Being Awake at Dawn: A Religious Austerity or a Hygienic Recommendation (A Scrutiny Based on the Holy Qur’an, Traditional Persian Medicine and Modern Medicine)

Modern scientific studies have placed emphasis on the importance of the timing of wakefulness to maintain the body’s healthy rhythm, including the physical, mental and emotional aspects of a certain person. This importance has been indicated in the Holy Qur’an and the medical doctrine of Iran. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to briefly investigate our current understanding of wake up time, and how it relates to the field of pathophysiology. The result shows that there is the special consideration to the time of sunrise from the Holy Qur’an and traditional Persian medicine (TPM) perspectives. In the Holy Qur’an, being awake in dawns is a practice preferred by only those are believers to praise the God, and in TPM it is known as a hygienic recommendation, which can prohibit from chronic diseases, including exhaustion, powerlessness, chronic tension headache, laxation, and laziness. Hence, from both perspectives of spirituality and science, there are some similarities with regard to encouraging early rising.

Being Awake at Dawn: A Religious Austerity or a Hygienic Recommendation (A Scrutiny Based on the Holy Qur’an, Traditional Persian Medicine and Modern Medicine) Keywords:

Early Rising , Physiological Effects , Dawns , Saḥar , Fajr , Ṭulūʿ al-shams , Qur’an and science , Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM)