Depend solely on your Lord
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ... فَٱبۡتَغُواْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرِّزۡقَ وَٱعۡبُدُوهُ وَٱشۡكُرُواْ لَهُۥٓۖ إِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ... fabtaghoo ‘indal laahir rizqa wa’budoohu washkuroo lahooo ilaihi turja’oon Part of Al-Ankabut (The Spider) 29:17 seek, then, all [your] sustenance from God, and worship Him [alone] and be grateful to Him: [for] unto Him you shall be brought back! Depend solely on your Lord In the well known historical compilation Al-Bidāya wa-n-Nihāya ( البداية والنهاية ), The Beginning and The End, by Ibn Kathir , there is mention of the story of the grandson of sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattabؓ, known as Sālim ibn Abdullahؓ ibn Umarؓ. Once when Hisham bin Abdul Malik, one of the Umayyad rulers was performing Hajj , he saw Sālim performing Tawaf around the Ka'aba . Unadorned, with simple attire and handling pair of sandals in need of repair, the austere appearance caused an idea to form in the ruler's mind. P...