He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.
Interpretation
Neglecting nightly prayers can lead to restless and unfulfilling nights.
This quote emphasizes the significance of spiritual practice, particularly the night prayer, in achieving a peaceful state of mind and a sound sleep. It suggests that those who overlook their spiritual duties may find themselves unsettled both in sleep and in life.
In practice
During a motivational speech about the importance of routine and rituals.
I looked at all friends, and did not find a better friend than safeguarding the tongue. I thought about all dresses, but did not find a better dress than piety. I thought about all types of wealth, but did not find a better wealth than contentment in little. I thought of all types of good deeds, but did not find a better deed than offering good advice. I looked at all types of sustenance, but did not find a better sustenance than patience.
Do not be fooled by one who recites the QurΓ’n. His recitation is but speech β but look to those who act according to it.
Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse.
The criterion of action is that todays work should not be deferred till the following day.
Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.
Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.
The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.
Terrorism and the whole drug scene are vivid examples of the fact that what persons abhor most of all in life is the possibility that they will not matter.
We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies. The world is a college of corporations, inexorably determined by the immutable bylaws of business...There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM, and ITT, and AT&T, and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today.
From 1970 onwards, our culture told both sexes that individual expression was paramount. And for women, that was defined as the right to choose an interesting a career, a high-status mate, the desirable handbag or vacation, the perfect family size, and a definitionally fruitless quest for 'perfection.'
A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection - not an invitation for hypnosis.
Your skin is prickly from fatigue and pain and there is a hissing in your ears. Time passes and the pills are taking hold like a glowing white planet coming into view. A reverse eclipse. And you watch with your eyes closed. The white planet is half exposed, it grips your heart in its light and seems to be pulling you forward and now you feel that you are falling. You are awake but dreaming. "The earth is not beautiful but the universe is," you say.
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