If you choose activism, you choose to live between the world as it is and the world as it should be. This is not a comfortable place. It is a place of tension, where you push against the weight of old systems. Those in comfort will tell you change is impossible, that power will always belong to the few, or worst still some few fools and definitely not to the people. Why? _Haka Allah ya ga dama. Ƙaddara. Really?! But quantum physics, the poetry of Rumi, and the teachings of Qutb, Shariati, Baqir al-Sadr, Mutahhari, and Jawad Amuli all say the same thing: nothing is fixed forever. Reality is full of possibilities, and those possibilities shift when you act.

In quantum physics, nothing is settled until it is observed. Before that, a particle exists in a cloud of possibilities. Activism works the same way. The justice you dream of is only potential until you act. Until you speak, write, protest, organise, reorganise and rereorganise. Your action “collapses” the possibility into reality. Sayyid Qutb called this *bearing witness*  not watching passively, but shaping the world according to divine teachings. Rumi put it in another way: *“You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the ocean in a drop.”*

Action is never alone. Physics teaches *entanglement* When two particles connect, they stay linked no matter how far apart they are. Shariati saw this as the brotherhood of struggle. The story of Karbala still moves us centuries later because justice once stood against tyranny, and that struggle tied us all to it. Mutahhari called it a trust. If someone suffers, it is not their problem alone. Your voice, even in a small place, can echo far.

The *quantum vacuum* tells us there is no such thing as empty space. Even when all looks still, energy is moving and creating. Baqir al-Sadr said history has quiet seasons when nothing seems to happen, but underground, change is preparing to break through. Jawad Amuli taught that God often works in ways we cannot see. So silence does not mean death. It can mean preparation.

You will never have perfect certainty. The *Uncertainty Principle* says you can’t know everything at the same time. Qutb warned that waiting for total clarity before acting only helps the oppressor. Rumi reminded us: *“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”* In activism, courage means moving forward even without full knowledge.

Some walls seem impossible to break, but *quantum tunneling* shows particles can pass through barriers they should not be able to cross. Every major victory against tyranny is like this. Baqir al-Sadr taught that a movement rooted in sivine guidance can pass through barriers that stop others.

History gives us another lesson: the *Bolsheviks and Mensheviks*. Both wanted revolution in Russia but disagreed on how. The *Bolsheviks* acted like tunneling particles; quick, focused, ready to strike without waiting for the “right” time. The *Mensheviks* were like a wide wave of possibilities; slower, more inclusive, waiting for the masses to be ready. There is more sutle perspective sorrounding this. But let's leave it for another time. 

Both approaches have value. Too much speed without connection to the base, and you lose touch with people. Too much patience, and the moment passes. Shariati said the vanguard and the masses are not enemies. They are stages of the same revolution.

Mutahhari warned: a leader without a base is like a candle in the wind: bright for a moment but easily blown out. A base without strong leadership is like a cloud without rain: heavy with promise but giving nothing to the earth. Most movements have one without the other. The few that have both a committed base and a wise, decisive leader, are the ones that shake thrones. And those in power know it.

They will not sit and watch. They will fight back. They will provoke you into reckless actions and reactions. They will set traps to waste your time and weaken your unity. They will cherry-pick people from your ranks to praise and reward, separating them from the rest until they become harmless. This is the “lone sheep” strategy: isolate one from the flock so the wolves can take it easily.

An activist who understands this does not fight back with pure emotion or hurt feelings. These are exactly what the system wants. You must answer with strategy, not impulse. Anticipate their provocations without being pulled into them. See the traps without stepping into them. Turn their attempts to divide you into reasons for greater unity. They expect your anger to make you careless. Do not give them that gift. As Rumi said: *“Be like the tree that bends in the wind but does not break; like the root that digs deeper when the storm comes.”*

The fine-tuning of the universe and the perfect balance that allows life to exist  teaches that survival needs balance. A movement must balance passion with patience, outrage with discipline, and action with mercy. Rumi’s lamps and Light, Qutb’s vision of unity, Baqir al-Sadr’s call for just governance. All point to one truth: the fastest way to lose is to turn against each other. Unity does not mean sameness. It means different people moving with the same purpose.

So your roadmap, drawn from physics, poetry, and revolutionary thought, is clear: Act with intention. Your action shapes reality. Build deep solidarity.  Entanglement is real in human struggle. Trust the unseen. Let stillness hides preparation. Move even without perfect certainty. Waiting forever helps the oppressor. Break through impossible walls. Truth can pass where force cannot. Balance speed and inclusivity, both are tools, not traps. Unite leadership and base  and protect them with strategy from provocation. Keep unity above ego: many lamps, one Light.

The universe is not blind to your struggle. It responds to intention, courage, and persistence. You are not just watching the field, you are part of it. The Beloved of Rumi, the Justice of Qutb, the Awakening of Shariati, the Moral Law of Baqir al-Sadr, the Ethical Strength of Mutahhari, and the Divine Order of Jawad Amuli are all calling you to step forward.

Act as if the whole creation is leaning towards you, because in truth, it is.