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qul lan yuṣībanā ʾillā mā kataba llāhu lanā huwa mawlānā wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-l-yatawakkali l-muʾminūna
Say, ‘Nothing will befall us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our master, and in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 51
51 . “Say: ‘Never shall afflict us (anything) save what Allah has prescribed for us; He is our Master; and on Allah should the believers rely’.”
The leader of a community and the community itself are partners with each other in sorrows and joys. We are commissioned to our duties, not sureties to their results. We go forth in Holy Struggle, but determinations are with Allah. The verse says:
Whatever Allah prescribes for a believing servant is good, since never does a master prescribe some bad things for his servant. A believer lives under the mastership of Allah (s.w.t.); and the highest peak of monotheism is to run alongside the orbit of Divine Law, and also leaving the fate to the Will of Allah, the Wise. It says:
On Allah (s.w.t.) alone should a believer rely, because the condition of Faith is relying on Allah. The verse says: