{"id":22527,"date":"2019-01-28T20:42:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22527"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:28:50","slug":"ladder-of-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/ladder-of-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"The ladder of Ascent"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22527\" class=\"elementor elementor-22527 elementor-2254\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8007654 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8007654\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a2d85b\" data-id=\"5a2d85b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6771307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6771307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We all are for progress and moving forward in life. In fact progress, ambitiousness and reaching to higher ranks can be counted as the drive for all human activities. At the same time, in order to fulfill our goals, we humans always make use of means. What is truly the best mean to progress and achieving our goals?<\/p><p>It has been narrated from Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0that \u201c<strong>Trust in Allah\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(SWT)<\/strong>\u00a0is the price for every worthy thing and the ladder to every high status<sup>\u00a0<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u201d.<\/p><p>Every expensive thing can be bought with this trust in Allah\u00a0(SWT), and were you to go high and reach the ranks of knowledge, this is the ladder to high ranks and statuses; every lofty and sublime status can be secured by\u00a0<strong>trusting the Divine grace<\/strong>.<\/p><p>In this glorified statement, Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0has emphasized the importance of trust in Allah\u00a0(SWT). We ourselves are creatures that are dependent on Allah\u00a0(SWT). It has been asked from Prophet Muhammad\u00a0(PBUH&amp;HP)\u00a0that \u201cWhy are you so much anxious?\u201d He answered: \u201cMy eye is open now; but I don\u2019t know for sure if I am able to close this eye and die, or that I will die with my eye open\u201d.<\/p><p>The one who is about to die might not have the opportunity to even close his eyes before dying. If there is not a person to close his eyes, he would have a horrible look. When the human so weak that he is incapable to close his eyelids and die, is there any weaker being than him? Therefore Prophet Muhammad\u00a0(PBUH&amp;HP)\u00a0said that we are creatures so weak and dependent on Allah\u00a0(SWT). Hence, the human has to be\u00a0<strong>humble<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>modest<\/strong>, as much as he can, towards Allah\u00a0(SWT). This is the general situation of the humans, and therefore, it is not prudent to say that we believe in ourselves and are self-dependent.<\/p><p>At the same time, we are able to connect to the Divine grace source and gain value; similar to the zero than is aligned with other numbers. This zero, if is located at the left side of the number is not read. Furthermore, if there is not any other number, then multiple zeros do not count. But if a number comes on the right side of these zeros, then they are counted. For example, with a number one beside this zero we can write ten, a hundred, thousand, etc; but if there is not any number, this zero is absolutely zero.<\/p><p>The Divine grace is that number which makes man readable. If this grace is removed, man is the same as zero. The enlightening massage of the statement of Imam Jawad\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0is, in a same manner, that you humans are like zeros that can be aligned with numbers, therefore use these numbers. Use this Divine grace as your ladder. If you want to ascend, it is possible with this ladder; if you want to buy precious goods, this is the price at your reach.<\/p><p>Therefore sayings such as \u201c<strong>we are independent<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>we are self-dependent<\/strong>\u201d and similar to them are not permitted; however, if we say that in the shadow of Allah\u2019s\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0graces and mercies, we trust in Allah\u00a0(SWT), we depend on Him, we submit to Him, then thousands of capabilities arise in us by the very trust in Allah\u00a0(SWT). If one trusts Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0and relies on Him, he has connected to the source which has created us and is with us all the time. He is with us<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>, whether inside us, or outside, in the appearance, and in the substance. Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0is with us in every condition and His graces are actively present. With this trust in and reliance on Allah\u00a0(SWT), we can achieve any precious good and every high status.<\/p><p><strong>(The above is a selection taken from the lectures of Ayatullah Jawadi Amoli on ethics, with some additions)<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><h1>Footnotes:<\/h1><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Al-Durrah al-Bahirah, p. 40; Nuzhat al-Nazir, p. 136<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> The Holy Quran (57, 4)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This text discusses Imam Jawad\u2019s (PBUH) teaching that **\u201cTrust in Allah (SWT) is the price for every worthy thing and the ladder to every high status.\u201d** It emphasizes that human strength and progress depend entirely on divine grace. Just as zero gains value beside a number, humans gain worth through connection with Allah. 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