you food until you return to inhabited places and sit amongst the people.’ The pious person then entered a town and sat amongst people. Someone came with food and some with water. He ate plentifully, but doubt arose in his mind. Then a voice was heard from the unseen: ‘Do you wish that you change My law by your renunciation of the world? Do you not know that whatever I give to My bondsmen as sustenance, I Favour it more to give it through the hands of My bondsman than to give it by the hand of My power.’ (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 4, p. 329)

Dear Islamic Brothers! We come to know that adopting means is necessary to earn sustenance with the use of our hands. Merely repeating Tawakkul is not Tawakkul, in the same way thinking of your destiny as ‘the be all and end all’ or only reclining on the means is not Tawakkul either. True Tawakkul is adopting the means, making rigorous efforts, knocking on the door of divine decree and then not to rely on these means, in fact, (it is to) rely on Allah Almighty. This is because everything happens through some means. For example, the stomach is only filled when a person eats food, it cannot be filled without eating food; it will only rain where clouds are present, it does not rain without the clouds.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Tawakkul in the light of the Holy Quran

Dear Islamic Brothers! Having complete reliance on Allah Almighty and entrusting the outcome of all your affairs to Him is an excellent trait. We should have such a complete reliance on Allah Almighty that whenever any good work is intended or started, then instead of solely focusing on the means, focus on the mercy of the Creator of the means; as the means are mortal and temporary. The Muslim who relies on Allah Almighty for his illnesses, worries, woes and calamities and all of his matters receives amazing benefits; as through the blessings of Tawakkul, Allah Almighty not only becomes his help and aid, but Allah Almighty bestows him with many blessings.

Allah Almighty states in Part 28, Surah Al-Talaaq, verse number 3: