It was not that he was spending the nights at the place and coming back during the day. He did spend his entire stay at the Mount. Interestingly God did not mention days in the verse instead mentions only night. It clearly suggests that during those forty days and forty nights, Moses was under the influence of nocturnal senses, the same nocturnal senses which free us from the restrictions of Time and Space.

Hence, anyone who would impose the nocturnal senses during the period of day and night on themselves would be free from the confinement of Time and Space. This freedom from spatiotemporal restriction is the way to exploring the unseen realm (a ‘lam al-ghayb) and getting intuitive information.

During a battle, an arrow injured Imam Ali. It had entered his thigh and the pain was excruciating.

The surgeons could not operate on it.

Because of extreme pain he would not let them even touch it. One of his companions suggested to the surgeons that they wait until Imam Ali began his prayer. When Imam Ali began his prayer, the surgeons were able to operate on him without him showing any sign of pain. By the time he was done with his prayers, Imam Ali realized that the surgeon had already performed the surgery and the wound had already been stitched. This event is another example of the negation of Time and Space. When Imam Ali started his prayers, his senses went from diurnal state into nocturnal state. The moment his mind entered the nocturnal senses his focus was shifted away from the diurnal senses (restriction and pain). The foundation of Spirituality is based on the reality that Man has two senses, two brains and two lives. Just like the two sides of a coin, it has two sides. One life is restricted; the other one is free. Constrained life is day, wakefulness and consciousness. On the other hand, free life is the name of night, joy, peace and the contentment of the heart.

To gain that life the easiest method in Spirituality is Muraqaba. Muraqaba is in fact the name of an exercise, effort and the angle of perception. Through it, anyone can enter the nocturnal senses while keeping the diurnal senses active as well. Since entering from diurnal senses to nocturnal senses is not something that he is used to or familiar with, in the beginning he faces challenges. This could become a burden on the consciousness and sometimes results in nervous breakdowns or other mental disorders. To avoid that situation, a person or teacher is needed who has gone through the different stages of learning and is quite familiar with the ups and down of it. This teacher would protect the student from any over-load on the consciousness. This learned and experienced teacher is called the shaykh (Sufi Master), Pir, or Murshid. The person who is accepted by the Sufi Master receives the training and is referred as mureed.