Seize the Opportunity

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Opportunity is quick to pass on, and slow to come back.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Opportunity is a treasure.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Matters are secured [depending] on their own time.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Hastening before the possibility [of a matter] is clumsiness, as is delaying after an opportunity [arises].

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever tarries despite the fleeting opportunity, [lengthening] his investigation into the matter, the [passing] days will snatch away the opportunity, because it is the nature of days to snatch away [opportunities], just as it is the path of time to pass away.