In the Dead of Night
بِسۡمِ
ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Shaykh Farid ad-Din ‘Aththar Abu Hamid ibn Abu Bakr Ibrahim (q.s.) wrote:
“In the dead of night, a Sufi began to weep.
He said, ‘This world is like a closed
coffin, in which
We are shut and in which, through our ignorance,
We spend our lives in folly and
desolation.
When Death comes to open the lid of the
coffin,
Each one who has wings will fly off to
Eternity,
But those without will remain locked in
the coffin.
So, my friends, before the lid of this
coffin is taken off,
Do all you can to become a bird of the Way to God;
Do all you can to develop your wings and your feathers.’”
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