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Tawakkul
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Tawakkul is reliance on God: trusting Him with an outcome after taking the appropriate, permitted means available. Classical scholarship describes it as compatible with practical effort, not a substitute for it. It is often discussed alongside sabr, patience, in matters of hardship.
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