Allah said: I almost hide it. Almost. The 'almost' is the door. He leaves enough crack of warning that the striving soul can find it. Are you striving toward it?

There is a profound theological detail in akādu ukhfīhā. The classical mufassirūn debated the akādu (I almost). Why does Allah, the All-Knowing, say 'almost' hide it? The salaf answered: He keeps enough revealed for the believer to prepare. If the Hour were completely hidden, no one would be incentivized. If it were fully disclosed, no one would be tested. The 'almost' is the test. The cracks of warning (the death of others, the signs, the Prophet's ﷺ news of it) are enough for the striving soul. Tasʿā is what is judged. Not what you achieved, what you STROVE for. The verb implies running, effort, motion. Allah is not asking for arrival; He is asking for direction. Are you facing Him in your hours? Are your decisions weighted toward Him? When you have to choose between rest and salah, between phone and dhikr, between gossip and silence, the striving soul leans toward Him. The recompense is for the lean, not for the perfection. Yā Allāh, make us of those who strove, even when our striving was small. Open the door of recompense for the soul that did not stop. Āmīn.