TAWAKKUL (TRUSTING) IN ALLAH
All praises and thanks are due to Alláh, the Omnipotent, Most Powerful, and I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Alláh Alone without partners, Whom we worship and invoke for help. I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah’s slave and Messenger, the best Prophet and the Leader of all those who fear Alláh. O Alláh! Grant Your best blessings and mercy on Muhammad, his progeny, his Companions and all those who followed them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
O people! Fear Alláh and adhere by His Rope, this Qur’án, and rely on Him for all of your affairs. Alláh said:
“And in Alláh let the believers put their trust.” (58: 10)
“So worship Him and put your trust in Him.” (11: 123)
“And hold fast to Alláh [i.e., have confidence in Alláh, and depend upon Him in all your affairs]. He is your Maula? (Patron, Lord), what an Excellent Maula (Patron, Lord) and what an Excellent Helper!” (22:78)
“And my guidance cannot come except from Alláh, in Him I trust and unto Him I repent.” (11:88)
And:
“You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).” (1:5)
Further, Alláh’s Messenger(pbuh) said:
“When you ask, ask Alláh, and when you seek help, seek it from Alláh.”
Therefore, Tawakkul (Trust) and Isti ‘anah (Seeking Help) are two of the greatest obligations and implications of Imán (Faith). They are also among the best good deeds that draw one closer to the Most Beneficent. Surely, all matters occur and are led to success by Allah’s help Alone and the slave has no choice or recourse, except by trusting and relying on Him. Certainly, whatever Alláh wills occurs and whatever He does not will never occurs. The slaves cannot change their condition from one stage to another, except by Allah’s Will. The slaves have no power or strength to worship Alláh except through His help, nor can they resist evil and sin except when Alláh grants them immunity. All types and parts of sustenance and provisions can be earned and perfected by trusting in Alláh Alone, just as the Messenger of Alláh(pbuh) said:
“If you truly trust in Alláh as you should trust in Him, He will provide you with sustenance, just as He does to birds: they go out in the morning with empty stomachs and come back in the evening with full stomachs.”
The Messenger of Alláh(pbuh) described those who trust in Alláh as having two qualities: they seek means and ways of earning their livelihood and have great trust in He Who has full control of all means and ways of provision. Those who possess only one or none of these qualities will acquire failure and utter loss. In contrast, those who seek the legal and lawful ways of earning their sustenance, trust in Alláh and appreciate His bounties whenever they earn them, all the while observing patience during times of hardship and distress, will acquire success and win what they need and covet. How can those who acknowledge that they are in need of their Lord in all conditions and situations, not trust in Him? How can those who acknowledge that they are helpless and feeble without the help of their Lord, ever stop seeking His help or invoking Him for relief? How can those who are certain that ownership of all affairs rests in Allah’s Hands, not ask Him for their various needs? How can those who have knowledge of Allah’s Richness and Most Generous Essence, refrain from seeking His Kindness in all of their matters? How can those who are certain of Allah’s Mercy, that He is more merciful with His slaves than the mother with her own child, not trust His Judgment? How can those who know that Alláh is Most Wise in all decisions, not feel assured and pleased with all that He decides and destines for them?
O slave of Alláh, who seeks the ways and means of goodness, you will only earn all that is good and righteous by trusting in Alláh and relying on Him for every need. O you who strives hard against his own self to resist the lures of sin and disobedience, know that you will repel sin only through your trust and reliance on He Who has perfect knowledge of the Unseen. Surely, he who relies on Alláh, He will suffice for him. He who asks Alláh for help and adheres to His obedience, He will correct the affairs of his life and religion for him. As for he who likes himself and lets his heart abandon the Lord, the Most Honored, he will only acquire failure and lose this life and the
Hereafter.
How many are they, who seem weak and unable to earn their benefit, but are in faet strong on account of their trust and reliance on Alláh, and so Alláh helps them acquire their needs? How many are they, who seem strong and rely on this faet alone, but their strength deceived and departed them when they most needed it? Surely, the help and success that Alláh grants is the only reserve and resource of supply for the faithful believers. There is no success, or happiness, except by worshipping Alláh, seeking His help and trusting in Him. Verily, Alláh is the only deity worthy of worship and how excellent He is as a Helper:
“Our Lord! In You (Alone) we put our trust, and to You (Alone) we turn in repentance, and to You (Alone) is (our) final Retum.” (60:4)
And:
“And so many a moving (living) creature carries not its own provision! Alláh provides for it and for you. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.” (29:60)
May Alláh direct us all to the blessings of the Glorious Qur’án and benefit us all in whatever is in it ofthe Ayat and Wise Dhikr. I say this and ask Alláh the Great, the Most Honored for forgiveness for me, you and all Muslims for every sin, so invoke Him for forgiveness, for He is the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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