Let's Read Surah Kahf Today (Friday) -- Don't Worry About Anything

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

We worry too much. Do you know that worrying is the most unproductive thing you can do in life?

We worry and run after material things believing that these things are our providers. We need to take time out to reflect on one of the greatest attributes of Allah, i.e. Ar-Razzaq. We all know about Him as The Provider, but do we really internalize it? Do our hearts deeply rely on the providence of Allah?

Allah stated in Qur'an:

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّ‌زَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ ﴿٥٨

Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong. [Qur'an, Adh-Dhariyat 51:58]

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱذْكُرُ‌وا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ هَلْ مِنْ خَـٰلِقٍ غَيْرُ‌ ٱللَّهِ يَرْ‌زُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْ‌ضِ ۚ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٣

Is there any creator other than Allah, Who provides you from the heaven and the earth? There is no god but He. How, then, are you turning away (from Him). [Qur'an, Fatir 35:3]

These Qur'anic verses are a reminder for us that Allah is the One who provides for us. Generally we assume that provision is only for material things, especially money. But this attribute of Allah is immense, and it reveals that Allah is The Provider of each and everything.

وَٱصْبِرْ‌ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَ‌بَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَو‌ٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِ‌يدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِ‌يدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَو‌ٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِ‌نَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ‌هُۥ فُرُ‌طًا ﴿٢٨

And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect. (28) [Qur'an, Al-Kahf 18:28]

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wassallam.

And Allah knows and Allah alone grant success.
Wassalaam