وفقك الله

[𐎒𐎄𐎗𐎚 𐎒𐎅𐎊𐎍]

Assalamu alaikum

People say waffaqakallah. This is translated "May Allah give you tawfeeq"

What does tawfeeq mean though?

 

[Romeel]

Assalamu alaikum

People say waffaqakallah. This is translated "May Allah give you tawfeeq"

What does tawfeeq mean though?

توفيق = Good luck

أو يختصرونها فيقولون

بالتوفيق

 

[Sadda7]

توفيق is the masdar of وَفَّقَ, here is its meaning in Lane's Lexicon:

وَفَّقَهُ ٱللّٰهُ:​

God accommodated him, adapted him, or disposed him, or directed him, to the right course;
God made him to take, or follow, a right way, course, or direction, [in an affair]: or directed him by inspiration to that which was good, or to prosperity.

 

[Ali Smith]

توفيق is the masdar of وَفَّقَ, here is its meaning in Lane's Lexicon:

وَفَّقَهُ ٱللّٰهُ:​

God accommodated him, adapted him, or disposed him, or directed him, to the right course;
God made him to take, or follow, a right way, course, or direction, [in an affair]: or directed him by inspiration to that which was good, or to prosperity.

عَنْ مُعَاذٍ أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمَّا بَعَثَهُ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَرَضَ لَكَ قَضَاءٌ كَيْفَ تَقْضِى قَالَ أَقْضِى بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَبِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَجْتَهِدُ رَأْيِى وَلَا آلُو قَالَ فَضَرَبَ صَدْرَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى وَفَّقَ رَسُولَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لِمَا يُرْضِى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

(سنن الدارمي)

What would you say about this instance of it? Do you think الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى وَفَّقَ رَسُولَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لِمَا يُرْضِى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ means "Praise be to Allah, who directed Allah's Messenger's messenger by inspiration toward what pleases Allah's Messenger."? According to Islamic theology, does God inspire people other than prophets?

 

[analeeh]

That meaning seems to make sense there. I think 'inspiration' here would be a broader sense than what is meant by وحي.

 

[𒀀𒁍𒄷𒊑 𒂊𒁁 𒀠𒁍𒊻𒁺𒉌]

If that's what it means, how does وما توفيقي إلا بالله make any sense?

 

[Mahaodeh]

It can be translated to English in different ways. In your example I would translate it to: my success [in whatever I aim for] comes only from God.