A Day in the Life of Prophet Muhammad(SAW)

In the Depth of the Night

When it was midnight or shortly before or after it, the Prophet

would wake up. He would sit up and rub his face with his hand to

wipe off the effect of sleep. He would take his tooth stick and clean

his blessed mouth. He would then lift his eyes to the sky,

contemplating in the total silence of the night God's greatness as it

is manifested in His creation. As he did that, he read these verses of

the Qur'an:64

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the

succession of night and day, there are indeed signs for men

endowed with insight, who remember God when they

stand, sit and lie down, and reflect on the creation of the

heavens and the earth: "Our Lord, You have not created all

this in vain. Limitless are You in Your glory. Guard us,

then, against the torment of the fire. Our Lord, him whom

You shall commit to the fire, You will have condemned to

disgrace. The evildoers shall have none to help them. Our

Lord, we have heard the voice of one who calls to faith,

[saying] , 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our

Lord, forgive us, then, our sins and efface our bad deeds

and let us die with the truly virtuous. Our Lord, grant us

what You have promised us through Your messengers, and

do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Surely, You

never fail to fulfil Your promise.

Their Lord answers them: "I will not suffer the work of any

worker among you, male or female, to be lost. Each of you

is an issue of the other. Therefore, those who emigrate and

are driven out of their homes and suffer persecution in My

cause, and fight and are slain [for it] - I shall indeed efface

their bad deeds and admit them to gardens through which

running waters flow, as a reward from God. With God is

the best of rewards. Let not the disbelievers' prosperity in

the land deceive you. It is but a brief enjoyment. Then, hell

shall be their abode. What an evil abode! As for those who

fear their Lord, theirs shall be gardens through which running waters flow, in which they shall abide,

a gift of welcome from God. That which is with God is best for the

truly virtuous. There are indeed among the people of earlier

revelations some who believe in God and in what has been

bestowed from on high upon you and in what has been

bestowed upon them, humbling themselves before God.

They do not barter away God's revelations for a trifling

price. They shall have their reward with their Lord. Swift is

God's reckoning. Believers, be patient in adversity, and let