Qur’an verses and hadith about trust in Allah
Tawakkul begins where your own effort ends rather than instead of it — the camel is tied first, and then it is left to Allah. Each one carries its full source and a short explanation of what it was answering.
- The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, while there is good in both.Sahih Muslim 2664
- When you ask, ask Allah. When you seek help, seek help from Allah.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2516
- Tie your camel and then put your trust in Allah.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2517
- If you relied upon Allah with true reliance, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds: they set out hungry in the morning and return full in the evening.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2344
- The greatest reward comes with the greatest trial. When Allah loves a people, He tests them; whoever is content attains His pleasure, and whoever is discontent attains His displeasure.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2396
- Your Lord is Generous and Shy. When His servant raises his hands to Him, He is shy to return them empty.Sunan Abi Dawud 1488
- O Turner of the hearts, keep my heart firm upon Your religion.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2140
- O son of Adam, as long as you call upon Me and place your hope in Me, I will forgive you whatever comes from you. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then sought My forgiveness, I would forgive you.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3540
- Indeed My mercy prevails over My wrath.Sahih al-Bukhari 7554
- I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me.Sahih al-Bukhari 7405
- Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His servant than one of you who suddenly finds his lost camel in the desert.Sahih al-Bukhari 6309
- My servant has known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and holds accountable for them; I have forgiven My servant.Sahih al-Bukhari 7507
- All the children of Adam sin, and the best of those who sin are those who repent.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2499
- Whoever repents before the sun rises from the west, Allah will accept his repentance.Sahih Muslim 2703
- Verily, with hardship comes ease.Quran 94:6
- And He found you lost and guided you.Quran 93:7
- And whoever relies upon Allah - then He is sufficient for him.Quran 65:3
- Call upon Me; I will respond to you.Quran 40:60
- And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out.Quran 65:2
- Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.Quran 2:286
- Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah, hearts are assured.Quran 13:28
- Do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.Quran 39:53
- Do not fear and do not grieve, but receive good tidings of Paradise.Quran 41:30
- Indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me.Quran 2:186
- There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.Quran 21:87
- Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself.Quran 3:8
- And I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of His servants.Quran 40:44
- And the Hereafter is better for you than this first life.Quran 93:4
- O reassured soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing.Quran 89:27-28
- When you have decided, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely upon Him.Quran 3:159
- Allah will bring about, after hardship, ease.Quran 65:7
- Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us.Quran 9:40
- Fear not. Indeed, I am with you; I hear and I see.Quran 20:46
- And We are closer to him than his jugular vein.Quran 50:16
- It is He who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the believers.Quran 48:4
- Despair not of relief from Allah.Quran 12:87
- Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.Quran 3:173
- Sufficient for me is Allah; there is no deity except Him. Upon Him I have relied.Quran 9:129
- If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you.Quran 3:160
- Whoever wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.Quran 4:110
- Perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah knows, while you know not.Quran 2:216
- No disaster strikes except by permission of Allah; and whoever believes in Allah, He will guide his heart.Quran 64:11
- Those who remember Allah standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and reflect upon the creation of the heavens and the earth.Quran 3:191
- Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant, and He loves those who purify themselves.Quran 2:222
- Repent to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow.Quran 66:8
- Allah will replace their evil deeds with good ones. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.Quran 25:70
- Your Lord has decreed upon Himself mercy.Quran 6:54
- Those who, when they wrong themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who forgives sins except Allah?Quran 3:135
- And return to your Lord and submit to Him.Quran 39:54
- Indeed, I am the Perpetual Forgiver of whoever repents and believes and does righteousness and then continues in guidance.Quran 20:82
- And it is He who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds.Quran 42:25
- Those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed - indeed, your Lord thereafter is Forgiving and Merciful.Quran 7:153
- Forgiver of sin and Acceptor of repentance; there is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.Quran 40:3
- Indeed, your Lord is full of forgiveness for people despite their wrongdoing.Quran 13:6
- Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness.Quran 53:32
- He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.Quran 59:22
- Allah - there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.Quran 20:8
- Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Aware?Quran 67:14
- Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.Quran 35:30
- And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate.Quran 85:14
- Indeed, it is Allah who is the Provider, the firm possessor of strength.Quran 51:58
- Allah is Subtle and Kind with His servants; He gives provision to whom He wills.Quran 42:19
- He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him.Quran 40:65
- And when I am ill, it is He who cures me.Quran 26:80
- Indeed, We found him patient - an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back to Allah.Quran 38:44
- No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me.Quran 26:62
- My Lord, my bones have weakened and my head has filled with white, but never have I been unhappy in my supplication to You.Quran 19:4
- Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.Quran 71:10
- The decision is only for Allah; upon Him I have relied, and upon Him let those who would rely, rely.Quran 12:67
- Truly in the heart there is a void that cannot be removed except with the company of Allah.Ibn al-Qayyim
- What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart; wherever I go, it goes with me and never leaves me.Ibn Taymiyyah
- The heart on its journey to Allah is like a bird: love is its head, and hope and fear are its two wings.Ibn al-Qayyim (Madarij al-Salikin)
- Let the days do what they will, and be content when fate has decreed.Imam al-Shafii (Diwan)
- When my heart hardened and my ways narrowed, I made my hope a ladder to Your forgiveness.Imam al-Shafii (Diwan)