وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَٱسْجُدْ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا
Wa minal laili fasjud lahoo wa sabbihhu lailan taweelaa
I nocą wybijaj Mu pokłony! I długo nocą Go wysławiaj !
And in the night, prostrate to him, and glorify him through the long night.
Patience was commanded two verses earlier, and this is where the resource for it is located: the night, when nobody is watching and nothing external sustains the effort. The instruction escalates from remembrance at the two ends of the day to prostration and a long stretch of praise, raising the bodily cost each time. The verse that follows names the opposite habit, an attachment to whatever is over quickly.