Re: Why make Dua when everything is pre written??
It is my understanding, that the pre-determined embrace of destiny is vast. There is a huge exploratory playing ground that mandates and emphasizes on the significance of action-result relationship. To think of destiny in nature, I would say:
For instance, an apple tree is destined to produce only apples, and will never produce grapes. A Neem tree will never produce banana. A human will never conceive and give birth to a fish, or oranges, and a fish will never give birth to a man. The rivers must only flow down into the sea and oceans. The earth will eventually cease to exist; a person alive must die. Adam (peace be upon him) was to be born on earth, and Islam was to be revealed through the finality of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him). To be born in the family of kings, or in the family of poor villagers.
These are the unchangeable, immutable embrace of pre-determination. Then, for every individual there are many provisions, facilities, comforts, conveniences, benefits, blessings prepared, fixed and allocated for you and I as a Mercy from Allah as one’s base bundle. Imagine living in a home without a kitchen, or a washroom, and coming from a long tiring journey to such a home. Some people actually have such homes. But the things fixed for you, are not the things fixed for me. So Allah has prepared for you many things to get you started, including health, family ties, roof, intellect, rizq, etc. He also placed for you limits and the limits for you are not the same limits He placed for me.
In Addition, Allah gave you the opportunity to make autonomous effort towards achieving personal goals in this life instead of limiting you to base provisions, and he gave you the opportunity to make dua to Him directly to supplement the personal efforts. Allah has made it clear in the Quran that no soul shall bear the burden of deeds of another soul, nor shall any soul achieve anything without struggle or an effort (i wish i could quote exactly where I read it right now…).
But, one’s actions and efforts are a REQUIRED component, albeit not sufficient for change. Only Allah (alone) is The sufficient. This is just my own understanding. Allah knows best.
It is true that it is possible that whenever you or I raise our hands to ask, God grants it! But, in order for that to be possible, we must first raise our station to such a high degree in the sight of Allah, and by the time we get there, most of the worldly things become insignificant anyways.
