The Accounting

الْحَسِيبُ

Al-Ḥasīb — The Reckoner

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Those unto whom men said: Lo! the people have gathered against you, therefor fear them. (The threat of danger) but increased the faith of them and they cried: Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust

Surah Āl ‘Imrān (3:173)

النية

Today, I will do my best and leave the accounting to Him.

تأمّل

Al-Ḥasīb is The Reckoner — but reckoning in the divine sense is not punitive bookkeeping. It is precise awareness. He counts what you give and what you withhold. He knows the exact measure of your effort and your capability. The reckoning of Al-Ḥasīb is perfect because it accounts for everything — including your struggles.

في هذه الآية

Sufficient — ḥasbunā. From the same root as Al-Ḥasīb. When you say Ḥasbunallāh, you are saying: His accounting of my situation is enough. I do not need another judge.

دعاء

The du’a of ultimate sufficiency. When every other support has fallen away, this remains.

حديث

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Take account of yourselves before you are taken to account, and weigh your deeds before they are weighed for you.'

— Reported by ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; cited by al-Tirmidhī, Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2459 (chapter on Reckoning) and others