Islamic Pearls

Tawakul!

Firstly, I was tempted to say that I would take a book on how to build a boat by yourself, but I’m not sure that would help without a chainsaw. So then I thought…. chainsaw… book. Book… chainsaw. Hmm. And so I quickly figured it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to keep along that train of thought, especially since I’m not sure how I would survive on a dinky little boat in the middle of the vast sea unless I was planning on catching food a la Tom Hanks in “Cast Away” – and if you were wondering before for whatever reason, let me put your mind to rest and say – no I do not know how to catch live fish with my bare hands.

So why tawakul you ask? Well firstly, if I were to be stranded on an island, I probably wouldn’t have much choice in being there, let alone having much choice in what to bring. If someone were to genuinely ask me this question, I’d say – “well if I’m already stranded on the island, how can I take something with me? Wouldn’t that mean I planned the whole thing to begin with? Who would plan to be stranded on an island?” Anyhow, the conversation would probably continue in that manner, but in lieu of the hypothetical-ness of this question, let

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