حکمت 145: بسا روزه داری که بهره ای جز گرسنگی و… · Saying 145

وَ قَالَ (عليه السلام): كَمْ مِنْ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ وَ الظَّمَأُ وَ كَمْ مِنْ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا السَّهَرُ وَ الْعَنَاءُ حَبَّذَا نَوْمُ الْأَكْيَاسِ وَ إِفْطَارُهُمْ.

Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, said: There is many a person who fasts whose fast is nothing but just hunger and thirst, and many an offerer of prayers whose prayer is no better than wakefulness and hardship. The sleep as well as the eating and drinking of the intelligent God-knowing person is far better