Tawakkul (Arabic: تَوَكُل) is the word for the Islamic concept of reliance on God or "trusting in God's plan"
Tawakkul refers to putting your trust in Allah – to believe that He alone can ward off the harms of this world, provide you blessings and sustenance, and to ease your challenges. Tawakkul is also about accepting the results that He decides regardless of how they may turn out to be.
Have you ever had that feeling of anxiety in your heart? What if it doesn’t work out? What if you never get over it?
The truth is, we have all felt this way at some point in our lives. Sometimes, the uncertainty is just too much to bear, or the hardship of a moment prevents us from seeing any light at the end of the tunnel.
At times we desperately want some kind of medicine, a pill perhaps, to miraculously take these worries away.
But we do have that. This pill is called tawakkul.
Like any pill, it’s sometimes hard to swallow. There are moments when we wonder whether this medicine even works, or if it is just some tool to make us simply believe we can be better.
But Allah, the One – the only One – in control of this universe has said:
“…And whoever relies upon Allah – then He is sufficient for him.”
(Qur’an, 65:3)
So what does it mean to rely on Allah; to have tawakkul in Him?
It means to be firm in your heart.
Ibn Ata’illah stated:
“Relieve yourself of worry after you have planned; do not concern yourself with what Allah has undertaken on your behalf.”
Allah is Al-Wakeel; this means that it is He who controls His worshipers’ affairs and takes care of them. He never abandons them nor leaves them to another source. He has given Himself this Name and made it known to us, so that we know this is an essential attribute of His; thus, we will never be let down insha’Allah.
Even if things do not go according to plan, we know that Allah will give us something that is better. We could not have entrusted our affairs to anyone better than Him. This is why, whenever the idea of relying on Allah is mentioned in the Qur’an, Allah reminds us of His power:
“[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.”
(Qur’an, 73:9)
And Allah says,
“…Rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die…”
(Qur’an, 25:58)
One day Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I put my trust in Allah." The Prophet then said, "Tie your camel first, then put your trust in Allah" (Tirmidhi).
Accordingly Tawakkul means a man, in the face of the difficulties of life, enmity and troubles of opponents, the tangles of existence which hinder his journey towards his objectives, and in instances wherein he finds himself unable to untie the knots, takes Allah (s.w.t.) as his support but, at the same time, does not stop his own efforts and endeavours. And accept whatever Allah decides, regardless of the results.
Credit:
-http://www.al-islam.org/180-questions-about-islam-vol-2-various-issues-makarim-shirazi/12-what-reality-tawakkul-and-what-its
-http://www.suhaibwebb.com/personaldvlpt/worship/dua/tawakkul-trust-in-allah/
-http://understandquran.com/get-tawakkul-forget-your-fears-and-enter-the-gates.html
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