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Reliance Upon Allah (S.w.T.)

Reliance Upon Allah (S.w.T.)

 When a believer has developed a firm and complete conviction that apart from Allah (S.w.T.) no one is the Lord of the creation and none is the cause of all the causes except Him, He does not repose hope in anyone except Allah (S.w.T.). Hazrat ‘Ali (a.s.) states:

“You must not rely upon anyone except the Lord.”

(Nahjul Balagha).

As we have mentioned before, the origin of everything is Allah (S.w.T.) and the centre of all creation is He alone. In the same way every goodness of man for his fellowbeings also originates from Allah (S.w.T.). As it is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an,

 “Good actions are only from His (Allah’s) hands.”

  At the end of Surah YÅ«nus Allah (S.w.T.) says,

 “And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is none to remove it but He, and if He intends good to you there is none to repel His grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”

(Surah YÅ«nus 10:107)

 At another place the Qur’an says, “And whatever favour is (bestowed) on you, it is from Allah...”

(Surah an-Nahl 16:53)

 Thus, it is clear from the above discussion that all that is present in the material and the ethereal spheres is subservient to Allah (S.w.T.).

 “There is no one in the heavens and the earth but will come to the Beneficient God as a servant.”

(Surah Maryam 19:93)

 If someone reposes hope in anyone except Allah (S.w.T.) his hopes are extinguished so that he can realize his true master, i.e. Allah (S.w.T.).

“I will severe the ties of hope of those who repose hope in others.”

  The master of the Universe is Allah (S.w.T.) and He bestows all the bounties, hence He must be thanked for these. Because all the good deeds are only through His hands. He gives whatever goodness He likes to anyone of His choice. That is why we say with a firm belief, “Al-hamdu lil-Lah” (The praise is only for Allah (S.w.T.)).

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