أَمَدٌ
Time, considered with regard to its end
Time, considered with regard to its end: زَمَانٌ being time considered with regard to its end and its beginning: (Er-Rághib:) [but sometimes it is interchangeable with زَمَانٌ, as will be seen in what follows:] or the utmost, or extreme, extent, term, limit, point, or reach. (S, M, A, Msb, K.) You say, بَلَغَ أَمَدَهُ He, or it, reached, or attained, his, or its, utmost, or extreme, extent, term, &c. (Msb.) And ضَرَبَ لَهُ أَمَدًا [He assigned, or appointed, for him, or it, a term, or limit]. (A.) And هُوَ بَعِيدُ الآمَادِ [He is one whose limits are remote: آمَادٌ being the pl.]. (A.) ― -b2- The period of life which one has reached; as in the saying, مَا أَمَدُكَ What is thy period of life which thou hast reached? (S.) ― -b3- Each of the two terms of the life of a man; i. e. the time of his birth, and the time of his death. (Sh, T.) El-Hasan [El-Basree], being asked by El-Hajjáj, مَا أَمَدُكَ, meaning What was the time of thy birth? answered by saying that it was two years before the expiration of 'Omar's reign as Khaleefeh. (T, L, from a trad.) ― -b4- The startingplace, and the goal, of horses in a race. (Sh, T, L.) ― -b5- (tropical:) Any space of time: (Er-Rághib:) a space of time of unknown limit. (Kull pp. 9 and 10.) ― -b6- Sometimes, (assumed tropical:) A particular time; as in the phrase أَمَدُ كَذَا The time of such a thing; like زَمَانُ أَمَدٌ. (Kull p. 10.) ― -b7- [It is also used for ذو أَمَدٌ, and (applied to a fem. n.) ذَات أَمَدٍ, Having a term, or limit; limited in duration; as in the saying,] الدُّنْيَا أَمَدٌ والآخِرةُ أَبَدٌ [The present state of existence is limited in duration, but the final state of existence is everlasting]. (Obeyd Ibn-'Omeyr, L in art. ابد.)