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The Sufficient One
Is Allah not sufficient for His servant? Yet they try to scare
you with others apart from Him. If Allah misguides some-
one, he has no guide. (Surat az-Zumar, 39:36)

Those who do not have a firm belief in Allah are afraid of many
things, such as other people and natural disasters. Others are obsessed
with losing their possessions or their loved ones. However, Allah ad-
dresses those who have firm belief in Him as follows:
The Lord of the heavens and Earth and everything in be-
tween them, if you are people with certainty. There is no
deity but Him—He gives life and causes to die—your Lord
and the Lord of your forefathers, the previous peoples.
(Surat ad-Dukhan, 44:7-8)
As Allah informs us, He is the One God. Believers are well aware
that nothing can harm or help them without Allah’s permission. In the
face of hardship, they turn to Allah out of their awareness that only He
will help and answer their prayers. They do so because they know that
He is the Almighty and that all other beings are powerless, unless He
wills otherwise.
Thus, for believers only Allah can answer their calls for help and
guidance. This means that they have no need to fear any other being or
person. About this issue, the latter part of the verse above, “Is Allah
not sufficient for His servant?” reads as follows:
… and if Allah guides someone, he cannot be misguided. Is
Allah not Almighty, Exactor of Revenge? ... If you ask them:
“Who created the heavens and Earth?” they will say:

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