Their sides withdraw from their beds…Verily, God, Exalted is He, bestowed on a people a gift (hiba), which is that He brought them close to Him to call upon Him [in intimate proximity] (munājātihi). Then he made them the people who are a means (wasīla) and connection (ṣila) [to] Him, and then He praised them ⸢for this,⸣ as a manifestation of [His] generosity, in that He granted them success in what He assisted them in doing. So He said, Their sides withdraw from their beds.His words, Exalted is He: …[while] they supplicate their Lord in fear and in hope…He said:That is, in fear of being separated (hijrān) from Him, and in the hope of meeting (liqāʾ) Him.His words, Mighty and Majestic is He:
