He Takes Your Souls at Night and Knows What You Earned by Day
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وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ
— الأنعام 60
Verse: "He takes your souls at night and knows what you earn by day." (6:60) — Sleep is a minor death, your soul taken each night and returned by Allah's permission. Lesson: every night you sleep, you don't know if it's your last — surrender to Allah before sleep as if bidding farewell.
Source: Ibn Kathir (3/229); Ibn Al-Qayyim, Al-Ruh
Question: How did Ibn Al-Qayyim use sleep to prove resurrection?
Answer: Sleep is a minor death — soul taken then returned. Likewise death and resurrection — He who returns the soul in sleep is able to resurrect.