أَمَّا اللَّيْلَ فَصَافُّونَ أَقْدَامَهُمْ تَالِينَ...

أَمَّا اللَّيْلَ فَصَافُّونَ أَقْدَامَهُمْ تَالِينَ لِأَجْزَاءِ الْقُرْآنِ يُرَتِّلُونَهَا تَرْتِيلًا يُحَزِّنُونَ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَ يَسْتَثِيرُونَ‏ بِهِ دَوَاءَ دَائِهِمْ As for the night, they are rowing their feet reciting segments of the Quran, reciting it distinctively, grieving themselves with it and preferring it as a medication for their ailments.

فَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِآيَةٍ فِيهَا تَشْوِيقٌ رَكَنُوا إِلَيْهَا طَمَعاً وَ تَطَلَّعَتْ نُفُوسُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا شَوْقاً وَ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهَا نُصْبَ أَعْيُنِهِمْ وَ إِذَا مَرُّوا بِآيَةٍ فِيهَا تَخْوِيفٌ أَصْغَوْا إِلَيْهَا مَسَامِعَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ ظَنُّوا أَنَّ زَفِيرَ جَهَنَّمَ وَ شَهِيقَهَا فِي أُصُولِ آذَانِهِمْ Whenever they pass by a Verse wherein is yearning (for Paradise) in it, they incline to it eagerly and notify their souls to it out of desire, and they thing it has been set up in (front of) their eyes; and whenever they pass by a Verse wherein is a scare, they listen to it with the ears of their heart and thing that it is an exhalation of Hell and its inhalation in the roots of their ears.

فَهُمْ حَانُونَ‏ عَلَى أَوْسَاطِهِمْ مُفْتَرِشُونَ لِجِبَاهِهِمْ‏ وَ أَكُفِّهِمْ وَ رُكَبِهِمْ وَ أَطْرَافِ أَقْدَامِهِمْ يَطْلُبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فِي فَكَاكِ رِقَابِهِمْ‏ They are bending from their waists, laying down their foreheads, and their palms, and their knees, and the sides of their feet, seeking to Allah -azwj the Exalted to liberate their necks.

وَ أَمَّا النَّهَارَ فَحُلَمَاءُ عُلَمَاءُ أَبْرَارٌ أَتْقِيَاءُ قَدْ بَرَاهُمُ الْخَوْفُ بَرْيَ الْقِدَاحِ‏ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمُ النَّاظِرُ فَيَحْسَبُهُمْ مَرْضَى وَ مَا بِالْقَوْمِ مِنْ مَرَضٍ وَ يَقُولُ لَقَدْ خُولِطُوا وَ لَقَدْ خَالَطَهُمْ أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ And as for the day, they are forbearing, scholarly, righteous, pious. The fear has made them (slim) like the arrows.