Christians Accompnying Muslims during Ramadan 2021
(4) Thiqqa – trust
The word thiqqa in Arabic means “trust, confidence, faith, reliance”. This can be trust in a fellow human being, but for Muslims it is especially trust in God. Islam comes from a root meaning “submission” or “peace”. “Muslims are those who surrender to God’s will or law, rendering them in peace with themselves and with God” (John L. Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, p.144).
One of the Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God is al-Ṣamad, often translated as Eternal, but also indicating “one to whom one turns in need”, one’s refuge. It could be translated by the name for God often found in the Psalms: “the Rock”, One who is utterly reliable, worthy of complete trust (see Ps 18).
Another Arabic word, from the same root as thiqqa, is mîthâq “covenant”. This is the term used for the pact between God and human beings even before creation took place:
[Prophet], when your Lord took out the offspring from the loins of the children of Adam and made them bear witness about themselves. He said, “Am I not your Lord?” and they replied, “Yes, we bear witness” (Q 7:172).
This means that all human beings have an innate acceptance of God as their Creator and Lord.
“The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God, and God never ceases to draw man to himself.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no.27).
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