Our Lord's knowledge does not affect free will

Emre_1974tr

The fact that God knows what we will do with our free will is interpreted by some people as "there is no free will". "That means we cannot do the opposite of what is known," they object.

No, knowing what we will choose with our free will does not affect the freedom of the will. There is not even the slightest connection.

It is one thing to be able to do the opposite of something, and quite another to do it.

For example, let's say a person will choose option A in such and such an event. Our Lord also knows this. He also has the freedom to do the opposite, that is, not to choose this option. But he will choose option A by his own decision.

In short, he may not do the act of choosing option A, but he will still do it.

It is not because God knows, but because he chooses option A with his own free will that our Creator knows.

Let us give a completely different example

Hud

As long as the heavens and the earth endure, they will abide therein, except as your Lord wills. Your Lord is the Doer of whatever He wills
And those who deserve happiness will abide in Paradise as long as the heavens and the earth endure. Except if your Lord wills. It is an uninterrupted reward.

Allah Almighty is telling us here what He will do in the future.

And He says, "I will never remove those in Paradise unless I will otherwise."

And he promises he won't.

In other words, "I can change this judgment if I want to, but those in heaven will stay there forever because I freely willed that they should stay there."

This gives us a second proof, another evidence for free will.

In this case we know what God will do in the future.

But it means that our knowing what God will do in the future does not affect His free will.

Just as His knowing what we will do does not affect our free will.

It is one thing to be able to do something and quite another to do it. And this is the result of free will.

(My Turkish article translated with machine)

http//emre1974tr.blogspot.com/2011/07/rabbimizin-bilmesi-ozgur-iradeyi.html

Peace