Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

not respond to injury and torments inflicted by disbelievers and
munâfiqs! I shall punish them. For protection against them and to
rescue yourself from them, trust yourself to Allâhu ta’âlâ!” And
it is purported in the twelfth âyat-i-kerîma of Ibrâhîm Sûra: “We
patiently endure their tortures. People who have tawakkul
should have tawakkul only in Allâhu ta’âlâ.”
It is necessary to prevent such animals as scorpions, snakes
and wild animals from doing harm. It will not spoil tawakkul. [We
should not be patient with the germs that spread disease, and we
should do our best to prevent them. In case we catch an infectious
disease, we should use antiseptics and antibiotics (penicillin and
the like).]
If a person who wields a weapon in order to protect himself
against the enemy does not depend on his strength or weapon, he
will have had tawakkul. We should lock the door. But we should
not rely on the lock. As a matter of fact thieves have broken
many a lock. The symptom of a person’s having tawakkul is that
when he comes home and sees that his possessions have been
stolen he does not feel sorry. Saying that Allâhu ta’âlâ has willed
it be so, he becomes contented with destiny. When putting the
lock on the door we should pass through our heart the prayer,
“Yâ Rabbî! I put this lock not to change Thine destiny but to
follow Thine command and law. Yâ Rabbî! If Thou shouldst
make someone attack my property, I am contented with Thine
decree! I do not know if Thou created this property for me, or for
someone else and gave it to me as a deposit.” If a person locks his
door and goes away and then, upon seeing that his possessions
have been stolen when he comes back, feels sorry, he should
realize that he does not have tawakkul. But if he does not cry,
wail or cause alarm or confusion, he at least gets the grade of
patience. If he complains and investigates the thief, he falls down
from the grade of patience, too. If he, finding out that he does not
have tawakkul and is not patient, gives up having a high opinion
of himself, this is his benefit and advantage caused by the thief.
Question: If he did not need his possessions he would not hide
them by locking the door. Can a person help becoming sorry
when something is stolen which he has been keeping in order to
satisfy his needs?
Answer: When Allâhu ta’âlâ gives these possessions to him he
should deem their coming to him beneficial for himself. “There
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