LessonsIntercession — Its Forms, Recipients, and the Plea of Fasting and the QurʾānQuiz

مَنَعْتُهُ النَّوْمَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ
I kept him from sleeping at night, so accept my intercession for him.

This plea highlights the nighttime recitation or devotion through which a person forgoes sleep. The report thus pairs the worship of fasting by day with devotion to the Qurʾān at night.

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Why the Qurʾān Intercedes

Intercession — Its Forms, Recipients, and the Plea of Fasting and the Qurʾān

مَنَعْتُهُ النَّوْمَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ
I kept him from sleeping at night, so accept my intercession for him.

This plea highlights the nighttime recitation or devotion through which a person forgoes sleep. The report thus pairs the worship of fasting by day with devotion to the Qurʾān at night.