Tahajjud & its Blessings

Written by Sameen Nasir on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 12:28am

In the darkness of the night a lover awaits the call of  their Beloved [swt]. A momin truly anticipates the arrival of the last part of the night when he is able to witness the beauty of his Lord and when his heart strives to please the Beloved. The call of the Beloved give eternity to these moments. A momin does not await the arrival of the night just to spend it in deep slumber rather he is anxious to enlighten his dark night with the noor of true love. what could be more beautiful a time then the time when our Allah Swt descends to the Lowest sky and calls his slaves who obediently get up.

Other people soother their eyes with deep sleep in the night while a momin soothes his eyes with tears of repentance. people spend it in useless chatter while the momin spends the night with his confessions of love for His Beloved.

Truly the time of the tahajjud is the most beautiful time of the night. We surely underestimate the power which the last part of the night has, we belittle the value of the treasures it beholds. These nights have the the key to the enlightened path of devotion, submission and pure love.

As our elders say “jo iss waqt ko paataa nahi woh iska maza nahi samajh sakta”. Gone are those days when people would spend their nights in worship of the divine, gone are those true aashiq. It is narrated that Allah Swt revealed to Dawud AS “jhoota hai woh shakhs jo mujh say muhabbat kay daway karey aur jab raat aye aur woh sou jaye”.

Our elders greatly stress on the need of spending such nights. Prophet Saw said” three voices are loved by Allah SWT- the cock’s crow, the voice of him who recites the Quran and the voice of those seeking forgiveness before daybreak.” Sufyan al Thawri said “Allah Swt created a wind blowing before daybreak carrying innvocations and prayers for forgiveness to the Almighty King. At the start of the night a crier calls from beneath the Throne, “Let the worshippers get up!” so they get up. Then a crier calls at midnight, “let those who stand in length in prayer get up” so they get up and pray until before daybreak. then before daybreak a crier calls “Let those seeking forgiveness get up” so they get up and seek forgiveness.”

We should not waste our nights in things and activities which are purely useless. For these times once gone are gone forever and for once we part from this world then there will be no return. We pray that our exit from this world would be Labaik to our Lord’s Call “”O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him!Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves, And enter you My Paradise!”

~ by Jasera on February 2, 2011.