📘 �the day when the heaven will produce a visible smoke�He said:The smoke in this world is hardness of the heart and heedlessness of (His) remembrance, and there is no punishment severer in this world than the corruption of the heart.It was related of Uways al-Qaranī and Haram b. Ḥayyān that they met one day and Haram said to Uways, �Make a supplication to God [for me]�. So he prayed, �May He make your intention (nīya) and your heart (qalb) sound, for there is nothing more seriously in need of curing than these two. For while your heart [seems to be] going towards [God] (muqbil), it may [in fact] be going away [from Him] (mudbir), and while your heart [seems to be] going away, [it may, in fact] be going towards [Him]. Do not consider the insignificance of a misdeed, but rather consider [the greatness of] the One whom you have disobeyed. If you deem it [the misdeed] as great, verily you have magnified God, Exalted is He, whereas if you belittle it, for sure you have belittled God, Exalted is He.�His words, Exalted is He:

📘 And leave the sea behind you, at rest� [That is], a calm pathway (ṭarīq sākin) [for you to cross]. Its inner meaning is: �Make your heart acquiesce in (sākin) My management (tadbīrī) [of your affairs].� �Indeed they will be a drowned host, that is, those who are opposed to consigning the management (tadbīr) of themselves [to God].His words:

📘 Indeed We revealed it on a blessed night�He said:God sent the Qurʾān down as a whole on the Night of Great Merit (Laylat al-Qadr) to the House of Might (bayt al-ʿizza) in the heaven of this world, from the Preserved Tablet in the hands of the recording angels (malāʾik safara). It was then sent down to the spirit (rūḥ) of Muḥammad , which is the blessed spirit (rūḥ mubārak), and thus He called the Night of Great Merit a blessed night (layla mubāraka) due to the [spiritual] link between one [descent of] blessing and the other. His words, Exalted is He:

📘 �except for him on whom God has mercy�That is, whomever God knows from His prior knowledge to be one of those who will receive mercy, [so that] in the end, the grace of that mercy will reach him, by virtue of His making the believers intercessors (shufaʿāʾ) for one another.His words, Exalted is He:

📘 There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death�He said:In reality, there is no god except the One who has the power to bring into existence that which was not in existence, and bring to extinction that which was in existence.His words: