Excellence and Secrets Of The Night Vigil Volume I Picture Oil lamp ...

Those who dismisses this opening (opportunity) will be forbidden from
enjoying the wonderful taste of this message as thedevil [shaytan]
urinated in his ear and he wakes up feeling tired and lazy.
The devil has sworn to pull man away from their goal of going
straight to heaven. Shaytan, the cursed, and his armies would have
succeeded if his efforts resulted in the worshipper having to go to hell
first after being judged on the Day of Reckoning.
Let us assure the readers that if you practise the Night Vigil you
will definitely experience this pull-push action in your mind being
influenced by the whispers of the shaytan, the cursed, against your
determination to get up and observe the Night Vigil.
When Allah, the Exalted, appointed Man to be in charge
[khalifa] of the earth, the angels were surprised as they knew it was a
difficult task. Those are upheld this responsibility will be raise to a
Station of Honour. They are the Foremost of the servants of the Lord.
They are those who did not neglect and perform the Night Vigil.
All these secrets of the Night Vigil are actually not a secret.
They are clearly spelled out in the Quran and Hadith. We must make the
extra effort reading and studying these books with our spiritual masters
and attain proficiency in these subjects as we are proficient in our task
as professional in trained field.
Surely it is shaytan’s intention to prevent you from achieving the
ultimate status [maqam] next to the Station of Honour [Maqam
Mahmud] like the Foremost [asSabiqun]. For indeed those who are
Foremost in faith will be the Foremost in the Hereafter.
As Allah, the Exalted, described them in Surah 56 Waqiah Verse 10-24
when He said:
LR 26 - Chapter I