Put your Trust in Allah

January 21, 2019Science & Faith

Tawakkul in Allah includes tawakkul in His provision of rizq

Tawakkul means to put in one’s best efforts to do what Allah subhana wa ta’ala expects one to do and then leave the results to Allah’s will. Tawakkul comes from conviction in qada wa qadar, one of the six pillars of iman : What Allah has written for me must come to pass.

Tawakkul in Allah includes tawakkul in His provision of rizq. 50,000 years before the creation of the universe, what provisions would come to me were written down in Lawh Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet). Our test in this world is of the means we choose to earn these provisions. Do we adopt halal means and work seeking the pleasure of Allah; or do we resort to haram, not trusting the rizq to come to us through halal means?

To seek one’s livelihood is the way of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wassalam. Even he did not sit at home waiting for provision to fall out of the sky. But Prophet salallahu alayhi wassalam also said not to kill oneself in trying to earn more and more; since only that which is ordained for us will come to us.