Sleep – Nature’s Blessing

Sleep – Nature’s Blessing

1989 11 November 25 Sleep – Nature’s Blessing (296) In modern times, amongst the many subjects which have undergone careful scientific investigation, sleep has begun to figure quite prominently as a matter of hitherto unsuspected importance. America even has its ‘Association of Professional Sleep Societies,’ (New York) which publishes a learned journal simply entitled ‘Sleep.’

An American expert on sleep, Dr. James A. Horne, published a brief version of his finding in the New York Times, which was reproduced on the 24th of January, 1989, by the Times of India under the heading, ‘Sleep – if you want to be creative.’ This new collection of data seemed to support the view that one primary function of sleep was to “repair the cerebral cortex from the wear and tear of consciousness.”

It is a common experience for a man who has worked hard all day to feel tired by the evening. The day’s activities create tension in his mind, and he often goes to bed feeling dispirited. But, after just a few hours of sleep, he wakens up to find himself fresh and energetic once again. Once again he finds himself able to face up fully to the trials of everyday life. It is as if he had become a new man.

A man gains this new life through the natural phenomenon of sleep. It renovates his mind, calms his emotions and sets him up for the day ahead of him. Sleep is something we tend to take for granted, but were this system ever to be thrown out of gear, the whole human machine would grind to a halt.

Among His Signs are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Adore not the sun and the moon but adore God, who created them, if it is Him you wish to serve.”

(Quran)