Night vigil is the garden of those who yearn [nearness of Allah]
السَّهَرُ رَوْضَةُ الْمُشْتَاقِينَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Night vigil is one of the two lives
السَّهَرُ أَحَدُ الْحَيَاتَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keep vigil at night and make your stomachs lean; and take away from your bodies so that you may be generous with it upon your souls
أَسْهِرُوا عُيُونَكُمْ وَضَمِّرُوا بُطُونَكُمْ وَخُذُوا مِنْ أَجْسَادِكُمْ تَجُودُوا بِهَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keep vigil at night and make your stomachs lean; and take away from your bodies so that you may be generous with it upon your souls
أَسْهِرُوا عُيُونَكُمْ وَضَمِّرُوا بُطُونَكُمْ وَخُذُوا مِنْ أَجْسَادِكُمْ تَجُودُوا بِهَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best of worship is staying awake at night in the remembrance of Allah, the Glorified
أَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَةِ سَهَرُ الْعُيُونِ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Night vigil is the insignia of the pious and the quality of those who yearn
سَهَرُ اللَّيْلِ شِعَارُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَشِيمَةُ الْمُشْتَاقِينَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keeping vigil at night in the worship of Allah is the spring of the friends [of Allah] and the garden of the felicitous
سَهَرُ اللَّيْلِ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ رَبِيعُ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ وَرَوْضَةُ السُّعَدَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keeping vigil at night in the remembrance [and worship] of Allah is the devotion of the Gnostics and the delight of the Near Ones
سَهَرُ الْعُيُونِ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ خُلْصَانُ الْعَارِفِينَ وَحُلْوَانُ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keeping vigil at night in the remembrance [and worship] of Allah is the prize of the friends [of Allah] and the practice of the God-wary
سَهَرُ اللَّيْلِ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ غَنِيمَةُ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ وَسَجِيَّةُ الْأَتْقِيَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keeping vigil at night in the remembrance of Allah is the opportunity of the felicitous and the promenade of the friends [of Allah]
سَهَرُ الْعُيُونِ بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ فُرْصَةُ السُّعَدَاءِ وَنُزْهَةُ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Blessed is the eye that forsakes its sleep in obedience [and worship] to Allah
طُوبَى لِعَيْنٍ هَجَرَتْ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ غُمْضَهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who sleeps a lot at night loses the [opportunity to perform the] deeds that he cannot make up for during the daytime
مَنْ كَثُرَ فِي لَيْلِهِ نَوْمُهُ فَاتَهُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا لَا يَسْتَدْرِكُهُ فِي يَوْمِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
What a good helper of worship night vigil is!
نِعْمَ عَوْنُ الْعِبَادَةِ السَّهَرُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The early morning hours of Saturdays and Thursdays are a blessing
بَكْرُ السَّبْتِ وَالْخَمِيسِ بَرَكَةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech