The Meaning of Tawfīq:
Ibn al Qayyim رَحِمَهُ الله said in explaining Manāzil al-Sā’irīn (i.e. Madārij al-Sālikīn)
“Tawfīq is that Allah, from Himself, wants to do with the slave that which brings about the rectitude of the slave by enabling him to do what pleases Him, choosing, loving, and preferring that over anything else; while causing him to hate what He is displeased with or dislikes. This is purely the action of Allah and the slave is its recipient.”
Al Baghawi رَحِمَهُ الله said,
“Tawfīq from Allah is creating one’s ability to obey Him and easing the path of good, its opposite is khidhlān (being forsaken).”
Source: Ghadhā’ al Albāb fī Sharḥ Manẓūmah al Adāb 2/472
Translated by: Ustadh Abu Suhailah Umar Quinn حفظه الله
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