Lesson 59:

Therefore, whatever befalls man would never have missed him, and whatever missed him would never have befallen him. The pens have dried and the scrolls have been folded. As Allah says: ‘Did you not know that Allah knows everything in the heaven and on earth? Verily, it is in a Book, that is easy for Allah.’ [al-Hajj: 70]

And Allah also says: ‘No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves, without it being in a Book before We make it happen. That is something easy for Allah.’ [al-Hadeed: 22]

This decree – which ensues from His knowledge, Glorious is He – is recorded generally in some places and detailed in others. He has written whatever He wills in the Preserved Tablet, then when He creates the body of the fetus, before blowing the soul into it, He sends an angel to it who is ordered to write four things: his provision, his life span, his deeds, and if he is happy or miserable, and the like.

This level of decree was rejected by the extreme Qadariyah of old, but very few people reject it now.

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Lesson Date: 18/09/2024