Muhammad Metwalli Al-Sharawii | Language: English | Format: PDF | Pages: 70 | Size: 2 MB
The meaning of Al-Qadaa and Al-Qadar:  when mentioned separately both mean the predestination (pre-decree) of an action or event. When used together Al -Qadar refers to the pre-decree of an action or event before it occurs and Al-Qadaa refers to the act or event after it took place. If our actions are  already pre-decreed, where is the free will? Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala sent Messengers to guide mankind to the truth, and we are given the choice of  believing and obeying the command or rejecting the truth. Allah already knows which path we will take, as it is recorded in the Lawh Al-Mahfuz. If Al- Qadar is already written for us, what is the benefit of making Dua? The answer to this question by the scholars is that, since we know that Allah  Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is in charge of all affairs and is able to do all things, we ask Him and Him Alone when we are in need. He already knows who will  ask Him and who will not and how He is going to answer our Dua. On the other hand we do not know if our Dua will be accepted, will it be answered  immediately or a trial removed or differed to the Hereafter. The scholars have further explained events that will take place if the appropriate steps  are taken to make them happen. This book will inshAllah shed essential light on what is an obligatory belief for all muslims.

Fate and Destiny (Al-Qadaa wa Al-Qadar)1

There has not been a topic that is more likely discussed, argued and debated
as that topic of Al-Qadaa wa Al-Qadar. That’s because everyone wants to argue
it, whether one is knowledgeable or ignorant about it. And a question being
always asked is whether everything happening to us is pre-destined? So why
is the call to Account then? And can I do anything that is not by the will of Allah?
The questioning goes even further; if this is the truth, where I can’t do except
what Allah has determined for me, why Allah punishes me by sending me to
Hell? Is it just to be called to Account in the Hereafter?

You will find that, this question is asked only by those who has transgressed
against their souls and disobeyed Allah. On the other hand, you will not find
anyone saying, that since everything is pre-determined by Allah, then why will
Allah bless me with the Jannah2? Definitely, that is a question that you never
hear. You always hear people saying that the call to Account is unjust, because
our actions have already been pre-destined by Allah.

Allah (SWT3) has given man the freedom of choice throughout his life. From
here came the debate; that is some people would think that the freedom of
choice given to man conflicts with the consent of Allah in His universe, which is
very far from the truth.

And those people refer to Al-Ayaat Alkarima4

<<But ye will not, unless Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom>>
Ayah 30 from surat Al-Insan

They also refer to the words of Allah (SWT) to Al-Rasoul (PBUH)5
<<Verily,you (O Muhamed PBUH) will not be able to guide whom you like, but
Allah guides whom He wills>> Ayah 56 from surat Al-Qasas

And Allah also says

<<For Allah leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills>> Ayah 8
from surat Fatir

So, if those are the Ayat and this is the will of Allah, how are we called to
Account on the Day of Resurrection?
Here we can say that Allah (SWT) has what He wills in His creation. There is
nothing in the universe of Allah that can be considered to be exempt from his
decree. This is the mere truth that we start with, and we can add to this the fact
that the people are themselves contributing to their destruction. And that they
will deserve either the punishment or the mercy of Allah according to their own
deeds, as Allah (Galla Gallaloh)6 says

<<Verily Allah will not deal unjustly with man in aught; it is man that wrongs his
own soul>> Ayah 44 from surat Yunus

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1 Al-Qadaa wal Qadar: Arabic-pronounced words meaning Fate & Destiny.
2 Jannah: Arabic pronounced word meaning Paradise.
3 SWT: Arabic pronounced praise for Allah, Sobhanaho wa Ta’alah.
4 Al-Ayat Alkarima: Arabic pronounced word meaning the generous verses in Qura’an.
5 PBUH: Praise for Prophet Mohamed, Peace Be Upon him.
6 Gallah Gallaloh: Arabic pronounced praise to Allah.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE....................................................................................................................... 3
Fate and Destiny (Al-Qadaa wa Al-Qadar)................................................................................... 3
Universe and Choice............................................................................................................... 5
Man and Al-Amanah .............................................................................................................. 7
Priviliges to Man................................................................................................................... 9
Ayat for the People .............................................................................................................. 10
Man and the Devil ............................................................................................................... 12
Witness of Allah.................................................................................................................. 14
CHAPTER TWO.................................................................................................................... 16
The Human Choice .............................................................................................................. 16
Choice and its Boundaries..................................................................................................... 18
LIFE and DESTINY............................................................................................................. 21
Death and Murder ................................................................................................................ 23
Dream and Consciousness ..................................................................................................... 24
Unreachable Laws ................................................................................................................ 26
CHAPTER THREE................................................................................................................. 27
Choice and The Body........................................................................................................... 27
Oppression and The Body ..................................................................................................... 29
Where is The Soul ............................................................................................................... 30
No Choice in Your Body ...................................................................................................... 31
Bounded Choice.................................................................................................................. 32
Fate and Choice................................................................................................................... 34
CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................................................. 35
Choice and Al-Takleef .......................................................................................................... 35
Deeds … by Whom? ............................................................................................................ 36
The Deed and Al-Qadar......................................................................................................... 38
Will and Movement ............................................................................................................. 39
Choice in the Law................................................................................................................ 40
The meaning of (Al-Takleef) .................................................................................................. 41
Willing and Unwilling.......................................................................................................... 43
Choice and Deprivation of Choice........................................................................................... 44
CHAPTER FIVE.................................................................................................................... 46
Except what Allah wills ........................................................................................................ 46
The Absolute Power............................................................................................................. 47
The meaning of Guidance...................................................................................................... 48
Actual Intention and Prescribed Intension................................................................................. 51
NO Punishment except with a Text......................................................................................... 52
Whom Allah does not Guide.................................................................................................. 55
CHAPTER SIX...................................................................................................................... 57
Allah Encompass All Things ................................................................................................. 57
The Eye Sees .. But .. .......................................................................................................... 59
Rejected Logic .................................................................................................................... 61
Allah’s Encompassing Knowledge .......................................................................................... 63

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