This article was automatically translated from the original Turkish version.
During a casual family conversation, I heard a relative say:
“Our matter has been left to Allah.”
At first glance, the phrase seemed familiar and innocent. In fact, from the perspective of our faith, it carried a truth. But upon reflection, I realized it conveyed a much deeper meaning about how we mentally position Allah in our lives.
Because often, we utter this phrase when all avenues have been exhausted and nothing more can be done. It is as if we have knocked on every door one by one, returned empty-handed from each, and finally arrive at the door of Allah.
“Our matter has been left to Allah.”
Temsili Görsel (Çizim: Esra Abdulazizoğlu)
How then do we reduce the Almighty, Infinite Power that we believe in to a mere last resort?
Yet Allah is not a final possibility that enters our lives only when all else fails. He is our Lord, who governs us at every moment, sees us, knows us, and is closer to us than we are to ourselves.
We do not wait for office hours to pray. We do not make an appointment. We do not prepare documents. We do not wait in line for a number at His door.
So why do we sometimes compare our turning to Allah to the helplessness of a citizen waiting all day in line at a government office to submit paperwork?
Why do we turn to Him only after all our means have been exhausted?
We believe, and thank God, there is no problem with that. But perhaps the issue is not our belief itself, but rather the way we have misplaced the truth we believe in within our lives.
Instead of placing trust in Him at the center of our lives, we sometimes treat Him as a last resort.
Yet reliance upon Allah is not about turning to Him in despair after exhausting every possible action. It is knowing from the very beginning that the path we walk is encompassed by His knowledge and power.
Drinking a glass of water…
At first glance, how ordinary an act.
Yet behind the hand reaching for that glass are millions of cells working simultaneously.
How vast a system must function flawlessly for even one glass of water to be consumed.
Opening our eyes, breathing, walking, feeling thirsty…
None of these are merely “daily routines.”
Each is, in fact, a great blessing we overlook without realizing.
Perhaps one of the greatest human delusions is accepting the continuation of life as ordinary as life itself.
Yet even the most ordinary and seemingly simple moments of life are, in themselves, states of utter need.
Because even to drink a glass of water, I am in need of Him.
And not only today;
I will always be in need, and this will never change.
Striving is our responsibility, yes.
Knocking on doors, exerting effort, taking precautions…
All of these are our duties.
Yet while doing all these things, a person must feel somewhere within them the firm ground of this truth:
I am never alone.
Reliance begins precisely here: fulfilling one’s responsibility without forgetting that the source of one’s existence and power lies in Him.
Therefore, saying “our matter has been left to Allah” is, in fact, impossible.
Because our matter has never been independent of Him to begin with, so that it could finally be left to Him. Even when things went well, they were in His hands. Even when doors closed, they were in His hands. Even when we strive, we strive by His power. Even when we await results, we have always been in need of His decree.
He is not the last door we turn to.
He is the solid foundation upon which we lean from our first step to our last breath.
That is why:
My matter has always been in Allah’s hands.
I simply fulfill what is my duty: I knock on doors, exert effort, take precautions, and continue walking. And while doing all this, I know I am not alone.
And perhaps the courage to lay down the burden on one’s shoulders onto this firm foundation begins precisely here.
