And He provides for him by His might and power by bringing forth the means in religion, this world, and the Hereafter, in a manner similar to what he has brought forth from the performance of the commands.

And when the sweetest gifts are those that come from a place that is not hoped for, He said: "From where he does not expect." This means that his hope for it is not strong. And He confirmed this and magnified the promise because, although it is general for every pious person, its connection to what has preceded is stronger. The consideration of what has preceded regarding the rights of the servants is greater, the pressure in it is more intense, and the motivations towards it are more compelling. Therefore, being cautious in it by not divorcing during menstruation and causing harm to the woman by prolonging the waiting period, or expelling her from the dwelling, and concealing testimony, and being difficult in its performance, and neglecting something of it, and emphasizing and fulfilling the promise due to what human beings are created with of anxiety regarding their affairs. He added to this His saying: "And whoever relies" [meaning] he entrusts all his affairs and delegates them, depending on Allah, the King, in whose hand is all things and there is no equal to Him. He has gathered the three pillars upon which reliance is only valid: comprehensive knowledge so that He does not deceive him, complete ability so that He does not fail, and mercy towards the one who relies [and care for him] so that He does not wrong him. Reliance should be accompanied by direct engagement with the causes, for it is one of the great stations; otherwise, it would be mere dependence, and not a station but a lowly ambition and lack of nobility, for it would be the nullification of the wisdom of Allah which He has established in this world by arranging the causes upon the means - as said by Al-Malwi. "So He" meaning Allah, in the unseen of His unseen, is beyond the witness due to his reliance. "Is sufficient for him," meaning He is enough for him. He omitted the related matter for the sake of generalization, and the particle of elevation to indicate that he has entrusted all his affairs to Him, glorified is He, for He is the Strong who nothing can disobey, and the Generous who is good at carrying and taking care of that, and the Mighty who wards off all harm from him and brings him all good. To other than that from the great meanings, nothing appears to Him in the realm of witness that would cause him distress, neither from the unseen nor from the unseen of the unseen. And in the hadith: "If you truly relied upon Allah with the right reliance, He would provide for you as He provides for the bird, which goes out hungry in the morning and returns full in the evening."

And when that matter is something that is hardly encompassed by imagination, He explained it with His saying, emphasizing it and making it clear in a place of concealment: "Indeed, Allah" meaning the One who encompasses all perfection, free from any blemish of deficiency, "is decisive in His command," meaning all that He wills, so it must come to pass, whether reliance occurs or not. He called it a command to indicate that it is something that deserves to be commanded and that it is swift in coming to be; if it is willed, it does not fail in any way, but it is like a small command to the great and majestic King.

And when the striking of the measures by the Able One necessitates the absence of any deficiency in them, He explained that by what necessitates the obligation of the promise and reliance, saying: ﴿Indeed, Allah has made﴾ that is, the King who has no equal and no one to reverse His judgment, an absolute decree without being constrained by direction or location. ﴿For everything, there is a measure﴾ that is, a determination that cannot be exceeded in its quantity, time, place, and all its contingencies and states, even if all of creation strives to exceed it. So whoever relies (on Allah) benefits from the reward and has his pain alleviated, and tranquility is cast into his heart. And whoever does not rely (on Allah) will not benefit from that, and his pain increases, and his distress prolongs due to his intense striving and the disappointment of the means he believes to be successful. So whoever is pleased, for him is pleasure, and whoever is displeased, for him is displeasure. The pen has dried, so nothing is added to the measures nor is anything taken away from them. It is narrated that a man came to Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: Grant me from what Allah has granted you. He said: Do you read the Qur'an? He said: No. He said: We do not appoint one who does not read the Qur'an. The man turned away and exerted himself until he learned the Qur'an, hoping to return to Umar and be appointed by him. When he learned the Qur'an, he lagged behind Umar, and one day Umar saw him and said: O this! Have you abandoned us? He said: O Commander of the Believers! I am not one who abandons. But I learned the Qur'an, and Allah has made me independent of Umar and the door of Umar. He said: Which verse has made you independent? He said: His saying, the Exalted: ﴿And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out﴾ [At-Talaq: 2] ﴿And will provide for him from where he does not expect﴾. It ends here. And whoever relies on others besides Him, glorified and exalted is He, will be lost because he does not know the benefits, and even if he knows them, he does not know where they are. And if he knows, he does not know when to utilize them. And if he knows, he does not know how much of the measure is to be used. And if he knows, he does not know how to utilize them. And He, glorified is He, is unique in the knowledge of all that and what no one else knows as it should be known. The verse indicates that whoever does not fear Allah, He constricts for him. And this is in accordance with what Ibn Hibban narrated in his Sahih and Al-Hakim, and the wording is his - and he said: The chain is authentic - from Thawban, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, said: "Nothing repels the decree except supplication, and nothing increases life except righteousness, and indeed a man is deprived of provision due to a sin he commits." And it is understood that whoever does not rely will not be sufficient for anything from the matters.