Among this dedicated group a good number were young; the age when sleep is sweet and comforting. But these people knew well that worship is more precious and comforting then sleep.
Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times
By Rashid Arshed | August 8, 2012
I drove into the parking lot of Baitul Hamid mosque in Chino, California. It was very early in the morning. The lights of prayer hall were extinguished and Adhan (call to prayer) had not been called yet. But the Conference room on the ground floor and the rooms upstairs were brightly lit. Lit they were not only by the electric power but by the power of Noor, a spiritual light that was evident in the atmosphere.
It was the last Ashra (ten days) of Ramadhan and about 22 adults, male and female were in Itekaaf. Three people in the Conference rooms were about to finish their Sehri (Ramdhan morning meal), as I could see them through the window. The people upstairs and in the women's area must be also about to close their Sehri and preparing for the Fajr (morning prayers). They must have been up most of the night supplicating and offering Tahajjad (early AM prayers) prayer to seek the pleasure of Allah.
Some of them getting up at one O’ clock, the others a bit earlier or later. Among this dedicated group a good number were young; the age when sleep is sweet and comforting. But these people knew well that worship is more precious and comforting then sleep.
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