The Sleep Revolution: How Quality Rest Transformed My Health and Can Change Yours Too By Faraz Parvez Professor Dr. (Retired) Arshad Afzal Retired Faculty Member, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA (Pseudonym of Professor Dr. Arshad Afzal) I never truly understood the miraculous power of sleep until I confronted the sharp edge of exhaustion myself. For decades, I lived under the illusion that sleep was simply a passive state, a necessary pause between my intellectual pursuits, teaching responsibilities, and the relentless cycles of academic life. Like many professionals of my generation, I wore sleepless nights as a badge of honor, mistaking them for proof of my dedication. But in truth, I was slowly robbing myself of the very vitality I sought to preserve. It wasn’t until my body rebelled—through waves of fatigue, unexpected health scares, and creeping mental fog—that I was forced to confront the reality: sleep is not a luxury, but the very foundation of health, produ...