Don't shirk responsibility! Give yourself your all to the work you are doing and continue to do it to the best of your ability. At the same time, do not create tension, trust and allow your activity to become a prayer, without being tied to results.
The master was traveling with one of his students. Very tired, late in the evening they stopped for the night in a caravanserai. That evening it was the student’s turn to look after the camel, but he didn’t bother about it and left the camel on the street. He simply prayed to God:
“Take care of the camel,” said the student, and went to bed.
In the morning the camel was not there - it was stolen or ran away, something happened. The master asks:
- Where is our camel?
- Don't know. “Ask God,” the student answers blithely. “I told him to take care of the camel.” I was tired too, so I don't know what happened. It's not my fault, since I asked God, and very politely! You always taught me: “Trust God,” and I did.
“Yes, it’s true, you need to trust God,” the Master told him. “But you should have been the first to take care of the camel - after all, God has no other hands but yours.” Believe in Allah, but tie your camel at night. If God wants to look after the camel, he must use someone's hands. He has no other way. And this is your camel! The best way, the easiest and shortest, is to do it yourself. Take care of the camel, and then you can trust God. Do the best you can. In this case, there is no desire for the result, there is no guarantee.
So you do what you can, and then something happens in accordance with your actions. This is the meaning of taking care of the camel: do what you can, do not shirk responsibility, and then, regardless of whether something happens or nothing happens, trust God...
It is very easy to trust Allah and be lazy. It is just as easy to distrust Allah and be a doer. The third path is difficult - to trust Allah and be a doer.
But then you are a tool. God is the real performer, you are just an instrument in his hands. Such activity is a type of prayer, without the desire for a specific result. This is not dichotomy. Trust will help you remain undivided, and taking care of the camel will help you to be alive and vital.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru