AL-WAKEEL-The Trustee, The Disposer of Affairs The Universal Trustee
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The One who can be entrusted with all affairs. He is the ultimate Trustee, guardian and administrator of all things and we can trust in the fact that Al-Wakeel will provide the perfect resolution for every matter.
The One who gives the satisfaction and is relied upon.
Allah, Exalted be He, says, “Enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.” (Surat An-Nisaa”, 4:81) He also says, “You have made Allah your guarantor.” (Surat An-Nahl, 16:91)
Al-Wakeel means He is the disposer of affairs of all His creatures, the One who takes it upon Himself to provide for them, grant their requests, fulfil their needs, and the One who controls life and death and assists and protects those who seek His refuge.
He is also the One who takes care of His righteous servants’ affairs by guiding them to all that is easy, and keeping them away from all that causes them hardship.
Al-Kafeel means the witness, the guardian, the protector and the guarantor.
Benefits of belief in these names include the following:
Worshiping Allah alone without associating any partner with Him, loving Him, exalting Him, venerating Him, truly relying on Him, having hope in His mercy and fearing His punishment.
Being confident that Allah will certainly provide for us, doing our best to earn livelihoods that He approves and relying on Him when doing so after using all the lawful means.
Having total trust in Allah, Exalted be He, fully assured that He is sufficient for His righteous servants and takes good care of them and thinking well of Him. This will make us hopeful and help dispel all traces of fear, despair and frustration from them.
The One who directly and ever-presently observes everything in creation. The One from whose knowledge nothing is hidden.
The One who witnesses both that which is seen and that which is unseen. The One who has knowledge of all that happens everywhere at all times.
The One who is the ultimate witness on judgment day.
From the root sh-h-d which has the following classical Arabic connotations:
to bear witness
to offer testimony
to have knowledge of, to experience
to be present with
This name is used in the Qur’ān. For example, see 85:9