Alertness And Vigilance

Vigilance in religion is a blessing for the one whom it is bestowed upon. اَلتَّيَقُّظُ فِي الدّينِ نِعْمَةٌ عَلى مَنْ رُزِقَهُ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Alertness is illumination, negligence is delusion. اَلْيَقْظَةُ نُورٌ، اَلْغَفْلَةُ غُرُورٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Alertness is perspicacity. اَلْيَقْظَةُ اِسْتِبْصارٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Indeed you have been alerted so become vigilant, and you have been guided so follow the guidance. قَدْ يُقِّظْتُمْ فَتَيَقَّظُوا، وهُديتُمْ فَاهْتَدُوا۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم One who does not take support through vigilance will not benefit from [the presence of] guards. مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَظْهِرْ بِاليَقْظَةِ لَمْ يَنْتَفِعْ بِالحَفَظَةِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Alertness is [a cause of] grief. اَلْيَقْظَةُ كَرَبٌ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Recover, O listener, from your stupor, and wake up from your heedlessness, and curb (or cut short)... أفِقْ أَيُّهَا السّامِعُ مِنْ سَكْرَتِكَ، واسْتَيْقِظْ مِنْ غَفْلَتِكَ، وَاحْتَصِرْ(اِخْتَصِرْ) مِنْ عَجَلَتِكَ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم Is there nobody who will wake up from his [slumber of] negligence before his time [on this earth]... اَلا مُسْتَيْقِظٌ مِنْ غَفْلَتِهِ قَبْلَ نَفادِ مُدَّتِهِ۔ —Ghurar al-Hikam —غُرَرُ الحِکَم و دُرَرُ الکَلِم