The Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon him) said: A moment of reflection is worth more than a year of worship. A moment of reflection is worth more than a seventy years of worship. A moment of reflection is worth more than a a thousand years of worship. These sayings convey the implicit meaning: If someone reflects on the details of the branches [of knowledge], a moment of reflection is worth more than a year of worship. If someone reflects for a moment on the true significance of the worship incumbent upon him, that is worth more than seventy years of worship. If someone reflects for a moment on intimate knowledge of Allah (Exalted is He), that is worth more than a thousand years of worship. Through intimate knowledge ['irfan], meaning the realization of Oneness, the 'arif [intimate knower] attains to his Ma'ruf [the One he knows intimately] and his Beloved, so he flies with spiritual wings to the realm of Nearness. The worshipful servant walks on foot to the Garden of Paradise, while the intimate knower flies on wings to the Nearness [of the Lord]. - Sirr al-Asrar.

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