He is the Nourisher of all creation.
Allah creates the nourishment of each of His creatures before He creates them. No one can take away the nourishment destined for each element of the creation.
The sustenance due to one will not run out until death overtakes him. Look at the plants, look at the birds. Think of the twins in the womb of the mother, how each takes its destined nourishment without trying to take away from the other and without fighting. Yet the same twins who tranquilly and peacefully received their sustenance through their mother's lifeblood, coming into this world and growing up, may kill each other for the inheritance of their mother. Has Allah told them, "When you come into the world, go and fetch your own sustenance, I am done with you"? Has He forgotten to give them their sustenance?
Allah is 'Alim. He is Khabir. He does not forget. He does not fall into error. He is Qayyum, Muhaymin, the Lord of the Universes. He does not lose sight of His creation, nor does He fail in His protection and care for it even for a split second.
He gives nourishment without being asked to the ones who cannot ask and work for their own nourishment. For the ones who can, Allah has created means of sustenance. He needs no means. Because Allah wills it, His servants may choose between lawful and unlawful means.
Opting for the unlawful will not increase your sustenance. Whatever your nourishment is and wherever you receive it, it can only be your lot. The means do not create the sustenance. They do not even give the sustenance. The means are like pipes coming from Allah the Nourisher to each and every creation. The nourishment in them flows as death presses from the end of the pipes. Death will not come upon you until your nourishment is finished, and it will certainly come upon you after your last mouthful and breath.
Therefore a faithful servant of Allah, who believes that Allah al-Muqit is the creator and giver of his nourishment until the day of his death, counts on Allah's promise alone. He opts for the lawful means. He does not endanger his life here and in the Hereafter with evil ambition, treachery, and lying to try to get the sustenance due to others.
'Abd al-Muqit is given the awareness of the needs of others and the means to satisfy those needs at the right time in the right amount without delay and with nothing lacking.1
AL-MUQIT - He Who is Cognizant and Capable of Providing His Creation With Everything It Needs
The meaning of al-Muqit is that He is the creator of nourishment. (The nourishment) He conveys to the bodies is food, and (that which) He conveys to the hearts is knowledge. Thus it has the same meaning as ar-Razzaq except that al-Muqit is more specific than ar-Razzaq. For sustenance includes nourishment and that which is not nourishment, nourishment being that which is sufficient for the support of the body. If, however, it is taken to mean one's taking possession of a thing, having power over it, with the appropriation being achieved by the power and knowledge - and the argument for this (interpretation) is in the words of God Most High, "God overseeth all things," that is to say, He is cognizant of and has power over everything - its meaning would then go back to (what is meant by) power and knowledge. As for (the topic of) knowledge, it has already been discussed. As for (the topic of) power, it is to be discussed below. In terms of this meaning, His characterization as al-Muqit is more complete than His characterization as al-Qadir alone and al-Alim alone because it indicates a composite of the (other) meanings. Therefore this name is not synonymous (with either of these two).2