Ya'juj and Ma'juj

Summary

Two corrupting nations confined by Dhu'l-Qarnayn behind a dam of iron and molten copper; they dig at it daily until God's promise comes and they surge forth from every height, drain the Sea of Tiberias, and are destroyed by the naghaf ¹ ².

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Trust in God (tawakkul)

Tawakkul in the forty-ninth hadith of Ibn Rajab's additions is the heart's worship answered with provision: 'were you to put your trust in God as He deserves, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds — they set out hungry in the morning and return full in the evening' — true tawakkul is the heart's reliance on God for obtaining what is sought together with taking the means, as the birds' own morning flight shows, not the abandoning of effort; the birds themselves set out and return, joining work with entrustment (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam p. 914). Riyad al-Salihin collects in its chapter on certainty and trust the Prophet's own words: the prayer «Allahumma laka aslamtu wa-bika amantu wa-alayka tawakkaltu wa-ilaayka anabtu wa-bika khasamtu» agreed upon by both Sahihs, the phrase «hasbunallahu wa-nimma al-wakil» spoken by Ibrahim when cast into the fire and by the Prophet when the polytheists said «the people have gathered against you, so fear them» at Uhud, and the seventy thousand who enter paradise without reckoning or punishment — «those who do not practise ruqya nor seek it, do not take omens, and rely on their Lord»

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Trust in God (tawakkul)