there are some people in this world they think they can do everything because of themselves I'm really intelligent I have a really reliable car I'm a really good driver I know the best way to get there before I get laate i i i i every all the Reliance is on myself the reason I have a successful business is because I have a really good business plan the reason I have a good job is because I went to a good school and I got a good GPA and I have a good resume so it's all about
relying on yourself and they have these it's actually a multi hundreds of millions of dollars of industry of the the the self-help and self motivational industry which the beginning and the end of it is you can do anything you're amazing you don't even realize your own power and your own potential and people pay thousands of dollars to go for a weekend to hear them say you can brush your own teeth and you can take your own flights or what whatever and they get fired up because there's this idea of the self the power of the
self which has some validity but on the other hand there are people on The Other Extreme there are people who say I can't do anything I'm just a m I'm just a Ab of Allah what am I I'm not worth the you know the dust of somebody's feet who you know I'm nothing I'm made of you know I'm made of a n like Allah describes this humble pathetic creature then I can't really do anything at all they have no self-confidence at all and they say Allah does everything I do nothing Allah does everything I do
nothing and these people you know what ends up happening they they do nothing in life and when nothing happens they say well Allah decided nothing should happen so they blame everything everything on Allah on the one hand you have people that rely none on Allah entirely on themselves and On The Other Extreme you have people who rely only on Allah and put no effort themselves this Ayah among many in the Quran is an Ayah of balance you have to make commitment you have to take action but you are the same one who has to understand
that your commitment and your action and your capability is in the hands of your and he will only Grant it to you when you make the when you try to fulfill it when you make the best of your efforts sometimes your plans and Allah's plans are the same sometimes sometimes you decide to go somewhere and Allah decides to let you go also sometimes you decide to go to a college and Allah gives you admission into that college also you decide to graduate early and Allah lets you graduate early also so things go according to your
plan all that means is your plan and Allah's plan was the same for that one thing but sometimes your plan and Allah's plan are not the same sometimes you want to stay in that job for 10 years but you get fired after 6 months sometimes you apply to this school and you had the best application but you still didn't get in and people with a worse application than you got in it happens sometimes your plans and Allah's plans are not the same these ayat are recognizing that not everything will go according to my plan I
will still have to make a plan I will still have to put in the effort but at the end of the day it is Allah who will decide whether this plan will come through or not
