Menurut pendapat Imam Ghazali r.a ; “tawakal membawa erti bahawa kita menyerahkan diri kepada Allah sewaktu menghadapai kesusahan atau ketika menghadapi waktu yang sukar dan genting dalam hidup ini . Pada ketika ini, hati perlu di teguhkan seteguh teguhnya sehingga ia mencapai satu titik ketenangan dan ketenteraman di dalam jiwa,"

Dalam erti kata lain ,“Tawakal ialah menyandarkan diri kepada Allah SWT tatkala menghadapi sesuatu kepentingan, besandar kepadaNya di waktu kesukaran , teguh hati tatkala ditimpa bencana disertai jiwa yg tenang dan hati yg tenteram.".

Menurut Abu-Zakaria Al-Ansari pula, “Tawakal adalah keteguhan hati dalam menyerahkan urusan kepada orang lain secara umumnya dan meletakkan kepada Allah secara khususnya ´´

"Dah cukup dah belajar, tawakal je lah!"

Ayat biasa kita dengar & guna, kan? Recently I heard a talk and realized how wrong was the concept we used to depended on! As what the definition given before, tawakal is to rely solely on Allah, when there is nothing else you could do anymore.

Talking about effort, the effort that we can always do that we forget is pray - doa. For example, until the day of releasing our results, there are many possibility that could happen. I sometimes accompany my aunt (who is a lecturer) to do works relating with marks, I noticed that there are some students who a lecturer just feel "sorry", "pity" (lol sorry I don't know how else I should describe hahahha), that we somehow tend to give a better marks. Ha! :O

Not everything can be done by machines. The only thing that can lead the hearts of our examiner is Allah, through doa. Yes, doa is the effort that we tend to forget, that we just sort of "tawakal" once we enter the exam hall.

Another thing is toward what we actually tawakal of :

Is it towards our effort, or Allah?

Bila kita kata "dah lah, cukup dah study, tawakal je lah". Seolah-olah kita tawakal kepada usaha kita sendiri pula! Padahal kita kena tawakal kepada Allah. Bukan usaha kita sendiri tu yang bagi kita rezeki, tentukan apa yang kita dapat, tapi Allah yang tentukan. Kita kena juga usaha sebaik mungkin, bila dah tak ada apa lagi yang boleh kita buat, baru lah kita bertawakal kepada Allah.

Kenapa kena tawakal?

To feel calm. To ensure that we have done our best. So that we won't blame anything else, even yourself, if things go beyond our expectation. Yes the writing today seems rushing, lack of explanation, I'm truly sorry but I just needed to leave it here before I forget, for my future reference. :D