Dear Professor,
In this passage, in verse 21 of Sūrat al-Ḥijr, God says that the treasuries of all things are with Him, but that He sends them down only in a measured amount.
If these divine treasuries contain, so to speak, the secrets of every field of knowledge, it is as though we have a room full of tools and equipment but lack the key to open it and put them to use. How can we unlock these secrets and benefit from them? Do we need to recite particular invocations, practise more meditation, or perform specific acts of worship? Please guide us. Thank you.
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By steadily preserving the purity and health of body and soul; through sustained, God-centered spiritual discipline; by sincerely holding fast to the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Household and drawing on their teachings in a specialised way; by fully cultivating the intellect and its forces and putting them into practice; and by taking more direct paths—for instance, by making special use of certainty, applying the principles of wisdom, seeking God’s pleasure, strengthening faith and God-consciousness, and cultivating sound reasoning.
Accessible supplications include the twentieth supplication of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya and the Duʿāʾ al-Simāt.