Tawakkul

I'm your host Zahra Pedersen and in today's episode we're going to be talking about how sometimes we make being Muslim a little bit harder on ourselves and more difficult for ourselves in ways that are completely unnecessary.

And I see this specifically when it comes to Tawakkul, but also just around like our iman and like how we, when we connect with a lot of things like that.

I'm going to probably talk quite a bit about Tawakkul because I feel like this is something that a lot of people struggle with.

So that's probably going to be my main example, but you know me, I might like drift in and out to other like topics and subjects as well, just to give a little examples here and there.

Okay.

You might still be worrying about it.

Your brain might still be like, okay, but so what should I be doing still? So realistically, we're still going to be human.

We're still going to have those human emotions and go through that human side of, but in the meantime, how do I... carry the responsibility of it, or what do I need to do? What are my next logical steps? Or what conversations should I be having? What should I be researching? You still have responsibility in your human self, even though you have that level of Tawakkul that Allah's gonna be there with you and help support you through it and potentially even solve something for you if that is the case.

And at this point in time, what does he do? He doesn't just sit and give up.

Tawakkul means you do something.

And he did something.

He goes to the most logical tribe after Quraysh, and that is Thaqif.

This is the issue.

The issue is Tawakkul and certainty is at this point.

These are the testing points.

And for Ibrahim to ask Jibreel to help him would have been completely good.

I'm not saying we become like this, that we will become, Allah is the one to give.

Even Ibrahim , Allah only gave him this Yaqeen.

But this is the ultimate meaning of Tawakkul.

I want whatever my Rabb wants for me.

وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ I believe in you.

وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ I rely upon you.

تَوَكَّلْ In your dua, we call unto Allah, you have tawakkul.

One of the secrets of dua also, tawakkul, reliance upon Allah.

Only Allah can give me what I'm looking for.

I'm looking to be rich, I'm looking to marry, I'm seeking to get children, I'm seeking whatever.

وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتْ Upon Allah I rely.

وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتْ Here I am returning to you.

Yeah.

So isn't it not about the outcome that we want? Isn't it more about Allah give me what is best for me and what is best for me through Tawakkul is being able to actually respond to the vicissitudes of life whether it's negative or other tests like positive things in a way that Allah wants me.

Like for example, if my whole life has been destined for poverty,

That's problematic a statement just to begin with, but...

That's no Iman there.

You're just employing Allah to help you to get somewhere.

Tawakkul would be, I'm going to do my best.

I'm going to explore all possibilities.

And that is only achievable if you have that connection with God Almighty.

So the concepts of Tawakkul, which is trust in the land, are central to Islamic teachings.

How can we practice Tawakkul while continuing to work hard towards our goal?

So trust in God Almighty is a very integral part of Islam.

Whatever you do, you give your 100% and then you leave God Almighty and trust His way of doing things, trust His judgment.

That's where we need to hide, that we have that trust with God Almighty.

And that only comes with prayers, steadfastness, patience, and effort.

So, how do we know when we have done everything reasonably within our control and need to leave the outcome to Allah Ta'ala and have Tawakkul?

We believe in Him and on Him we rely.

We place our reliance, our tawakkul.

Um, because Yusuf is here, so a bit of a lang- linguistic, uh, uh, detour.

See, amanna bihi wa alaihi tawakkalna.

Why didn't Allah says, amanna bihi wa tawakkalna alaihi? Or bihi amanna wa alaihi tawakkalna.

Why is the structure you have the bihi, um, amanna and then bihi alaihi and tawakkalna? This is the, the arrangement matters.

When you say alaihi tawakkalna, it means only on Him we have tawakkul.

But when we say amanna bihi, we didn't say bihi amanna.