What did Ibn al-Qayyim say about reliance on Allah (tawakkul)?
Tawakkul is one of the highest stations in Madārij al-Sālikīn. Ibn al-Qayyim distinguished the reliance of scholars, the reliance of the elect, and the reliance that dissolves the self into the decree.
1 passages from 1 book in the library
The classical approach.
These passages are drawn from 1 book by Imam al-Ghazali — part of the classical Sunni tradition that carries over a thousand years of reflection on the Qurʾān, the authentic Sunnah, and the consensus of the early community. Nothing below is a paraphrase. The words are the scholars' own, translated from the original Arabic manuscripts.
11th–12th century · Ṭūs, Khurāsān
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"Now if you ask whether such a foundational belief in monotheism can serve as the basis for reliance on God, the answer is yes."
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