- English translation
Keep piling it up; God will open the way.
- Literal wording
Heap it up (or: shape it into portions), and our Lord is the One who brings about the means.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying comforts someone whose goods or work seem to be piling up with no outlet. Its verb can picture heaping things up or shaping pounded meat for frying and sale; either image tells them not to fret, because God, the One who brings about the means, arranges how the stock will move.
It also urges persistence: keep doing your part, preparing, producing, and laying things out, and leave the outcome, such as finding customers, to divine provision. Diligence and trust are joined, not set against each other; it is not advice to sit idle and wait.
- When it is used
Fits moments when a seller or worker is discouraged by unsold stock or slow trade. It nudges them to keep producing and stocking while trusting that buyers will come in time. Best offered as comfort, not criticism.
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