The Night Is Long For...

Mohammed said, “The night is long, do not shorten it with your sleep. The day is bright, do not darken it with your sins.” 
The night is long for you to voice your inmost secrets and ask for your needs without the distraction of others, without the disturbance of friends and foes. You are granted peace and privacy as God draws down the veil before the eyes of others, so your acts may be honest, truthful and done wholly for God. 
Fihi Ma Fihi - Discourse 13 -A. J. Arberry