4 Preface وَاللَّيلِ إِذا يَسرِYusuf AliAnd by the Night1 when it passeth away;—That is, the last part of the night, just before full day-light. Note the gradations in spiritual awakening, and their symbols: first, the turn of the night, when just the first rays of day-light break through; secondly, the social and institutional rites of religion, like those during the ten nights of Pilgrimage; thirdly, when the usual contrast between the Here and Hereafter vanishes, and we can see heaven even here; and lastly, when this world vanishes, the full light of Day arrives, and we see Reality face to face.