I used to want the map before I'd start walking. Tell me where this leads, what the steps are, what the outcome looks like — then I'll move. I burned a lot of years that way. This ayah quietly rearranges the order. *Walladhīna jāhadū fīnā lanahdiyannahum subulanā.* Those who strive *for Us* — We guide *them* to Our ways. The striving comes first. The guidance comes after, and only to the ones already moving. The promise here isn't the outcome. It isn't even that the path will be clear at the start. It's that if you begin walking in His direction — imperfectly, with whatever you have — He will show you the next step. The map shows up under your feet, not before them.