Ease in Difficulty

EASE IN DIFFICULTY A Quranic principle is that with every problem, there are opportunities. Had the Ulama applied this to Western political dominance, they would have found the new and powerful opportunities of engaging in conveying God’s message to people and avail of them. T he most significant damage caused by the unnecessary dominance of politics and the quest for political power on the thinking of the Ulama was that in the new age, the Ulama could only see oppression, conspiracies and problems all around. They were wholly unaware of the possibilities and opportunities that the new age provided. People who fail to see the positive possibilities that a situation offers naturally fail to tap the available opportunities. This is precisely the case of the Ulama in this period. The Quran informs us that it is a fundamental law of God that ease is present with every difficulty in this world. With every problem, there are positive opportunities. The Quran (94:5-6) says: So, surely with every hardship there is ease; surely, with every hardship there is ease.