And anyone who seeks his objectives through these ‘partial’ matters...

And anyone who seeks his objectives through these ‘partial’ matters, they will get him to attain the total demands of the soul. He did not undertake except what is small, insignificant, yet the same got him to earn a lot for himself; this is the source of the greatest happiness for him. Consider, then, such a great wisdom and carefully look into it and you will then see how He confronted His creation with such a momentous evidence, perfecting such a generous blessing for them.

What a blessing it is! How did He help them, through such ‘particles’, attain such lofty stations?! And what a great evidence it is! How did they expose themselves to a perpetual perdition and painful torment while the doing of very small things could have saved them?!

Anyone who considers such wisdom and derives a light torch from the legacy of (‘a) will find the meaning of the following hadith quite clear: ‘One who regards a little sustenance as insignificant will be deprived of the plenty thereof’ ( Al-Kafi , Vol. 2, p. 207). Also, the principle of goodness springs out of the meaning of this hadith; one who does not take a little sustenance lightly will not be deprived of plenty of it.

If you follow this meaning, you will find its testimonies in the perfect Rope and in countless narratives such as this: ‘Beware of minor sins’ ( Al-Kafi , Vol. 2, p. 207). Another is: ‘Do not take a form of obedience [to the Commandments of Allah] lightly, ’ for it may please Allah Almighty; nor should you take an act of disobedience lightly, for it may incur the Wrath of Allah. There are many such statements left for us by them, may Allah be pleased with them.

It becomes clear for anyone who seeks light and guidance that the way of the glorious Shari`ah of Muhammad (‘s) is built on minor things which are easy to undertake and, by the will of Allah, get one who implements them to attain the most lofty of goals and the most pleasing of desires[^3].

This idea becomes more clear to anyone who contemplates on he Qudsi hadith wherein the Lord of Dignity, Praise to Him, says, ‘If one gets closer to Me the distance of a span, I shall get closer to him the distance of a yard..., etc.’ ( Al-Jawahir al-Saniyyah , p. 129). If He, the Praised One, gets closer to anyone who gets closer to him, inviting back to Himself whoever runs away from Him, what would you say about one who willingly goes to Him and knocks at His door?!

Suffices you the following statement of the Master of Worshippers at sahar time: ‘...