A Pearl of Wisdom from Ibn Masʿūd

Ibn Masʿūd said:

ما دمت في صلاة فأنت تقرع باب الملك ومن يقرع باب الملك يفتح له

“While one prays, he is knocking on the King’s door. Whoever knocks on the King’s door, it will open for him.”

(al-Mukhtār, 40)