Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and, once gone, can never be retrieved.ĭo not be like the deceived fools who are joyous because each day their wealth increases while their life shortens. It is nothing other than your life, and your life is the capital that you make use of to reach perpetual felicity in the proximity of God the Exalted.
This is how to bring out the spiritual blessing (baraka) in each period.īut if you leave yourself adrift, aimlessly wandering as cattle do, not knowing how to occupy yourself at every moment, your time will be lost. You should not neglect your time or use it haphazardly on the contrary, you should bring yourself to account, structure your litanies and other practices during each day and night, and assign to each period a fixed and specific function. Imam Al-Ghazali (may God's mercy be on him) wrote in his book The Beginning of Guidance:
Prophetic Invocations, al-Haddad Al-Wird al Latif, Ratib ShahirĪrabic - English - Roman Transliteration & Commentary
