Amazing insights. I had been really struggling to grasp this idea of relying on Allah and putting in the effort as well. This clarifies a lot. Thank you.
I have a question that I want to ask you. I have been struggling with this lately.
How much control do we have over our affairs? We know that we need to work hard to achieve something, but as you wrote in the article that even the motivation to work comes from Allah. Can you explain this for me?
Much of the reason why I do what I do (i.e. help people find their purpose aka their divine duty) is because I've found this to be the best formula to activate any individual to have internal motivation than anything else (bar a serious life crisis).
Our deen is one based on action action action. When Musa (as) had fear - he was told take action. So many other prophetic examples - Ayyub (as), etc. The hadith 'tie your camel and trust in Allah' - the taking action comes first.
There's also the hadith if you're planting a seed and the last day comes, carry on planting... this means we should not do work based on expecting a certain outcome. We should continue doing the work, even if tomorrow is not guaranteed. The RESULTS come from Allah, you have to do the work.
This is why much of what we have to fix, is not necessarily our action taking, but our mindset. Why are we unable to take action? We are confused, distracted, we have fear, traumas, and we lack clarity. All of these we need to overcome. And purpose helps to resolve all of them.
In terms of how much control we have - we have been given the gift of the immense power of dua - which is said it can even change our destiny if done with the right intensity. The key to all of this IS to act with ihsan and intensity in whatever we do. Half-heartedness will get us nowhere.
Amazing insights. I had been really struggling to grasp this idea of relying on Allah and putting in the effort as well. This clarifies a lot. Thank you.
I have a question that I want to ask you. I have been struggling with this lately.
How much control do we have over our affairs? We know that we need to work hard to achieve something, but as you wrote in the article that even the motivation to work comes from Allah. Can you explain this for me?
Much of the reason why I do what I do (i.e. help people find their purpose aka their divine duty) is because I've found this to be the best formula to activate any individual to have internal motivation than anything else (bar a serious life crisis).
Our deen is one based on action action action. When Musa (as) had fear - he was told take action. So many other prophetic examples - Ayyub (as), etc. The hadith 'tie your camel and trust in Allah' - the taking action comes first.
There's also the hadith if you're planting a seed and the last day comes, carry on planting... this means we should not do work based on expecting a certain outcome. We should continue doing the work, even if tomorrow is not guaranteed. The RESULTS come from Allah, you have to do the work.
This is why much of what we have to fix, is not necessarily our action taking, but our mindset. Why are we unable to take action? We are confused, distracted, we have fear, traumas, and we lack clarity. All of these we need to overcome. And purpose helps to resolve all of them.
In terms of how much control we have - we have been given the gift of the immense power of dua - which is said it can even change our destiny if done with the right intensity. The key to all of this IS to act with ihsan and intensity in whatever we do. Half-heartedness will get us nowhere.
Thank you for the wise words 💯🙂