6175 The full morning light of the sun, when its splendour shines forth in contrast
with the night which has passed. Cf. 91:1. The growing hours of morning light,
from sunrise to noon, are the true type of the growth of spiritual life and work,
while the stillness of the night is, to those who know, only a preparation for it. We
are not to imagine that the stillness or quiescence of the night is wasted, or means
stagnation in our spiritual life. The stillness may seem lonely, but we are not alone,
nor forsaken by Allah. Nor is such preparation, without immediate visible results,
a sign of Allah's displeasure.
6175 The full morning light of the sun, when its splendour shines forth in contrast with the night which has passed. Cf. 91:1. The growing hours of morning light, from sunrise to noon, are the true type of the growth of spiritual life and work, while the stillness of the night is, to those who know, only a preparation for it. We are not to imagine that the stillness or quiescence of the night is wasted, or means stagnation in our spiritual life. The stillness may seem lonely, but we are not alone, nor forsaken by Allah. Nor is such preparation, without immediate visible results, a sign of Allah's displeasure.