Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Night Vigil

Night Vigil-السَّهَر

1. Night vigil is one of the two lives.

1ـ اَلسَّهَرُ أحَدُ الْحَياتَيْنِ.

2. Night vigil is the garden of those who yearn [nearness of Allah].

2ـ اَلسَّهَرُ رَوْضَةُ الْمُشْتاقينَ.

3. Night vigil is the insignia of the pious and the quality of those who yearn.

3ـ سَهَرُ اللَّيْلِ شِعارُ المُتَّقينَ، وَ شيمَةُ الْمُشتاقينَ.

4. Keeping vigil at night in the remembrance [and worship] of Allah is the devotion of the Gnostics and the delight of the Near Ones.

4ـ سَهَرُ العُيُونِ بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ خُلْصانُ الْعارِفينَ، وَ حُلْوانُ

5. Keeping vigil at night in the worship of Allah is the spring of the friends [of Allah] and the garden of the felicitous.

5ـ سَهَرُ اللَّيْلِ في طاعَةِ اللّهِ رَبيعُ الأوْلياءِ، وَرَوْضَةُ

6. 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.

6ـ سَهَرُ اللَّيلِ(العيُونِ) بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ غَنِيمَةُ الأوْلياءِ، وَ

7. Keeping vigil at night in the remembrance of Allah is the opportunity of the felicitous and the promenade of the friends [of Allah].

7ـ سَهَرُ العُيُونِ بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ فُرْصَةُ السُّعَداءِ، وَ نُزْهَةُ

8. 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.

8ـ أسْهِرُوا عُيُونَكُمْ، وَ ضَمِّروُا بُطُونَكُمْ، وَ خُذُوا مِنْ

9. The best of worship is staying awake at night in the remembrance of Allah, the Glorified.

9ـ أفْضَلُ العِبادَةِ سَهَرُ العُيُونِ بِذِكْرِ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ.

10. What a good helper of worship night vigil is!

10ـ نِعْمَ عَوْنُ العِبادَةِ السَّهَرُ.