"وَعَلى الله فَليَتَوكَّل المُؤمِنُونَ" "And on Allah let...

When a servant is thus and acts only for Allah and does not hope from, or fear, other than Allah, and does not desire anyone other than Allah, then this is tawakkul." [^3] The above principle ( Tawakkul ), however, has different degrees. At one stage we will put our affairs in the hands of a lawyer. The second stage is when a child trusts its mother for protection. In these two cases we deliberately put our affairs in somebody else’s hands.

A Bedouin Arab had released his camel saying he had trust in Allah. The Prophet (S) told him: "First tie it and then have trust in God". The poet says: Said the Prophet aloud, Bind the knees of the camel, but have trust in God; If you rely in Allah, have it in your work, First cultivate, then have reliance on God. The third phase of " Tawakkul " (reliance on God) occurred in Ibrahim's case.

It is narrated that when Nimrod [the king of Babylon who cast Ibrahim into the fire] prepared a big fire and wanted to cast Ibrahim into it with a crane, Gabriel came up to him and asked him if he needed any help. Ibrahim answered: "God bless you, God is the best agent; He will suffice". Then Michael came, saying he has the stores of rain and water at his disposal, and asked Ibrahim if he wanted him to put the fire out. Ibrahim refused.

Then the angel of wind came, asking for the same thing, but Ibrahim refused once more. Then Gabriel said: At least ask God to issue the appropriate order.