a dammah on the sad, it is the small remainder of a thing. 'Yatasabbuha: with a shaddah on the mim before the hah; meaning: he gathers it. 'Al-kathiyyadh: with a fathah on the kaf and two dhal with a shaddah, it is the much that is full.
We return to the sermon of this noble Companion, who is 'Uthbah ibn Ghazwan (may Allah be pleased with him). He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: "For the world has announced its end." We know that 'surm is severance, and the intended meaning here is clear; it is that it is inclined toward severance and perishing. It has announced its end and turned away swiftly; meaning: swiftly toward perishing. Since the matter is so, he admonishes his companions, and before that he continues to say: And nothing remains of it but a small amount, like the dregs of a vessel that its owner pours out; nothing remains of the world but a little. And the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) points in some of the authentic hadiths that: , this is the remaining portion of the world, and this is what this eloquent orator, 'Uthbah ibn Ghazwan, points to when he says: And nothing remains of it but a small amount, like the dregs of a vessel that its owner pours out. And you are moving from it to a home that does not end, so move with the best of what is with you; meaning: make the world a farm for the Hereafter, and take from it provisions with which you provision yourselves for that home, the Hereafter, which does not end, as is the nature of this world, since it is transient.