Remembrance of Allah — Page 64
64 the people who wake up using the alarm clock complain that they feel sleepy during Prayers. The reason for this is also the very same that they get up by the alarm clock and not due to their own will. So for this reason this method is not of much benefit. But yes, in the initial stages or at the time of some special need, it can be of benefit. In my view there are thirteen methods that can help in get- ting up at night. If anyone acts upon them, then I believe that, by the grace of Allah the Exalted, he will certainly encounter suc- cess. There are difficulties in the beginning of every endeavour, but in the end these methods will certainly lead to success. All these things that I will say have been extracted from the Quran and Hadith alone and are not from me myself. Nevertheless, this is the special grace of God Almighty upon me that these points, which remained hidden from others, have been manifested upon me. If time had not been limited I would have also mentioned the verses of the Holy Quran and the [specific] hadith from which I have extracted these methods, but right now I will simply state the results alone. 1. THE FIRST OF THESE METHODS is that Allah the Exalted has embedded this rule in nature that a phenomenon that arises at a particular time, when that same time reappears, that phenomenon again comes into a state of excitement. Its examples can be found in abundance. For example, the illness that a person may have suffered from during his childhood, that same illness returns in his old age when the condition of the person again reverts to that same childlike condition. The same phenomenon is found among birds and trees. Based on