stay awake all night long and recite the Holy Quran in Salah. In the morning, their hair would look scattered and face would look pale. They would shake while walking and their eyes would remain moist with tears. And the state of people nowadays is that everyone is wandering around heedlessly and fearlessly. Sign of the fear of Allah Almighty is not visible on anybody’s face. The day he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ mentioned this, no one ever saw him laughing after that. (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 4, pp. 226)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! While worrying over the practical condition of the Muslims of his era, Sayyiduna ‘Ali رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ is recalling the blessed companions’ رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُم acts of worship and their steadfastness in the recitation of the Holy Quran; whereas, now our state is such that we are sinking deeper into the pits of sins day by day. Our days and nights are being spent in disobeying Allah Almighty and the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. First of all, we do not perform the righteous action. And in case we end up performing one, then the desire of being acclaimed and becoming famous as righteous among people keeps us restless. Would that! We get the privilege of hiding our righteous deeds in a similar manner as we hide our sins and consider it to be sufficient that Allah Almighty knows our righteous deeds. Especially after performing a hidden righteous deed, the Nafs shall be supervised strictly. As it is possible that the urge for revealing the act of worship develops within the Nafs and it traps you by saying that reveal this act of worship upon people, as people will not come to know about your rank and status if you keep it concealed from them. So they will remain deprived of following you. In this case, how would you become the leader and guide of people? How would the call towards righteousness spread through you? Etc., in such a situation, one shall supplicate to Allah Almighty for steadfastness and perseverance and shall keep in mind the great eternal blessing of Paradise in exchange for his action. One shall scare himself that the one who desires reward from people for the worship of Allah Almighty, the wrath of Allah Almighty befalls on him.