Re: God's will and our fates
I have still not found an answer to this particular question.
It is something that is beyond comprehension (mine at least)... If we try to think too deep into it, at some point it gets into conflict with Allah's (swt) sifat of being QADIR E MUTLAQ (The Absolute master of Every thing). On one hand we say "uss ki marzi kay baghair patta bhi nahi hilta" and then we say that a Man is free to choose between good and bad.... Gets a bit tricky I must say.
If we start arguing that Allah (swt) KNOWS (no doubt), then it means that before even the creature (human) comes to life on earth, Allah (swt) has already drafted his whole life cycle , what he will eat on what day, where he will sleep for each and every night of his life, when he die, how he will die...
Will anyone argue, that, NO .. That is not true. There are a few things that a man will choose ON HIS OWN and Allah (swt) will **judge him* on those deeds* (means it carries an element of surprize - could go this way / could go that way)
If everything is so planned, then the whole concept of Azab and Sawab gets a bit confusing.
Please keep the fatwas of kufr and shirk out of this discussion. Be logical.....
How I answer that question ... to satisfy my own inner self...
Allah (swt) ki zaat har shak aur qanoon say bala tar hay. Insaan ki USS kay agay koi haisiyaat nahi. Yeh maslaa insaan ki sooch aur aqal say buhat buland hay, hum chahaiN bhi tu iss tak nahi poohanch saktay (aakhir Khaliq aur makhlooq main koi tu farq honay chahiyaay). Prophets were sent down to the earth to tell us what is RIGHT and what is WRONG. We are supposed to follow the RIGHTEOUS path that was taught to us by HIS messengers.... just do that and leave the rest to HIM.
SIMPLE AS THAT