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Predestination
- Qadar (predestination) is an
Arabic word for destiny and divine
foreordainment. The concept of
predestination refers to the idea
that Allah has written out our lives
for us.
- The destiny of everything is recorded in
a preserved tablet - in a Hadith, Prophet
Muhammad stated that the first thing
Allah created was the pen. With the pen,
everything that will occur and has
should be noted
- The destiny of everything is recorded in
a preserved tablet - in a Hadith, Prophet
Muhammad stated that the first thing
Allah created was the pen. With the pen,
everything that will occur and has
should be noted
- Nothing is allowed to come to pass unless
it is the will of Allah, hence the phrase
"inshallah" meaning 'if Allah wills.'
- When referring to the future,
Muslims frequently qualify any
predictions of what will come to
pass with this phrase.
- Human knowledge of the future is
limited, and all that may or may not
come to pass is under the control of
God.
- God is omniscient and therefore has
foreknowledge of all possible futures. With
divine power, God then also deems which
futures will be allowed.
- When referring to the future,
Muslims frequently qualify any
predictions of what will come to
pass with this phrase.
- The Sunni view of predestination - they believe that
destiny is when God wrote down in the preserved tablet
everything that happened, and will.
- An individual has power to
choose, but only Allah is sure
to know what will happen.
- An individual has power to
choose, but only Allah is sure
to know what will happen.
- The belief in predestination is based on four things.
- 1.) Knowledge - Allah knows
what His creation will do
based on His eternal
knowledge.
- "Allah knows and you
do not know."
- "Allah knows and you
do not know."
- 2.) Writing - Allah has written
every single thing that exists.
- "Nor can a soul die except by Allah's leave, the
term being fixed as by writing."
- "Nor can a soul die except by Allah's leave, the
term being fixed as by writing."
- 3.) Will - what Allah wills
happens and what He
doesn't will does not
happen.
- "Not a leaf falls but that He knows it."
- "Not a leaf falls but that He knows it."
- 4.) Creation and formation - Allah is
the creator of all things, including
the actions of His creations.
- Hadith - Allah's Apostle was asked about
the children of pagans. The Prophet replied
"Since Allah created them, He knows what
sort of deed they would have done."
- Hadith - Allah's Apostle was asked about
the children of pagans. The Prophet replied
"Since Allah created them, He knows what
sort of deed they would have done."
- 1.) Knowledge - Allah knows
what His creation will do
based on His eternal
knowledge.
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