25 Preface وَاذكُرِ اسمَ رَبِّكَ بُكرَةً وَأَصيلًاYusuf AliAnd celebrate the name1 or thy Lord morning and evening,Three methods of Prayer and Devotion are mentioned: (1) to remember and celebrate the Holy Name of God always; (2) to spend a part of the night in humble prostration; and (3) to glorify Him in the long hours of a weary night of waiting and watching. As to (1), “morning and evening” means all the waking hours of our life, but in the special hours of morning and evening the physical world without us, and the inner world within us, combine to make us specially receptive of spiritual influences. The “name” of God includes His attributes, as a locked golden casket might include priceless jewels. Anyone may carry the casket, even though he may not be worthy to handle the jewels. If he carries the casket, he is in potential possession of the jewels, and he hopes some time to get the key which opens the jewels to him. So the tyro, who celebrates the Holy Name of God, hopes some day to see the “Face” of God and be blessed with the privilege of proximity to His Person. For (2) and (3) see next note. (R).