If we recognize the worth and value of time; if we obey the Lord and Creator of time without reservation; if we ennoble our hearts and souls through devotion to God; if we dedicate our whole being to God, as we do in the blessed month of Ramadan, we will attain the station of Laylat al-Qadr, a night better than a thousand months! And divine blessings will descend upon the earth and sky of our souls!
With an expansive heart, time too will open up and be blessed in the depths of our souls. Let us attend to the means of attaining an expansive heart!
Squandering time destroys its blessings. Hours spent in heedlessness, frivolity and play waste both time and its blessings!
Making the best use of our hours and days opens the gates to divine blessings.
Giving our time in the way of God and His religion opens the horizons of blessing.
Seeking the blessings of time from the Creator of time.
Treasuring our golden hours opens before us the highways to the highest blessings of time from God.
Treasuring the blessings of the early morning and the time between dawn and sunrise.
The middle of the night, the early hours of prayer, the golden days of the blessed month of Ramadan, the Nights of Qadr, the Day of Arafah and the like bring gifts of blessings in time.
Abundant remembrance of God, recitation of the Quran and intimate supplication are among the special secrets of time’s blessings.
A heartfelt, soul-deep connection with those entrusted with the age and its time is among the secrets of attaining time’s blessings.
A constant connection with “the Creator and Master of time, who is beyond time” loosens the knots of temporal constraint.
Staying away from places steeped in sin and from those who sin puts out the fires that consume the blessings of time.
Reflection, reason and deep understanding.
Keeping away from time thieves.
Excessive sleep destroys time and its blessings!
Earnestly seeking refuge from the evils of the self, Satan, the Dajjal, the world, and …
Making use of supplications such as Supplications 8, 17 and 20 of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya.
Striving for physical and mental health and well-being.
Striving to free ourselves from attachment to the world.
Planning and managing our affairs.
Maintaining close ties with people of knowledge and piety.
Seeking knowledge.
Maintaining outward and inward purity.
Eating sparingly.
Offering special thanks and praise.
Good manners and noble character.
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