Tawakkul is whole reliance on Almighty Allah, perfect trust in Almighty Allah and Him alone. Allah is Al-Wakeel, the Disposer of affairs.Success is only achieved when trust in Almighty Allah and the believer is steadfast and obeys his commands. There are three grades of Tawakkul, first grade is like a person who trusts in a zealous, above-board, bold and compassionate advocate. The person who is in the second grade is like a child. A child thinks that everything given to it is sent by his mother. When hungry it looks for its mother. When in fear it takes refuge with its mother. The state of the child’s is from itself, it is not taught by someone else, nor is it through force. Nor it is within the child’s will. A person who is this grade is not aware of his Tawakkul; he does not deem his deputy separate from himself. Yet the one in the first grade is awareof his Tawakkul and has Tawakkul through the force of his will. The person who is in the third grade is like a dead man in the hands of the person who washes him. He sees himself as a dead man who moves with Allah’s power. If he faces trouble and pain he does not even pray so that he will be saved from them. Whereas the baby calls to its mother when it suffers any pain. This (third) one is such a child as will not call to its mother. For, it knows that its mother is looking at it all the time and is ready to run to its rescue. The options of people who are in this third grade are not within their wills either. Only people in the second grade run to the attorney and beg him. There is option in the first grade, and he holds fast to the habits and means recommended by the deputy. For instance, if it is the attorney’s habit not to go to the law court unless his client is present there and the file is ready, he prepares these means and then leaves the job to the attorney. From then on, the expects everything from the attorney.
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A person who forgets about causes acting as intermediaries in the formation of actions expects nothing from anybody besides Almighty Allah, and thus, he has a Tawakkul.
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For, he has prepared it within the attorney’s habit and indication. Then, those who are in the first grade engage in business such as trade and farming. They learnt a craft. They hold fast to the means that are Almighty Allah’s laws. But they did not give up Tawakkul.They trust not in their work, but in Almighty Allah’s superiority, fazl and favoring.They expect Him only to make them reach their goal through the means they have resorted to. As a matter of fact, they say that He sent the means of trade and farmingtoo. Holding fast to the means, they know that what they obtain is from Almighty Allah. And this is the meaning ofAayat which reports: “Almighty Allah is alone, gives strength to everything.” (Surah Kahaf). For hawl (in Arabic) means action.And strength means power, energy. If a person knows that his strength is not from himself but from Almighty Allah’s creation, he expects everything from Allah only. In short, a person who forgets about causes acting as intermediaries in the formation of actions expects nothing from anybody besides Almighty Allah, and thus, he has a Tawakkul.
