Suzy Ismail – #53 AlWakil

Santa Monica, it's nice to see you again, as we continue to bring the

divine into the deli, by understanding how we can

incorporate the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala, to improve our

relationship with our spouse and with our children. The name that

we're going to discuss today is El Joaquin.

We oftentimes talk about the work or having that sense of tobacco,

in our relationships in our family lives. What does it mean to have

tobacco and working means the dependable or the trustee. And

when we talk about our goal is the idea of knowing that Allah

subhanaw taala is the best of all planners, but also understanding

that we have a part to play and that in doing our part, and also

having that reliance in our heart on Allah subhanaw taala then that

is how Inshallah, we will succeed in this dunya and in the Accra.

So, what happens in a relationship when that element of Tawakkol may

change, or maybe shifted to something else, which is known as

tawakol. Now tawakol is the idea of sitting back and not really

trying to do anything and just saying, well, Allah subhanaw taala

is the best of all planners, so I don't need to worry about it. I

don't have to do any action. But of course, our deen is a dean of

action. Our Islam is a verb, not a noun. And in that verb, it means

we have to take steps to actually facilitate change and to

consistently improve. To work well again, is the idea of not doing

anything and just saying, Well, I rely on Allah. And there's a

beautiful Hadith a narration from the Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi

wa sallam of a man who had gone gone to the marketplace in order

to trade some items that he had when he left his camel and began

to head out in order to trade. And so the Rasul sallallahu alayhi wa

sallam asked the man, you know, aren't you going to tie your

camel? And so the man responded and said Thorkil Tala law, and

that is Wilson Allahu Allah, send them responded and said, tie your

camel Fidella colada ALLAH, do your part. Take Action, strive, do

what you have to do. And this is especially relevant in our

relationships. When we feel that a relationship is not working, we

feel that something is broken. It's not enough to just say, Well,

you know, Allah is the best of all planners. If it's not going to

work, it's not going to work. If we have a child who is moving in a

direction that we know is not pleasing to Allah subhanaw taala.

If we have a situation and our family lives, that is destructive

and difficult, it's not enough to just say, well, Allah is the best

of all planners, what can I do? We have to do our part, we have to

tie our camo we have to take action. If we're experiencing

difficulty in a relationship, we have to seek out ways to try to

improve that relationship. If we are having difficulty with a

child, whether it's a young child, an older child, or a young adult,

even, we have to do our part. One of my favorite examples of

Tawakkol comes in the form of the situation of a hedgerow to Laura

and her. The wife of Ibrahim, the mother of Israel in LA Houma

salaam, when she was following Satan that you brought him into

the desert. And she asked him, no, why are you leaving us in the

desert as she held on to her infant child? And Satan, Ibrahim

Ali Salam did not answer. And she asked again, why are you leaving

us in the desert? And again, he didn't answer. And then a third

time she asked and said, Is this a commandment from your Lord? And

when Satan Ibrahim Ali Salam answered in the affirmative, she

said, then surely our Lord will protect us. This is the first step

of Tawakkol having that sincere belief that Allah subhanaw taala

will protect you will do what is best because he is the best of all

planners. But then upon entering the desert, when the infant is my

family, his Salam began to cry.

His mother did not just sit beside him and say, well, our Lord will

protect us no, she went back and forth seven times between Safa and

Marwa in what is known as a psi, and that word psi means to strive.

And when we are honored or blessed to complete ombre or hedge, we

replicate that movement of psi. Why? Because it is a reminder of

our striving. It is a reminder that on that day to dinner,

hedger, La Jolla and her went back and forth knowing that Allah would

protect her and the child knowing that Allah would provide but doing

her part, looking for water while consistently keeping that anchor,

that love for Allah subhanaw taala that trust in Allah. So having

that though our call and our relationships is important, but

also doing our part and having that trust in Allah subhanaw taala

but also right

recognising the importance of our actions. So I pray that Allah

subhanaw taala always anchors our heart in that sense of telecoil

knowing that he is a lucky, the trustworthy the trustee, the

dependent, the one that we can depend upon, does the common law

here and I look forward to speaking to you again as we

continue to bring the divine into the daily Santa Monica.