would get up and start pacing around the house. She would say to herself, “RābiꜤah! What kind of sleep is this? What pleasure is there in it? Leave it and sleep peacefully for a long time in the grave. You may not have had much sleep today, but you will sleep well tonight. Be courageous and please your Lord.”

In this way, she spent 50 years without ever resting on a bed or placing her head on a pillow until she passed away.^[1]

اللہ اکبر! Dear Islamic brothers! Reflect on this! How beautifully and with what great steadfastness these righteous servants of Allah Almighty would spend their days and nights performing good deeds. But what about us, our nights pass by in heedless sleep and our days pass by in the works of this temporary world. We have no concern for the grave or the Hereafter, and we do not do any deeds that please Allah Almighty!

Seek the Grace of Allah Day and Night

O devotees of the beloved Prophet! Allah Almighty did not create these days and nights so that we would just sleep heedlessly all night and remain busy with the worries of this world all day. These days and nights, these breaths of ours, these billions and trillions of blessings from Allah Almighty, and this life are for the worship of Allah Almighty, for remaining busy with His remembrance and reflection, and for preparing for the eternal life after death. Allah Almighty says in the noble 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,^[2]

This verse reveals that the night and day are two signs of Allah Almighty. Allah