Tawakkal ala Allah is the Islamic concept of complete dependence on Allah or trusting in Allah’s plan. The word in Arabic is (wakkal) which means to entrust, empower. Allah is the Disposer of Affairs, the One entrusted, relied upon, depended upon and sufficient to take care of all matters.
The following hadith is significant, and is most quoted to explain the concept of tawakkal:
‘Umar bin al-Khattāb heard the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) saying,
“If you trusted Allah with due tawakkul, He would provide you sustenance as He provides for the birds; they go out in the morning with empty stomachs and come back in the evening with full stomachs.”[Narrated by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Mājah – Saheeh]
Note one point here that a bird sitting in its nest and worshiping Allah will not have its stomach filled. It has to go out and work hard to find food from morning to evening. One who goes out and expends effort while knowing that Allah provides will obtain what he desires. So, remember to work hard and flounce for solutions while believing that you will solve it by the grace of Allah.
We should do tawakkal Allah for any problem we face and do a lot of azkaar and beg repent from Him. He will definitely forgive us and give a lot of paths to solve the problems if we beg repent by heart .
At this moment in time, we used to hear the words anxiety and depression. These diseases were not transpire in early centuries. But now every third person is suffering from it. Our senior people said that these diseases are not for Muslims, they come from Western World. You was shocked that what I am saying. I am categorizing the diseases with religions?. Hold on! I am explaining you all.
Western people don’t have concepts that there is a superpower Allah how controls each and everything. They think that all of the world’s creation is just a coincidence and all controls of their life are in their own hands. So, they tried to control all the matters of their life by themselves. They think that the success in this world and the luxuries they have all depends on their own struggles and this World is everything for them. They have no concept f Akhiraat. If they fail to get what they want they become dishearten and depressed and all we know that depression leads to death. So, most of people commit suicidal attempts. For them this World is every thing and they can do anything to give themselves all blooms of life.In short, they have no super power to take help, no hope of Allah.
On the other side when we think about Muslims, they have strong believe that there is one God Allah who have all the power of controls in His hand and they have firm believe that He can’t do bad for us. They do struggles and hard work and achieve whatever they want but, the point is that if they failed to achieve something then they didn’t become dishearten or blame themselves for that. They only think that Allah have something other idea for them which would be much better then that. They know that if Allah closes one door then definitely he will open hundred doors to solve the problems. If they face any trouble they didn’t feel fear they think that this is an exam from their Allah Almighty that they trust Him or feel despondent and miserable. Instead of becoming disappointed they take help from Sabar and Salat.
As Allah Almighty said in Surah No. 2, Al Baqr, Ayat No. 153
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اسْتَعِينُواْ بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلاَةِ إِنَّ اللّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ
“O believers ! Seek help with patience and salat, and Allah is with those who keep patience.”
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