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24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim
24 Hours in the Life of a Muslim

Someone who sincerely directs his thoughts to Allah will be
helped to see that he must think carefully about the blessings he has
been given and that no one other than Allah has the power to give
them to him. In the Qur'an, our Lord says that people must ponder
this matter:
Say: "What do you think? If Allah took away your hearing and
your sight and sealed up your hearts, what god is there, other
than Allah, who could give them back to you?" (Surat al-
An'am: 46)
Certainly it is the Almighty and All-Knowing Allah Who
makes sleep a time of rest for human beings and restores His bless-
ings to them in the morning. Those who know this feel Allah's
proximity from the moment they begin their day and are pleased
with the incomparable blessings they enjoy.
Those who reject religion and refuse to consider this reality can

never be fully aware of the blessings they have or know the joy that
believers experience. Generally, early in the morning, they find it
difficult to get out of a warm bed and are stressed by the anxiety of
having to get into step with the new day. Some are anxious and de-
pressed because of the things they have to do every morning. They
don't want to get out of bed; there is a struggle in their minds be-
tween getting up and having one more minute of sleep. An often
encountered moral failing in these kinds of people is that they are
irritable, stressed and glum when they wake up.

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