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Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 27, 2025.

Trust Allah while taking the means

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“It might not be the result that you want but it is the result that is best for you.”

The khateeb, at 81:00

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In one sentence

True tawakkul means trusting Allah, the Ever-Living, while taking practical means, remembering Him in ease and hardship, and accepting His decree.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces the command in Surah al-Furqan to trust Allah, the Ever-Living, amid the Prophet’s hardships.
  2. Explains Allah’s permanence and connects tawakkul to the daily recitation of seeking worship and support.
  3. Distinguishes reliance from passivity: believers must strive, plan, and take practical means.
  4. Warns against relying on wealth, status, knowledge, or lineage through examples of Fir'aun and Qarun.
  5. Urges remembering Allah in prosperity, maintaining obligations, and finding tranquility in His decree.
  6. Closes with the cave episode, communal prayers, and renewed encouragement to trust Allah.
Try this week
Take lawful, practical steps toward goals such as employment, marriage, and sustenance.
Remember and glorify Allah consistently in both ease and hardship.
Maintain salah, zakah, Ramadan fasting, and other religious obligations.
Attribute success and blessings to Allah rather than claiming self-sufficiency.
Study Allah’s attributes and draw closer to Him through worship.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 25Provides the central command to trust the Ever-Living who never dies.
Surah 28Illustrates that everything perishes except Allah, emphasizing His permanence.
Surah 68The garden owners illustrate how wealth and charitable legacies can be lost.
Surah 55Allah’s continual management of affairs supports trusting His wisdom.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“when things are good when things are going well make sure you remember Allah ya'arizuka fi shidda when things are hopeless when things are desperate Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala He will remember you”
ICCC · Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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“because there is no trust there is no tranquility if you are truly to put your trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you will feel tranquility in your heart”
ICCC · Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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“it might not be the result that you want but it is the result that is best for you”
ICCC · Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah reminded us that Allah is the Ever-Living, so our deepest trust belongs to Him. Tawakkul does not mean sitting still: we should work, plan, and take sensible means while knowing that Allah controls the result. We should remember and praise Allah in good times, not only turn to Him in trouble, and keep up our prayers and other obligations. The Prophet’s Hijrah showed this balance through careful preparation and complete reliance on Allah. When outcomes differ from our plans, we can seek patience and peace, trusting Allah’s wisdom while continuing to do what is right.

  1. What is one goal you can work toward while asking Allah for help?
  2. How can we remember Allah when life is going well, not just when we are worried?
  3. Which part of the Hijrah story shows both planning and trust?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Community Cultural Center (ICCC)879 S Beverwyck Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054ArchiveAll khutbahs at ICCC75 khutbahs
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