DESTINY IN ISLAM (Part 2)
Allah is all-seeing and all-hearing, nothing escapes his grasp. He has knowledge over all things. Allah says in quran "No calamity occurs on the earth or in yourselves but it is inscribed in a record before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah". (57:22) And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darkness of the earth and nothing wet or dry but that it is in a clear record. (6:59) Everything is in a clear record (LAWHE MEHFUUZ) and non can change our destiny except Allah himself. Narrated by Ubadah ibn as-Samit Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘The first thing which Allah created was the Pen. He commanded it to write. It asked: ‘What should I write?’ He said:’ write the Decree (al-Qadr).’ So it wrote what had happened and what was going to happen up to eternity. (Tirmezi ) Above hadith makes it clear th...