The Miracle of Trust in Allah

If One Puts Their Trust in Allah, He will Always Help & Guide Them, Whoever believes in Allah – He will guide his heart. Allah has knowledge of all things. (64/11). Whoever puts his trust in Allah – He will be enough for him. (65/3)

Written by Kalil Imran
Originally published on www.allahforever.co.uk

INTRODUCTION

Putting one’s trust in Allah is a very important part of a Muslim’s faith and any that wants to follow God’s True Religion. To put trust in Allah means one relies on their Lord at all times whether that be something that seems significant or insignificant, whatever it is a true believer always puts their trust in Allah. The awareness that Allah their Lord has power over all things is a great comfort for them.

Everything in the heavens and everything on earth glorifies Allah. Sovereignty and praise belong to Him. He has power over all things. (64:1)

Man was actually created to put his trust in Allah and this is how he finds true peace, a lot of people ignorant of Islam and the guidance and morals of Allah’s Qur’an always try to find ways to be peaceful, but they never actually achieve that. The simple reason for this is because they do not follow the Religion God, their Creator, has perfected for His servants and the high morals He has commanded in the Qur’an, also they don’t know how brilliant putting trust in Allah is, they may often hear people telling them ‘Put Your Trust in Allah’ yet they never actually realise what this really means, or fail to grasp the full meaning and effect of trusting Allah; Al-Muqaddisi makes the following very interesting point;

Call on God and you will be sheltered from all fear. Trust in Him and you will find happiness. But alas! Who knows how to give an ear to what I say? Who can grasp it’s full meaning and etch it into his memory?. (Revelation of the Secrets of Birds and Flowers – by Al-Muqaddisi )

TRUSTING ALLAH IS ACTUALLY A MIRACLE COMPREHENDED BY THE ONE WHO PUTS HIS TRUST IN HIM & OTHER TRUE BELIEVERS

In truth putting ones trust in Allah is actually a miracle comprehended by the one who puts their trust in Allah, and other true believers. The significance and vast potential of trusting Allah can be seen in the following verse of the Qur’an;

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust. (3/160)

A believer who puts his trust in Allah notices the clear difference between not putting his trust in Him, and putting his trust in Him. Many people who will try to assess this fact from a superficial point of view generally will not notice, that is why this miracle is mainly comprehended by the believer himself and other believers. Also the difference that the believer notices in his life since he started putting his trust in Allah is unambiguous, and this change in his life he astonishingly and with great excitement realises is the actual mercy and help of Allah. (This is one thing those who disbelieve can never experience or realise, because they have a distorted and aberrant view of religion and God. In fact if the veil that Allah has placed on their hearts and intellect, which is due to their own arrogance and denial, was lifted, these people would crawl over ice to experience the peace from trusting Allah.)

The believer realises with great astonishment that Allah responds to the trust he places in Him, as He has promised in the Qur’an;

Whoever has taqwa of Allah – He will give him a way out and provide for him from where he does not expect. Whoever puts his trust in Allah – He will be enough for him. Allah always achieves His aim. (65/2,3)

The believer compares his new found trust in Allah against his life in the time of ignorance (either before becoming a Muslim or practising Islam properly) before he started putting his trust in Allah, and realises this is what he was missing from his life, as already mentioned this difference is so unambiguous that it is a sign of Allah’s existence and a miracle of trusting Allah. The believer actually realises with great excitement and astonishment Allah arranges his affairs in such a way that he knows it is the result of putting his trust in Him, Allah gives him help, answers, solutions, ways of being patient, etc., … from where he does not expect … (65/2), because; Whoever puts his trust in Allah – He will be enough for him. Allah always achieves His aim. (65/2,3)

Once a believer realises the miraculous and beneficial result of his trust in Allah, he never becomes disheartened at anything. He is always prepared to put his trust in his Lord the Al-Waduud (the All-Loving), in fact, it makes him even more confident and devoted to Allah, when he is confronted by difficulty or any problem he looks forward to putting his trust in Allah and waits with excitement to see how Allah arranges his affairs.

A modern day Muslim ‘Hero’ Harun Yahya, who is well known for his struggle and unprecedented success in Allah’s way against disbelief has this to say in his Book ‘Some Secrets of The Qur’an’;

A believer, who is close to God, who takes God as his friend and knows He supports those who believe, will see the manifestation of this secret in every instance of his life. Surely, miracles like the parting of the sea are signs that God shows to some of His messengers. However, if believers ponder sincerely, reflect on God’s creation and the verses of the Qur’an in every incident, they can see the miracle-like manifestations of God’s support and help in every situation.

(Page 66 – Chapter: God Certainly Helps those Who help His Religion [Shafiq Books])

Another important fact the believer keeps in mind is that he knows that Allah will never wrong him and that He will never place a burden on him greater than he can bear:

Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand. For it, is what it has earned; against it, what it has merited. (2/286)

For this reason any misfortune that comes his way, he knows that is because of his own shortcomings and that Allah never wrongs His slaves by even the smallest amount;

Allah does not wrong anyone by so much as the smallest speck. And if there is a good deed Allah will multiply it and pay out an immense reward direct from Him. (4/40)

Allah informs us in another verse of the Qur’an that He wishes things to be easy for His servants and that He does not want to put them to difficulty, but that any difficulty that comes his way is because Allah, out of His Mercy wishes to purify his servant of all the bad deeds and traits that will cause grief and harm to himself and even others around Him; Allah does not want to make things difficult for you, but He does want to purify you and to perfect His blessing upon you so that hopefully you will be thankful. (5:6)

As a result of taking all the above into account a believer becomes extremely strong and steadfast against all that confronts him, a good example of this can be seen in the following verses of the Qur’an;

Many a Prophet has been fought, when there were many thousands with him! They did not give up in the face of what assailed them in the Way of Allah, nor did they weaken, nor did they yield. Allah loves the steadfast. (3:146)

Say: ‘Nothing can happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is Our Master. It is in Allah that the believers should put their trust.’ (9:51)

(Their Messengers said,) ‘And why indeed should we not put our trust in Allah when He has guided us to our ways? We will be steadfast however much you harm us. Those who trust put their trust in Allah.’ (14:12)

THE EXAMPLE OF THE GREATEST MAN IN HISTORY WHO ALWAYS PUT HIS TRUST IN ALLAH

Muhammad’s (Pbuh) Superior Trust and Faith in Allah at the Cave of ‘Thaur’

The incident that took place at the cave of ‘Thaur’ is a very famous and well known narration among the Muslims. There is no doubt this situation is inspirational, the Last prophet, Muhammad (Pbuh) and his companion ‘Abu Bakr’ had left Makkah to go to Madinah, and the unbelievers chased them. Muhammad (pbuh) and his companion Abu Bakr both hid in a cave called ‘Thaur’. The unbelievers spread to try and find them, and some of the unbelievers ended up so close to the cave of ‘Thaur’ that they were clearly visible from the inside, and Abu Bakr expressed his concern that they might see them as they were very close and the Prophet of Allah replied along these words … “Have no fear, for Allah is with us” … with total confidence and put his trust in Allah in the face of his enemies. Allah relates to us the incident in the Qur’an as follows;

If ye help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one companion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion, “Have no fear, for Allah is with us”: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise. (9/40)

This situation is not to be taken lightly, the confidence and supreme trust of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in Allah his Lord, was amazing, in fact, words do not suffice to explain the trust in Allah of this amazing man, ‘Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’ helps explain this most exemplary and unprecedented behaviour of the Prophet (Pbuh);

Abu Bakr Siddiq, watching them standing at the entrance to the cave with their drawn swords, said to the Prophet that if any one of them looked at his feet, he would find them. The Prophet replied with total confidence:

O Abu Bakr, what do you think of those
who have God as the third companion?
(Seerah ibn Kathir, 2:243)

These words uttered by the Prophet of Islam were of such towering significance that they have perhaps no precedent in the entire history of the human species. Even at that moment in time, when he was undoubtedly in the most perilous situation, his trust in God was so great that even the mightiest tempest could not have shaken it. At that juncture it was this limitless confidence that inspired the utterance of such bold words.

(The Prophet Muhammad, Chapter: The Personality of the Prophet of Islam, page 48,49 by Wahiduddin Khan [Goodword] Emphasis Given)

What this example of the beloved Prophet (pbuh) teaches us is that if one puts his trust in Allah and if that trust is sincere and from true faith, then the possibilities and the grace and help of Allah are endless. We should take our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as an example in daily life, and we should communicate this to all Muslims including those that are being oppressed all over the world simply because they follow Allah’s True Religion; Islam, they should be told of the superiority of putting ones trust in Allah, because as their trust gets stronger and stronger their oppressors will become weaker and weaker and of course we all know that eventually Islam will triumph with the help of Allah.

Allah’s Forever

Say: “Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds: (6/162)