Chapter V: Oneness of God and Trust in God
TAUHID AND TAWAKKAL
Tawakkal or God reliance is a stage of religion and a state of progress of the believers. Rather it is the highest state of those who are near God. The knowledge about God reliance is very subtle and the cause of it is that if one looks at the causes and ingredients of an action, he sets up partnership with God. In other words, if a man believes that anything has got power over the actions of a man, he can't be counted as a true monotheist. On the other hand, if the intermediary causes are deducted, it is casting aspersion on the Prophet's ways and dishonour on Shariat. If one disbelieves the causes of an action there is misuse of intellect and as such one is drowned in the abyss of ignorance, so the real meaning of God-reliance is every subtle. The meaning of God reliance is intellect Shariat and Tauhid, the intermingling of three elements in a proportionate manner.
MERITS OF GOD-RELIANCE
Quran : If you are believers rely on God — 5 : 23. God says :
Persons of God reliance rely on God. (3) God says : God is sufficient for one who rely on God — 3 : 65. (4) God says : Surely God loves those who rely on Him — 3 : 159. He who reaches this stage is loved by God who is his surety. God protects one for whom God is surety. He loves him and protects him. (5) God says : Is not God sufficient for His servant ? He who searches for sufficiency from other than God has got no reliance on God and knows the above verse as false as this verse was questioned for reply with truth. (6) God says : Has not a time come over a man when he was not a thing to be mentioned ? (7) God says : He who relies on God, God is most powerful and wise. He is so powerful that He does not put one to disgrace who comes to His refuge and He does not destroy him who comes to His care. He is so just that he who relies on Him does no reduce or destroy his efforts. (8)
God says : What you worship besides God is mere servants like you. In other words, all things other than God have got needs like you. (9) God says : What you worship besides God has got no power to give you sustenance. So search sustenance from God and worship Him only. (10) God says : All hidden treasures of heaven and earth are only for God, but the hypocrites do not
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understand. (11) God says : He conducts every affair and nobody intercedes except with His permission.