...here is therefore quite negligible. Similarly, our free will is equally negligible when compared with what God Almighty creates from our use of it. Despite our free will’s weakness and...
...would occur, they recorded it. The same relationship exists between Destiny and human free will. • Our free will is included in Destiny. For example, someone asks you whether the...
...by an invisible, superior power. • We hesitate, reason, compare, assess, choose, and then decide to do something. For example, if our friends invite us to go somewhere or do...
...our free will. We are directly responsible for whatever happens to us. If we experience misfortune, it is either because we have misused our free will or because, as with...
...using our free will. Our complete life is recorded by two angels, called Kiramun Katibun (noble scribers). On the Day of Judgment, our record will be presented to us, and...
...opens up three windows and two openings onto the Unity of the Necessarily Existent, and life too opens two doors, you can compare how the levels of beings from particles...
...human free will? Answer: In addition to what has been said above, we will make the following comments. Destiny is a of Divine Knowledge. It does not cancel our free...
...in Paradise. 7. We have free will, although we contribute almost nothing to our good acts. Our free will, if not used properly, can destroy us. Therefore we should use...
...Bakr (r.a.) ordered Hz. Zayd to establish a committee consisting of the scholars of the Companions. The compiled verses of the Quran were read in their presence. All of them...
...person’s intention, not to how long it took commit the act. Murder, which takes only a couple of minutes or even seconds to commit, is often punished by many years—even...
...Unity. Therefore, if we believe sincerely and without prejudice, struggle against carnal desire and the temptations of the evil-commanding self and Satan, and use our free will to find the...
...Name of God, the Opener,” he opened the gate. The Third Stopping-Place became visible to him. He entered and saw that it was illumined by four great and encompassing truths...
...However, He commands His servants to do certain acts and forbids them to do certain others, giving them free will to do whatever they please without being forced to do...
...Himself is absolutely free both of them. Everything exists in His Knowledge, and He assigns to each a certain shape, life span, function or mission, and certain characteristics. Consider the...
...the indifferent, the hopeless, and the apathetic who may, in fact, outnumber the optimist clubs combined. But it seems that the greatest need today is the pressing need for “understanding.”...
...the companions of the Garden “peace on you” they will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (thereof.) When their eyes shall be turned towards the companions of...
...not seek to annul our drives, but to use our free will to contain and purify them, to channel and direct them toward virtue. For example, we are not expected...
The jinn we know as Satan was created from fire. Before his obedience and sincerity were tested through Adam, he had been in the company of angels, acting and worshipping...
...and the opening of the pupil of the heart’s eye. Due to this, the greatest representative of humanity, the foremost in reflection and all other virtues states: “No act of...
...enter the city by one gate (in a single company), but enter by different gates.” (Yūsuf 12:67) We can summarize the meaning and reason for Prophet Jacob’s advice to his...
...they will enter it. It will be said, ‘Where are those who fasted?’ They will then get up, and none will enter it but them. When they have entered, it...
HOW IS ZAKAT PAID?: Part 2 IS IT BETTER TO GIVE ZAKAT SECRETLY OR OPENLY? The comparative virtue of secretly and openly giving zakat or sadaqa differ according to place...
...truth from falsehood should not take place behind walls; rather, it should occur in an open, level place where people would be able to watch and witness. The competition should...
...that are to our benefit and acquire God’s good pleasure in return. We are not forced to enter all these transactions, but we enter them with our free will, to...
...that have no relation with each other come together as if they are the parts of a whole and complement each other. We should think that bacteria, worms and the...
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ Therefore, when you are free (from one task), resume (another task).(Al-Inshirāh 94:7) This verse presents Muslims with an important philosophy of life. Indeed, a believer should always...
...not dream of. He forgave Thumama and said, “Set him free.” Upon this order, the Companions set him free. All of the hatred and enmity in the heart of Thumama...
...favored with the rank of resignation, one also must transcend the ranks of reliance, surrender, and commitment. Since it is extremely difficult to attain the rank of resignation by free...
Nights are openings to such inspirations. The souls awakened to the truth, who turn their hearts into bright mirrors shining with Divine epiphanies, wait for blessings to pour on their...
...of his Companions who died. Salman did not want to miss this opportunity. He rushed to the cemetery. He saw the Messenger of Allah talking to his Companions. The Messenger...
...could be opened. But he did even more: he lit a torch of belief in them. The compassion of God’s Messenger encompassed every creature. He desired that everyone is guided....
...vivid example of honesty and perfection, fulfill his commitments and perform his tasks well, seek knowledge and virtue by all possible means, correct his mistakes and repent his sins, develop...
...are Attributes of absolute perfection, and He is absolutely free from any and all defects. He is Unique and Single, having no like or resemblance and nothing is comparable to...
3. Qidam (Having No Beginning) God Almighty exists free of time; He has no beginning and His existence does not rest on a cause previous to Him. His Attribute of...
THE ATTRIBUTES IN THE NEGATIVE OR THE ATTRIBUTES OF EXEMPTION OR FREEDOM These Attributes are concepts which express that God Almighty is absolutely free or exempt from any need, defect,...
...examples which are famous and have been related by reliable scholars, firstly about corpses. As for jinns and angels, the many reports concerning them are unanimous, and examples of them...
...Messenger): “O People of the Book, come to a word common between us and you, that we worship none but God, and associate none as partner with Him, and that...
...Their business and financial situation may come to a standstill, and their work destabilized. This is nothing but God’s testing His servant. However, this does not mean that God, Who...
...Engaging in da‛wah work testifies to one’s compliance with Allah’s command: “Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair admonition, and argue with them in the best...
