“Tawakkul is having complete trust that Allah’s plan is the best plan.” Yasmin Mogahed
And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah] (Quran 2:45).
And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [ Allah ] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, Acquainted ( Quran 25:58)
[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs (Quran 73:9).
Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: “If you all depend on Allah with due reliance, He would certainly give you provision as He gives it to birds who go forth hungry in the morning and return with full belly at dusk”. [At-Tirmidhi]. (My Dad’s favourite Hadith💖)
In a difficult situation with no way out? Remember if you have tawakkul, Allāh will create a way just like he did for Musa a.s with an Army behind him & a Sea in front!
Source: myislam.org
I’ve had anxiety for quite a while now mostly because I’ve been worrying A LOT about the future.
It all started pre-corona;
‘I’d planned out my life and everything felt so perfect, my plan was perfect and if everything went according to my plan then I’d be happy.’
But then, things didn’t happen according to my plan, In fact, exactly what I didn’t want happened.
I lived under this illusion that only if things went according to my plan, I would be happy. So it makes sense, that when things didn’t happen according to my plan, I became anxious and worried.
And things kept getting worse, that I became so worried about the future, it affected my mental health.
And subhan’Allah the amount of times I’ve cried my eyes out worrying about the future (that I might not even be a part of).
I guess I forgot what it truly meant to put your trust in Allāh. I thought I was trusting Allāh by worrying about the future but really I was just being insecure about it.
I was scared the plans Allāh has for me wouldn’t be what I want. I felt like I knew what I wanted more than Allāh knew what I needed, subhan’Allah.
Even though I never admitted it to myself, I knew deep down, that was why I was so insecure about the future.
I forgot I didn’t create myself, that Allāh did. So, He (swt) obviously knew me better than I could ever know myself.
And I kept seeing all these post about tawakkul and trusting Allāh and I’d say to myself “of course I trust Allāh but what if…”
Guys that ‘what if’ is from shaytan, astaghfirullah.
So what does it mean to trust in Allāh?
It means trusting the process. Even when things don’t seem ok, having full faith that things will definitely be ok. If not now, then later, and the longer it takes the better it will be in shaa Allāh.
Trusting that whatever Allāh has decreed for you is the ABSOLUTE BEST for you. It’s the blind faith that as long as things are in Allāh’s control nothing can ever go wrong.
Subhan’Allah, How beautiful tawakkul is :)
I feel like the reason why majority of us have anxiety, is due to lack of trust in Allāh. I don’t think a lot of people know what it truly means to trust Allāh. We’re always so anxious about the future.
One thing I kept reminding myself of, was that no matter how much I worried about the future, it was already written so being anxious won’t change anything. All I had to do was have sabr and tawakkul.
So the next time things aren’t going so well, have sabr and tawakkul, that better times are coming in shaa Allāh. If not now, then tomorrow, if not tomorrow then one day and if not in this dunya then in shaa Allāh in the akhira which is a million times better😊.
JazakhAllahu khair💞
BEAUTIFUL. another article that i came across that is making me want to write. i was just thinking about this & i remembered i saw one of your newsletters related to tawakkul and it was exactly what i needed. Allahumma barik. i’ve learnt so much this week and i have a lot of reflections regarding this, i’ll see
how i’ll share in Shaa Allah
What I realized earlier today was yeah our qadr has been written so if the hardship was written for you years before then so has the ease. Even as we’re being tested, Allah still makes things easy for us in certain areas but because we’re so focused on that we don’t see it :( it’s left to us to consciously seek the bundles of mercy He ALWAYS provides. May Allah make it easy and Jazakallah khairan love xx