Tawakkul

Ive always loved this speech given by Yasmin Mogahed where she speaks about tawwakul where she says:

Tawakkul is having full faith that Allah will take care of you—even when things look impossible. Tawakkul is standing in front of the Red Sea—as Prophet Musa did—with an army behind you, and not even flinching, knowing that Allah will get you through. It is having full faith that when Allah takes away the umbilical cord, He will replace it with milk.”

Musa alayhi salam simply said, inna ma’eyah rabbi sayahdeen (Most certainly, My Lord is with me, He will guide). Allah ordered Musa alayhi salam to strike the sea with his staff, and the sea split. He trusted, and Allah split the sea for him

The actual Sura is:

إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ

Inna Ma’iya Rabbi Sayahdini

Indeed my Lord is with me, He will guide me

Sura Shu’ara, 26:62

I repeat this every salah after I have finished and made dua its like my announcement that I trust completely in Allah even if I dont know what’s going to happen i trust in the plan of Allah, I trust he will always give or take away or decide what is best for me no matter what it is.

ive leant on this Sura allot recently with life, with decisions I needed to make that I knew weren’t what I wanted but also knew they weren’t good for me and put my complete trust in Allah and his plan for me, even if it took me away from those I loved dearly once.

We al have our own paths to walk and mine is towards Allah and not those that take me away from him through their actions or by trying to drag me down to their level.

I know in the moment that something is moved away from me that it wasn’t good for me and that if by his grace, it will be replaced with something better. But above all I trust this process.