3-Endless Bliss Third Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

equires deep knowledge. Then, not everybody can understand
it. We shall first clarify the value of tawakkul, then explain what
it means, and then prescribe how to obtain it.
The virtue of tawakkul: Allâhu ta’âlâ has commanded
everybody to have tawakkul and declared, “Tawakkul is a
requirement for îmân.” It is purported in the sûra of Mâida: “If
you have îmân, put your tawakkul in Allâhu ta’âlâ.” In the
sûra of ’Imrân: Certainly Allâhu ta’âlâ likes those who have
tawakkul.” In the sûra of Talâq: “If a person puts his
tawakkul in Allâhu ta’âlâ, Allâhu ta’âlâ is sufficient for him.”
In the sûra of Zumar: “Isn’t Allâhu ta’âlâ sufficient for His
born slave?” And there is many an âyat like these.
Once Rasûlullah ‘sallallâhu alaihi wa sallam’ said, “They
showed me some of my Ummat. They covered mountains
and saharas. I was surprised and pleased to see that they
were so many. ‘Are you pleased?’ they said, and I said,
‘Yes, I am.’ They said, ‘Only seventy thousand of these will
go to Paradise without any questioning.’ ‘Which ones,’ I
asked. ‘They are the ones who do not mix their deeds with
sorcery, spell, incantation or augury, and who do not put
their tawakkul and trust in anybody besides Allâhu ta’âlâ.”
Uqâsha ‘radiyallâhu anh’, who was among the listeners, stood
up and said, “O Rasûlullâh! Pray for me so that I shall be one of
them.” So Rasûlullah prayed, “O my Allah! Include him
among them!” But when someone else stood up and asked for
the same prayer, he stated, “Uqâsha has forestalled you.”
He stated in another hadîth, “If you put your tawakkul in
Allâhu ta’âlâ thoroughly, He would send your sustenance
as He sends it to the birds. Birds go out with empty, hungry
stomachs in the morning and come back with their
stomachs filled, satiated in the evening.” He stated in a
hadîth, “If a person trusts himself to Allâhu ta’âlâ, Allâhu
ta’âlâ will come to his help in his every deed. He will send
him food from places which he does not expect at all. If
anyone trusts the world, He will leave him in the world.”
When Hadrat Ibrâhim was put on the catapult and was about to
be hurled into the fire, he said, “Hasbiyallah wa ni’mal wakîl,”
which means “My Allah will suffice for me. He is a good
guardian, a good helper.” As he fell into the fire Hadrat Gabriel
(Jebrâil) came to him and asked, “Do you have any wish?”
“Yes, I do, but not from you,” he said. Thus, he proved true to
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