Day 10 | Ayat 10-11 | Trust in Allah

Instead of another illustration of mountains or a cave, I decided to illustrate the hadith of the camel in which a bedouin came to the Prophet Muhammad (saw) and asked, ‘Do I tie my camel and trust in Allah or do I leave her untied and trust in Allah?’ The Prophet (saw) replied, “Tie your camel and trust in Allah.”

When the youths fled the persecution of the King who threatened to kill them if they didn’t renounce their faith in Allah, they escaped to a cave where they sought refuge. Once in the cave, they prayed to Allah to bestow His mercy upon them and to facilitate for them their affairs. The wisdom here is to take action (dunya) and pray to Allah (akhira). You both do something in this world and you pray and have trust in Allah. The act of dua and prayer is rewarded as Allah will always answers your dua either in this life with what you asked for or better or in the hereafter with something better.

Allah then covered the young men’s ears so they would sleep. They slept for over 300 years while their dog stood guard at the opening of the cave.