فقد دل ذلك على أن الفترة هي الاختفاء و السر و الامتناع من الظهور و إعلان الدعوة لا ذهاب شخص و ارتفاع عين الذات و الإنية و قد قال الله عز و جل في قصة الملائكة ع يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ لا يَفْتُرُونَ فلو كان الفتور ذهابا عن الشيء و ذاته لكانت الآية محالا لأن الملائكة ينامون و النائم في غاية الفتور و النائم لا يسبح لأنه إذا نام فتر عن التسبيح و النوم بمنزلة الموت لأن الله عز و جل يقول اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِها وَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنامِها و يقول عز و جل وَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ يَعْلَمُ ما جَرَحْتُمْ بِالنَّهارِ و النائم فاتر بمنزلة الميت و الذي لا ينام و لا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَ لا نَوْمٌ و لا يدركه فتور هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ و الخبر دليل على ذلك
Thus Fatara means secret, hidden and restriction of open propagation and not the complete absence of a person. As the Almighty Allah has said with regard to the angels:
They glorify (Him) by night and day; they are never languid.13
Thus if in this verse the meaning of Futoor is the complete disappearance of a being this verse will become impossible because if the angels sleep the one who sleeps is absent from the mental aspect. And the one who sleeps does not glorify Allah as he stops glorifying when he is asleep. Now sleep is just like death as the Almighty Allah has said:
Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that die not during their sleep.14
The Almighty Allah has also said:
And He it is Who takes your souls at night (in sleep), and He knows what you acquire in the day.15
One who sleeps in the time of Fatara is like dead and that being which never sleeps or slumbers is the being of the Almighty Allah except whom there is no god. And the following tradition proves this:
Commentary #3
فقد دل ذلك على أن الفترة هي الاختفاء و السر و الامتناع من الظهور و إعلان الدعوة لا ذهاب شخص و ارتفاع عين الذات و الإنية و قد قال الله عز و جل في قصة الملائكة ع يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ لا يَفْتُرُونَ فلو كان الفتور ذهابا عن الشيء و ذاته لكانت الآية محالا لأن الملائكة ينامون و النائم في غاية الفتور و النائم لا يسبح لأنه إذا نام فتر عن التسبيح و النوم بمنزلة الموت لأن الله عز و جل يقول اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِها وَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنامِها و يقول عز و جل وَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ يَعْلَمُ ما جَرَحْتُمْ بِالنَّهارِ و النائم فاتر بمنزلة الميت و الذي لا ينام و لا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَ لا نَوْمٌ و لا يدركه فتور هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ و الخبر دليل على ذلك
Thus Fatara means secret, hidden and restriction of open propagation and not the complete absence of a person. As the Almighty Allah has said with regard to the angels: They glorify (Him) by night and day; they are never languid.13 Thus if in this verse the meaning of Futoor is the complete disappearance of a being this verse will become impossible because if the angels sleep the one who sleeps is absent from the mental aspect. And the one who sleeps does not glorify Allah as he stops glorifying when he is asleep. Now sleep is just like death as the Almighty Allah has said: Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that die not during their sleep.14 The Almighty Allah has also said: And He it is Who takes your souls at night (in sleep), and He knows what you acquire in the day.15 One who sleeps in the time of Fatara is like dead and that being which never sleeps or slumbers is the being of the Almighty Allah except whom there is no god. And the following tradition proves this: