'...but when he gets close, the gate will be closed in his face...'

[Consider]

Imam Al-Bayhaqeesal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam

Then another gate (to Jannah) will be opened and it will be said: Come (and enter). So that person comes with all his anguish and depression. But when he gets close, the gate will be closed in his face.



Taken from To Kill a Mocking Tongue, http://www.khutbah.com/index.php?typ...558&language=8