You’re Trying But It’s Not Happening? Ask Allah With His Name Al-Fattah

You're Trying But It's Not Happening? Ask Allah With His Name Al-Fattah

Sometimes Allah closes a door for you in your life. You're trying to get something, it's not happening. Whether it's a job, whether it's marriage, whether it's peace of mind, whether it's stability, whether it's safety.

All of us are seeking something. Sometimes we find Allah has closed the door. It's like we're hitting our head on a brick wall.

Boom, boom, boom, keep going. It's closed. It's a brick wall, it's lead, made of lead.

There's no way through to the other side. It's at this point we have to remember that Allah is Al-Fattah. Anytime you find something closed upon you in life, ask Allah from His name Al-Fattah to open the door for you.

The Lesson of Hudaybiyyah

If you try to open this door with your hands, Allah will break down this door. The Muslims are in Medina. They are effectively in a stalemate.

They cannot go anywhere. Every day they live in fear they're going to get attacked. Allah grants them this agreement — this peace agreement — with the people of Mecca.

But when you read the lines of agreement, it looks like this is not a good deal. It's a bad deal. It's a bad negotiation.

That's what it looks like. But what were the outcomes of this deal? The Muslims that day — the day they signed the agreement — were 1,400 Muslims. Within two years, who can tell me how many Muslims accepted Islam? How many were there in total? 10,000 Muslims.

What's the return on investment? Ten times. Allah opened the door. But they didn't realize He opened the door.

When an Open Door Looks Like a Closed One

They didn't think He opened the door. Sometimes Allah opens the door but you don't realize He's opened it for you. It comes in the form of a closed door.

It comes in the form of a difficulty. It comes in the form of something that you are unhappy to accept.