Seek the bounty of Allah Almighty day and night!

O devotees of the Prophet! Allah Almighty has not created the day and night so that we spend the night sleeping in heedlessness, and pass the day concerned about the world. This day and night, each breath of ours, the countless bounties of Allah Almighty, and this life are to worship Allah Almighty, to engage in dhikr, and prepare for the eternal life that is to come after death.

Allah Almighty states in the holy Quran:

وَ جَعَلۡنَا الَّیۡلَ وَ النَّہَارَ اٰیَتَیۡنِ فَمَحَوۡنَاۤ اٰیَۃَ الَّیۡلِ وَ جَعَلۡنَاۤ  اٰیَۃَ النَّہَارِ مُبۡصِرَۃً  لِّتَبۡتَغُوۡا فَضۡلًا مِّنۡ رَّبِّکُمۡ

And We made the night and the day two signs, then We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek the Grace of your Lord ^[1]

We come to know from this verse that the day and night are two signs of Allah Almighty. Allah Almighty made the sign of the night dark, such that everything becomes concealed in it, and He made the day bright; why is this? This is so that we search for the bounty of our Lord. The Proof of Islam, Imam Muhammad al-Ghazālī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه mentions, “The bounty which we have been commanded to seek in this blessed verse is in reference to reward and forgiveness.”^[2]

It is as though it is being said that We created the night as a sign of our power, and the day also a sign of our power, so that you perform good deeds day and night, and so that you continue to seek the reward of the Hereafter and forgiveness by means of actions that lead to Paradise.

The Companion, Sayyidunā Abū Dardāˈ رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ states, “O son of Adam, grind the earth with your feet! You will soon enter it. O son of Adam, what is your life? It is only a collection of days. When a day passes by, a