Divine Help
The Quran says: “Do you think you will enter Paradise without having suffered like those who passed away before you? Affliction and hardship befell them, and so shaken were they that the Messenger and the believers with him would exclaim, when will God’s help come? Surely the help of God is near.” (2:214)
A human being learns divine wisdom by studying Hadith and Sunnah (model set by the Prophet). When a person practises this wisdom, he becomes deserving of God’s mercy. He begins to receive God’s help at every stage. He walks on the path of God without straying until he reaches the final destination, which is another name for Paradise.
Sabr is thus the essential condition for success in this world. The Prophet of Islam said: “God’s help is for those who keep patience.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 2803)