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.