Tradition

لَوْ كانَتِ السَّماواتُ وَ الاَرْضُ رَتْقاً عَلَى عَبْد ثُمَّ اتَّقى اللّهَ تَعالَى جَعَلَ اللّهُ لَهُ مِنْها مَخْرَجاً

Imam al-Jawad (‘a) is narrated to have said: “Even if the doors of the heavens and the earth have all closed for someone but they then begin to implement and practice piety and God consciousness, then God will open a way out for them.”1

Brief Commentary

Sometimes in life, it appears that all the doors have closed to us and everywhere we look, we are faced with difficulties and problems. Such circumstances are an opportunity for us to wake up and return back to God. Such a return will be one that is constructive and transformative; when we connect to God through such means and ask him for help, he will aid us and send us his mercy. Doors will begin to open which we could have never even imagined. In reality, these situations are a great opportunity, even though they may initially seem like a calamity instead.

• 1. Nur al-Absar, p. 150.