That is to say...

That is to say, one who is fond of telling lies shall be deprived of the divine grace of waking up for the late-night prayer.

“ Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, ‘Verily a man tells a lie and he is deprived of the night prayer as a result [16] .” Similarly, in one of the explanations of the Commander of Faithful; Ali ibn Abu-Talib (peace be upon him), he declared that sin is a serious obstacle towards attaining proximity to Allah and it is indeed a great impediment to observing the late-night prayer: Imam Ali (a.s) replied a man who said to him, ‘I have been deprived of [the opportunity to] pray in the night’, ‘You are one whose has been tied down by your sins [17] .’ Meanwhile, it is pertinent to say that apart from the sins, there are some other non-spiritual factors (such as overeating or eating heavy meals at night and late-night sleep) which may also…