God helps those who help
This proverb refers to the very old
tendency of man's dependence upon God for doing or accomplishing something.
This tendency is originated from a misconception of God's help in human
affairs. Those who have a wrong idea about God's help in any matter may believe
that God will do things for them. And from that misconception, they may tend to
sit idle and expect God to do particular things for them. But that is a wrong
idea about God. It is true that everything depends on God's will and if a man
makes sincere efforts to achieve something, he will not be able to achieve his
objective if God does not
want it. For example, if a man makes efforts to get a
job of very high salary, he will not get such a job if God does not want it.
But it does not also mean that a man should sit idle, and God will
automatically send things according to his desire. That will not happen for
common men. Of course, for extraordinary saints God sometimes gives things
without any efforts on the part of those saints. But that is miraculous, and
such things do not happen for ordinary people. For example, if an ordinary man
wants that food should be cooked for him, and he does not do anything for
cooking his food, his food will never be cooked, and he will go without food.
But God may send food to a saint
if he wills.
So, for an ordinary man, or for
human beings in general, God's law is that they should make effort, and depend
on God for results and then God will help them. There is a Hadith, "Depend
on God, but tie your camel." This literally means that you should depend
on God for the protection of your camel. It metaphorically means, if you want
to achieve anything, do the thing yourself, and depend on God for the result.
God helps those who make effort for achieving something.
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