Destiny and Free will

Aladin_Azra

The best way to understand "free will" is to think about "random things". For example, there's no "random number" made by computers, but calculations are so complex that we cannot calculate on our own, and we take them as random. In reality, none of "random numbers" is random. The only way to make random things is to include humans and our free will, as if I ask "Pick a number (or letter, or anything)" and a person choses.

All other creations are constants or constant functions. We can be variables.

The_Sardar

So, you could agree that šey' is ONLY that on which some affair can happen when we speak in present, or some affair could happen if we talk in past, and some affair would be possible to happen if we talk about future? This means that šey' is only part of existence and it also depends of time spoken about, as I tried to point in perfect and imperfect about "in šaa'e Allah".

This is why I don't think we understood this topic good. Because when we say that "Allah know everything" we include future also, but that can't be because no affairs on that "thing" exist NOW. So, Allah's getting knowledge (instantly) whenever something occurs/becomes, but not before that. This is why He's testing us to KNOW how we'll be. If He already knows then there would be no reason to test us.

Also, things from our imagination (baaTil, out of Haqq) cannot be of "all things", because no affair can happen on them. But, here we have "a catch", because these "things" exist in our mind, our imagination and we can make affairs on them (as creators of our own worlds, under our own deen - law), as a game programmer is making characters and things in his game and also law for their existence. There's also "world of dreams" and other worlds, but none of them can exist in Allah's reality, The Heavens and The Earth, He made for us. In short, I could agree that He knows about all these things from these worlds, but these things cannot exist in Reality, and they're also conditioned by their world's law.

No i would say Allah (SWTAY) really knows ALL because he also knows the Hidden as stated in 5109, 5116, 673, 978, 994, 9105, 139, 2392, 326, 343, 3946, 7226.

Ghayn-Ya-Ba (غ ي ب) = absent/remote/hidden/concealed, absent from the range or beyond the reach of perception by sense or of mental perception, unseen/invisible, slander, backbite, hidden reality, absent one.
ghaba vb. (1)
n.vb. 23, 233, 344, 3179, 434, 594, 5109, 5116, 650, 659, 673, 7188, 978, 994, 9105, 1020, 1131, 1149, 11123, 1252, 1281, 12102, 139, 1677, 1822, 1826, 1961, 1978, 2149, 2392, 2765, 326, 343, 3414, 3448, 3453, 3518, 3538, 3611, 3946, 4918, 5033, 5241, 5335, 5725, 5922, 628, 6418, 6712, 6847, 7226, 7226, 8124
pcple. act. 77, 2720, 2775, 8216

ghayabah n.f. 1210, 1215

ightaba vb. ( impf. act. 4912

Lane’s Lexicon, Volume 6, pages 96, 97, 98 ## http//ejtaal.net/aa/#q=gyb

The_Sardar

Besides, i'm not here to debate dear brother. I am very 100% that Allah (SWTAY) knows All. He is All-Knowing and Almighty. I hope i was not dismissive by the way.

Aladin_Azra

Gayb is one more word poorly understood. For example, 1149 starts with تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ which is "These (told before) are from news of el-gayb...". Hidden things are as at the end of 233 when Allah said to melaa'iket وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ which is "... and I know what you're revealing and what you were hiding". See the difference?

El-gayb was shown, told to us and it is something which exists, which is a part of Reality. What melaa'iket were hiding is also part of Reality, but it wasn't shown, told, but hidden in them. Allah knows all of those because they're real, they exist. Allah is not talking about the hidden nor non-existent in 1149, because those things are not hidden/unknown anymore, even they're of el-gayb.

As you told, root g-y-b has many meanings, and slander/backbite are amongst them, because it's not about gossip, but about revealing things somebody's hiding or wants to be hidden. Thus, g-y-b talks about something which was not known, even if it was hidden or absent in any way (for example, didn't exist before), and than it became known, by telling, showing, creating, etc. If something is still hidden, absent, and so on, it is not gayb in that moment; it'll be gayb in a moment of its presence.

So, yes, of course, Allah knows el-gayb, but it's things in their first moment, and it's always part of a present reality. Things also can be gayb only to us (or anybody), which is our first contact with them. But if we had no contact with them they can't be gayb to us until they're shown to us; in that case word jinn or some other word can be used to describe those things which are (still) hidden to us.

Also, Allah knows el-gayb doesn't mean that He knows Hidden, because by knowing things they can't be hidden anymore. They were hidden/absent/etc. but not anymore. Thus, Allah knows Haqq, reality of everything, even He's el-Haqq, and baaTil cannot exist, as said in 3449

قُلْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

So, "all things" are only reality. When the future comes and is present, in that moment it becomes of "all things", before that it's void and there's no void in Allah's creation.

The_Sardar

By the way, baaTil is something not true, like falsehood

Ba-Tay-Lam =

Becoming false, untrue, wrong, incorrect, fictitious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, vain, unreal, worthless, futile, unprofitable, ineffectual, devoid of virtue, null, void or of no account
A thing perishing or becoming lost
Becoming idle, unoccupied or without work
Diverted from profitable enterprises (in this life or the next)
Jesting, joking or not serious in conversation
Becoming or being courageous, brave, strong hearted (in war or fight)
Pursuit of vain, frivolous diversion or sport, ignorant conduct
Iblees, Satan, devils or enchanters
One who says a thing in which there is no truth or reality, embellishing speech with lies.

batala vb. (1)
perf. act. 7118

batil n.m. 242, 2188, 371, 3191, 429, 4161, 7139, 88, 934, 1116, 1317, 1672, 1781, 1781, 1856, 2118, 2262, 2952, 2967, 3130, 3449, 3827, 405, 4142, 4224, 473

abtala vb. (4)
impf. act. 2264, 88, 1081, 4733
pcple. act. 7173, 2948, 3058, 4078, 4527

LL, V1, p 255, 256 ## http//ejtaal.net/aa/#q=btl

The_Sardar

Anyway, i sadly don't have enough done research on this matter so i can't comment more on this. Sorry. Salam.

Emre_1974tr

Yes, the Qur'an says and explains in a very clear and detailed way that God knows the future. The verses and reason/logic in us are already shouting this. Those who say that God does not know the future are pagans.

I have already given and proved the relevant verses many times in my articles.

And anyway, if God did not know the future, there would be no point in the test. This two-day world of trial is a place of confrontation with ourselves, so that the wicked witness why they are going to hell and have no right to object in the hereafter, and we taste some small punishments and rewards in this world (again, I have explained this in pages and pages, the sincere will read and learn).

By the way, the so-called problem of evil is fully solved thanks to God's knowledge of the future, as I have proved

https//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9611966.0

Peace

Emre_1974tr

By the way, our prayers do not change our destiny. Because even before Allah created us, He already knew what we would pray with our free will and He wrote our destiny accordingly from the very beginning.

Emre_1974tr

Tevbe

May Allah forgive you, why did you give them permission and did not wait, so that the truthful ones may become clear to you and you may know the liars?
Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day do not ask your permission to strive with their wealth and their lives. Allah is well aware of the owners of piety.
But those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, and whose hearts are mingled with doubts, and who are in doubt, ask your permission to take part in the expedition.
Had they wished to embark on an expedition, they would certainly have made preparations for it. But Allah did not want them to take action, so He nailed them to their places and said, "Sit down, sit down with those who sit down."
If they had embarked on a campaign among you, they would have contributed nothing to you but mischief, and they would have come among you with the intention of causing you mischief. And there were some among you who would have listened to them. Allah knows the wrongdoers well.
And by Allah, they had sought to sow sedition before, and had made things appear to you otherwise than they were. At last the truth came, and Allah's command prevailed against their will.

(Here again we see the divine plan of Allah at work. Allah knew that the Prophet would give permission to those people, and this was the opportunity for everyone to confront themselves)

Emre_1974tr

This world is not a world of testing "from Allah's point of view". Because He already knows what we will do. This world is a miniature - a sample life that "symbolizes what we would do if we lived forever". And since we don't know what will happen, it is a world of trial for us.

That is why some people's test is terminated by Allah "at the very moment of their disbelief". But if that man had lived two more years, perhaps he would have died a believer.

In the same way, another person is made to die by Allah "at the very moment of being a believer ". But perhaps if he had lived two more years, he would have died as a disbeliever.

"If we are eternally good or bad", we are made to live a representative short life accordingly. And this two-day life is a paper sample that summarizes what we would do if we lived forever in this world.

They set off again. After a while they came upon a boy; he killed him. Moses said "You have killed an innocent man, not even for a life? By Allah, you have done a very bad deed!" (Surat al-Kahf, verse 74)

"As for the boy his parents were believers. We feared that he might lead them to disbelief. " (verse 80)

"We wished that their Lord would give them a child superior to him in purity and more advanced in mercy. " (verse 81)

Here the test is ended before the child grows up and commits his sins. So it is like it is clear from the beginning what a person deserves or does not deserve... Also, if the child had lived, he could have led his parents astray. But since they did not deserve to go astray, they are saved.

Again, some verses say that the unbelievers in hell will demand to return to earth, but they are told that even if they were sent to be tested again and again, they would still be among those who lose the test. So even in eternal trials it is already known what we will and will not do.

In the same way, another verse says that some people are created as the people of hell. That is, they are the ones who are wicked at heart and their destination is known from the beginning. They are made to live this brief life of testing so that in the hereafter they can see the filth in their hearts and have no right to object. Don't misunderstand, because those people will choose evil with their free will, and because Allah knows this, He created them for hell. Otherwise, He would not have created those who would go to hell at all, and there would only be those in paradise. But He allows them, the evil ones, to come into existence.

In short, you get what you deserve. This worldly life is nothing but an example that represents - summarizes - the virtue or vice in your heart. The righteous are always put on the path to paradise in one way or another, the wicked are always taken astray in one way or another, and their trials are terminated at the very moment of their hellishness. A person can be a believer all his life and become a disbeliever in his last days and lose, whereas another person can be a disbeliever all his life and become a believer and repent in his last days and end up in paradise. In other words, "the good ones are always won" and "the bad ones are always lost".

If Allah Almighty presents us with options A and B, He knows which one we will choose, so He ensures that we get the result we deserve by using our free will. In other words, we are not robots in this 2-day test, and the choices really belong to us. But as I said, since it is known what we will do if we are faced with choices, we are presented with choices (scenarios) that will help us get what we deserve so that we can face the good or evil in our hearts.

There is also another function of this world. It is to give us a taste of some small troubles and rewards. In short, if the first function of this world is to separate the good and the bad, the second function is to start giving small punishments and rewards in this world.

Let us give a few more examples for those who are in doubt about this

Surah Al-Qasas 50 So if they cannot answer you, know that they are only following their own desires. Who is more astray than he who follows his own desires without guidance from Allah! Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Surat al-Tawbah 85 Let not their wealth or their children envy you. Allah wants to torment them with these in this world. He will bring them out as disbelievers.

Surah Yunus Surah 70 Enjoy a little in this world, then they will return to Us. Then We will make them taste a severe torment for what they disbelieved.

955 Let not their money and their children impress you. Allah wants to punish them with them in the life of this world, and to make them die as disbelievers.

Surah A'raf 179 By Allah, We have created many of mankind and jinn for Hell. They have hearts, by which they do not understand; they have eyes, by which they do not see; they have ears, by which they do not hear. They are like cattle. Perhaps even more confused. They are the heedless.

In short, since Allah knows before He creates a person whether that person will choose good or evil, He creates the person He knows will choose evil, knowing that he will go to hell. And He gives that evil person this brief example of 2 days. But again, completely free will is exercised.

Oh, if you could only see them standing by the Fire and saying "What if we were sent back, and did not deny the verses of our Lord and were of the believers?"
The truth of the matter is that what they used to conceal has been brought against them, and if they were sent back, they would certainly repeat what they were forbidden. Indeed, they are liars.(Anam)

In other words, even if the wrongdoers are tested millions of times, they will still lose the test. Anyway, this 2-day scenario makes us face the goodness or treachery-evilness in our hearts. Otherwise Allah already knows what we deserve.

And in this representative test, since it is known which options we will choose, the scenario is brought to us exactly the options that we will face what is in our hearts. Then the moment of the end of our test is realized at a moment when we will be in paradise if we are among the good ones and in hell if we are among the bad ones.

Otherwise, a person's thoughts can change constantly, a person can have periods of faith and periods of disbelief throughout his life. Here, it is not a matter of chance and coincidence whether the moment of that person's death will coincide with a believing or unbelieving moment. The test of those who deserve paradise with faith and the test of those who do not deserve paradise ends in a moment of faithlessness by the Creator.

All the options (scenarios) that are presented to us allow us to face the good or evil in our hearts and also to get what we deserve.

Surah Ali Imran

154-Then He sent down on you after that sorrow a security and a sleep that enveloped a group of you, while another group were in their own troubles, and they had an unrealistic opinion of Allah, like the opinion of the ignorant "Is there anything for us to do?" Say "Verily, all work is Allah's." They conceal something in their hearts which they do not reveal to you, saying "Had we been consulted in this matter, we would not have been killed here." Say "Even if you had been in your homes, those who were destined to be killed would have gone out to their deaths. Allah has brought this upon you to test what is in you and to reveal what is in your hearts. Allah knows what is in your hearts.

165-When a calamity befalls you which you brought twice as much upon your enemies, do you say "Where is this from?" Say "It is from your own side." For Allah is all-powerful.

166-And what befell you on the day when the two armies clashed is by Allah's permission. And He will make the believers known.

167-as well as that it may reveal the hypocrites, to whom it was said "Come, fight in the way of Allah or defend yourselves!" They said "If we knew how to fight, we would have followed you." On that day they were closer to disbelief than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts, and Allah knows best what they conceal in their hearts.

178 - And let not those who disbelieve think that Our abandonment of them is good for them. We leave them only to increase their sins, and for them is a humiliating torment.

Muhammad

Or do those whose hearts are sick in their hearts think that Allah will never reveal their bitter hatreds?
And if We had willed, We could certainly have shown them to you, and you would certainly have recognized them by their faces. You would also recognize them by the manner of their words. Allah knows all that you do.

Surat al-Tawbah 64 The hypocrites fear lest a Surah should descend upon them which will inform them of what is in their hearts. Say "You mock. Allah will reveal to you what you are afraid of."

There is also the side of the event that involves angels and jinns.

They too are confronted with what is in their hearts.

Iblis' confrontation with the treachery in his heart in the incident of prostration to Adam showed him that he could not actually be a high ranking angel.

Because Iblis was one of the wrongdoers who chose evil of his own free will. He just needed to be exposed on some occasion

ARAF

We created you, then gave you form, then We said to the angels "Prostrate yourselves to Adam"; they all prostrated, but Iblis did not, he was not of those who prostrated.
(Allah) said "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" (Iblis) said "I am better than him, you created me from the fire and you created him from clay."
(Allah) said "So come down from there; it is not for you to be arrogant therein. Get out, for you are of the despicable."
(Iblis) said "(At least) give me time until the Day when they will be resurrected."
(Allah) said "You are of those who have been given time."
So, he said "I swear by Allah that I will sit on your right path to lead them astray, in return for your leading me astray.

Notice that Iblis realizes that Allah has revealed the evil in his heart through this event. That is, he realizes that Allah has led him astray. Of course, Iblis knows that all the blame here lies with him, because of his free will he has revealed what was in his heart. He faced the truth.

That is why he also made his request in anger

HIJR

(Iblis) "My Lord," he said, "because You have tempted me, I will certainly adorn them on the earth and I will tempt them all.
Except the servants among them who have been given piety (My temptation will not affect them).

When his true identity is revealed and his mask is unmasked, Iblis gets very angry and wants to lead people astray himself.

But Iblis knows that his misleading people will only lead some evil people to confront the treachery in their hearts. That is why he expresses his helplessness by saying "except for the servants who are given ihlas".

In short, at least two birds are killed with one stone. Both the true face of Iblis has been revealed and he will be instrumental in unmasking evil people until the Day of Judgment.

Surah Al-Zuhruf 36 Whoever disregards the Reminder of the Most Merciful and turns away from it, We will cause a devil to haunt him, and he will be his companion.

Surat al-Maryam 83 Have you not seen that We have set the devils upon the disbelievers and they make them move and twist?

In short, in the life of this world-universe, servants attain what they deserve through their free will, and they see and experience the good or evil in their hearts.

As we said before, Allah makes everyone face what is in their hearts by taking advantage of their free will, and at the same time He makes sure that they get what they deserve in this 2-day test

ENFAL

85 Indeed, your Lord took you out of your house for the fulfillment of a certain plan. A group of the believers did not like it.

86 They disputed with you about it as if they were being driven to their deaths, even though the truth had come to light.

87 Allah had promised you to defeat one of the two groups, but you wanted to meet the weaker of the two. But ALLAH wishes to realize the truth by His words and to cut off the pursuit of the disbelievers.

88 That He may realize the truth and remove injustice, even though the guilty dislike it.

811 He was lulling you into slumber as a security from Himself, and He was sending down on you water from the sky to cleanse you (from thirst), to drive away from you the filth of Satan (despair), to convince your hearts and to strengthen your feet.

817 You did not kill them, but God did. And when you threw, you did not throw, but ALLAH did. But thus He tested the believers with a good test. ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Since the righteous deserved to do as they were commanded, and the wicked deserved to lose by fighting the Prophet, they were made to face each other so that each might get what he deserved

842 You were on the far side of the valley and they were on the other side of the valley. And the caravan was lower than you. If you had decided on this encounter, you would have disagreed about it. But Allah was carrying out a pre-planned work. So that the destroyed may be destroyed with a clear proof, and the living may be kept alive with a clear proof. ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

843 Allah made them seem small to you in your dream. If He had shown them to you many, you would have scattered and disputed about it. But ALLAH saved (you). He knows the essence of the breasts.

844 And when the time came and you met them, He made them little in your eyes, and He made you little in their eyes, so that ALLAH might accomplish what was planned beforehand. The affairs return to ALLAH in the end.

And Satan, after dragging the wicked after him, flees the scene in panic

848 Satan embellished his deeds for them and said "None of the people can defeat you this day, I am on your side." And when the two armies came face to face, he turned back on his heels and said, "I have nothing to do with you, I see what you do not see, and I fear Allah. Allah's punishment is severe."

851 "This is in recompense for what your hands have done. Surely God is not unjust to servants."

854 Like the followers of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord. So We destroyed them for their sins. We drowned the followers of Pharaoh. They were all wrongdoers.

Those who are working to send people to hell are in fact only enabling the truly wicked to confront what is in their hearts. Otherwise, they cannot roll any good person into hell.

Saffat

You and what you serve,
You shall not cause anyone to fall into temptation against Him.
except the one who will be released into Hell.

Let us continue to give evidence from the relevant verses

Ta-Ha

He knows their past and their future, while none can comprehend Him in knowledge.
(Allah already knows who will do what in the future)
They said, "He should have at least brought us a sign (a miracle). Did not the evidence (proof) in the previous Books come to them?
And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before that, they would have said "Our Lord, if You had sent us a messenger, we would have followed Your verses before we became so lowly and disgraced!"

(He knows what they would have done if they had been tried in another way)

Enam

They swore by Allah with all their oaths that if a miracle came to them, they would surely believe in it. Tell them "Miracles are only with Allah." Do you not understand that they will not believe even when a miracle comes to them?
We turn their hearts and their eyes upside down, and We leave them as they did not believe the first time, and they wander blindly in their transgression.
And if We had sent down to them the angels, and the dead had spoken to them, and We had gathered all things and set them before them, they would not have believed except by Allah's will. But most of them show ignorance.
(He knows what they would do if different options were put before them)

Rum

By Allah, if We send a wind and they see that the earth has turned yellow, then they will be ungrateful.
So you cannot make the dead hear. Nor can you make the deaf hear the call if they turn away.
And you cannot enlighten the blind from their error. You can only make those who believe in Our verses to hear, and they become Muslims.

QASAS

You cannot guide whom you love. It is only Allah who guides whom He wills. He knows best those who deserve to be guided.

Almighty Allah knows very well that if people were tested in infinite variations for eternity, He knows which of them would be among the good ones and which would be among the bad ones. That is why He ends everyone's test as they deserve in this 2-day representative-miniature test. But again, he does this without touching free will. Since He knows what His servants will choose in this 2-day test, He brings them the choices that will allow them to face exactly what is in their hearts, and He takes the good ones to paradise and the bad ones to hell in a moment.

For example, Iblis was doing as he was told, but Allah knew that he was one of the wicked. And in order to reveal the treachery in his heart, He put the option of "prostrating to Adam" in front of him. He knew he would not do it. And then Iblis realizes that he was trapped and he says, "in response to your temptation".

Let us continue with the subject

Our Lord knew what those people would choose before He created them. He created them to get what they deserve. So that those who would choose good would go to Paradise and those who would choose evil would go to Hell

HUD

119 Except those whom your Lord has mercy on. For that He has created them. Your Lord's words, "By Allah, I will fill Hell with mankind and jinn" will be fulfilled.

He also knows from the very beginning who will have the best morals and who will be worthy of being chosen as prophets. This goes without saying.

In the story of Moses, this "2-day summary test, confrontation with what is in the heart" is also evident

Surah 28 - Qasas

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful and the Most Gracious.

Ta, Sîn, Mîm.
These are the verses of the Book, which declare clearly to you.
We will recite to you a portion of the story of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who will believe.
The truth is that Pharaoh had established himself in that place and divided its people into groups. He despised and oppressed a group of them He slaughtered their male children and treated their women shamelessly/exploited their wombs/released their women into the world. He was indeed one of those who spread mischief.
And We desire that We may bestow mercy on those who are oppressed in the earth, and make them leaders, and make them heirs.
And give them means and power in the earth. And We will show Pharaoh and Haman and their armies what they feared.

(Since Allah knows how His servants will react to which option, He is implementing His plan to give their free will what they deserve)

And We revealed to the mother of Moses breastfeed him! And when you feel fear against him, let him fall into the river. Do not fear, do not grieve! We will bring him back to you and make him one of the Messengers."
Finally, Pharaoh's family found him as a lost thing and took him. He was to be an enemy and a worry for them. The truth is that Pharaoh and Haman and their armies were on the wrong path.
Pharaoh's wife said "He is a light in my eyes and in yours. Do not kill him, for he may be useful to us, or we may adopt him as a child." They did not realize it.
And the heart of the mother of Moses was empty in the morning. She was in a state that she would have revealed it if We had not given her a binding in her heart so that she might be among the believers.
His mother said to Moses' sister, "Watch him." So she watched him from the sidelines. They were not aware of it.
And We had forbidden him women who suckled before, so his sister said "Shall I introduce to you a household who will take care of him for you, and take it upon themselves to educate and teach him?"
Finally We returned Moses to his mother so that she may be enlightened and not grieve and know that Allah's promise is true. But many do not know this.
And when Moses reached the age of valor, We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus do We reward those who think well and act well.

(Then Pharaoh and his followers face the evil in their hearts and leave the land of testing in the middle of the closing sea)

We made them leaders calling to the Fire, and they will not be helped on the Day of Resurrection.
We put a curse on their backs in this worldly life. On the Day of Resurrection they will be among the disfigured.

In the story of Joseph, again we see that our Lord knows the future and that in this 2-day representative and summary test, He ensures that people get what they deserve with their free will

YUSUF

Joseph once said to his father, "My father, I saw the eleven planets, the sun and the moon, and I saw them prostrating themselves to me."
(His father Jacob said) "My child," he said, "do not tell your dream to your brothers, lest they plot against you. For Satan is a clear enemy to man.
"So your Lord chooses you, and teaches you the interpretation of dreams, and completes His favor upon you and the family of Jacob, as He completed His favor upon your fathers Abraham and Isaac before you. Your Lord is All-Knowing, All-Wise."

Since our Lord knows how people will react to whatever choice is put before them, He is giving Joseph and those around him the adventure that will enable them to confront themselves in this way.

The one who bought him in Egypt said to his wife, "Take good care of him, lest he be of use to us, or we adopt him as a son." So We established Joseph on the earth and taught him the interpretation of dreams. God is the One who accomplishes His work, but most of the people do not know it.
And when he grew up, We gave him wisdom and knowledge, and thus do We reward those who do good.

Again, with the free will of people, fate weaves its web and events follow one another in line with the plan of our Lord.

Even the fact that Joseph was shown the future through dreams, in itself, shows that it was already known what was going to happen. Our Lord knows who will do what in the face of which option, and He presents such options, representing what that person would do if he lived forever - if he were tested - that in this 2-day world, people are confronted with the good or evil in them with the option they choose.

He said "What you have sown for seven years, leave it in its ears and store it up, except a little of it which you eat."
Then seven dry years will come after it, and it will devour what you have stored up for those years, except a little of what you have stored up
"And after that comes a year in which the people will be refreshed and in which they will press (fruit) and milk (animals)."
The king said "Bring him, and I will appoint him to work for me." And when he had spoken to him, he said, "You are a trustworthy man who has a high position with us today."
He said "Put me in charge of the country's finances. Surely I can guard well and know well."
So We established Joseph in that land, and he could move about as he pleased. We shower Our mercy on whom We will. We do not leave those who do good without reward.

Our Lord continues to carry out His plan.

After Joseph was reunited with his family, he witnessed the fulfillment of the dream he had told his father about

He raised his parents on the throne. They all prostrated for him. He said "My father, this is the fulfillment of the dream I had before. My Lord has fulfilled it, and He has done me good by bringing me out of prison and bringing you from the desert after Satan had driven a wedge between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is very compassionate to whom He wills. He is All-Knowing, All-Wise."
"My Lord, You have given me sovereignty and taught me the interpretation of dreams. You are the Creator of heaven and earth. You are my Wali (owner) in this world and the Hereafter. Take my life as a Muslim and include me among the righteous."

There are also examples of even more accelerated trials that Allah uses to confront His servants with what is within themselves and to show them what they deserve.

In fact, these two days of brief trials are being prepared and finalized in a way that corresponds to what we would do if we were tested forever.

Our Lord sometimes tries the wrongdoers with requests outside of His ongoing law in order to confront them with the evil in them one last time. More precisely, He confronts them with this reality because He knows what they will do.

PROHIBITION OF TOUCHING THE CAMEL

ARAF

And We sent to Thamud their brother Salih. He said "O my people! worship Allah. You have no god but Him. A clear proof has come to you from your Lord. This is the camel of Allah. A miracle for you. Leave it alone, let it graze on Allah's land. Do not touch it with evil intent. Otherwise a terrible torment will seize you."
Meanwhile they slaughtered the she-camel. And they departed from the command of their Lord and said "O Salih! If you are of those sent from Allah, bring before us what you threatened us with."
Then they were seized by a violent tremor, so that they fell down in their own homes.

This is the opposite of the command to slaughter a cow that Moses' people were tested with, this time there is a command not to touch an animal. But when the wrongdoers slaughtered the camel, their cruelty was once again exposed and their trial was ended red-handed by the Creator.

PROHIBITION OF WORK ON SATURDAY

Surat al-Nahl 124 Saturday has been made obligatory only for those who dispute about it. Your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection about what they disputed.

Surah A'raf
163 Ask them about the city by the sea; on Saturday they were wicked and unrestrained. On the Sabbath their fish would come to them in abundance, but when they did not keep the Sabbath they would not come to them. Thus did We test them because of their deviation from the way.

A group among them said "Why do you advise a people whom Allah will destroy or torment with a severe torment?" They said "So that it may be an excuse against your Lord and in the hope that they may be protected."
And when they forgot the advice given to them, We saved those who restrained them from evil, and We seized the wrong-doers with a painful torment for their apostasy.
When they became angry at what they had been forbidden and began to commit other excesses, We said to them "Be despicable, mocking monkeys!"

This time a ban on Saturday work is imposed on a cruel people to make them face themselves one last time. And when they disobey this ban (after the good among them are saved), they face the bitter truth.

An example of such a different way of testing the wrongdoers is that for a period of time, some Jews were made unlawful things that were normally lawful

Surah Al-Nisaa 160 And We made unlawful for the Jews that which was lawful for them before, because of their wrongdoing and because they kept many people from the way of Allah.

Enam Surah 146 We also forbade them the fat of cattle and sheep, except the fat of the backs and intestines of cattle and sheep and the fat mixed with the bones. We did this to them as a punishment for their transgression. Surely We are the keepers of Our word.

By the way, let us give an example of how our Lord knows what a person would do if he were tested with a different option

ISRA

73 And they would almost have put you in mischief, that you might turn away from that which We have revealed to you and fabricate something other than it and attribute it to Us. Then they would have taken you as a friend.
74 And if We had not strengthened you, by Allah, you would have inclined to them a little.

76 They would have almost pressed you out of this land. In such a case they would have stayed there behind you for a little while.

If the prophet had been left there without support, he would have made the wrong choice. But because the prophet does not deserve it, he is saved from making that mistake.

Because what is important is what that person would do if they were tested for eternity. In this two-day sample-miniature life of trial, people are made to live a life in this direction, that is, in line with the outcome they deserve. Since it is known what each person will do with his free will in the face of which option, the options that will enable him to have the experience he deserves are put before him, so that he can be saved or deviate. Then, those who deserve heaven say goodbye to the world of trials in a moment of paradise and those who deserve hell say goodbye to the world of trials in a moment of hell.

In addition, what is done in this 2-day world is also instrumental in either solidifying or sealing hearts. But the real reason is what they would do if they lived forever in the world of trial, if they were tried in endless options...

Also, these verses explain very well that people are confronted with themselves in this world and are made to face what they deserve in the Hereafter

HAJJ

53 This is that Allah may make what Satan throws a Fitnah for those whose hearts are diseased and whose hearts are hardened. The wrongdoers are in an irreversible separation and separation.

54 This has been done so that those who have been given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord, and they may believe in it and their hearts may respect it. Verily, Allah is the All-Wise, and He will surely guide those who believe to the straight path.

55 And those who disbelieve will remain in doubt about the Qur'an until the Day of Resurrection suddenly bursts upon them, or until the torment of a barren day comes upon them.

Our Lord already knows who will do what in the face of which choice, and accordingly, He provides them with the testing environment and options that will enable them to achieve what they deserve.

Another way of providing an insight into fate and free will is through the way the Qur'an was revealed. As is well known, the verses of the Qur'an were revealed in parts. Sometimes the verses even provided answers and explanations to the events and questions people asked.

Surah al-Ma'ida

O you who believe! Do not ask questions about things that will trouble you when they are revealed to you. If you ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be explained to you. Allah has forsaken them. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, All-Merciful.
A people before you also asked about them, then they disbelieved.

Surah Al-Baqarah 215 They ask you what they should spend and give. Say "What you give in charity should be for parents, relatives, orphans, the poor and helpless and the wayfarer. Allah knows best what you do in charity. "

Surah Al-Ahzab Surah 63 People ask you about the Hour. Say "The knowledge of it is with Allah. " What do you know, perhaps that hour is near!

And in the eyes of Allah, who is timeless and spaceless, the Qur'an was already prepared to answer these events and the questions of people. In other words, since our Lord already knows what people will do with their free will, what they will ask, what will happen, the Qur'an performs its mathematical and other miracles in a complete way, even though it came down in parts and with answers. This is because God does not travel in time or space and the Qur'an was already ready before Him in its entirety. In other words, He knew how it would be in its completed form.

For God, who is timeless, there is no question of being in states of time such as "forward, past, present". We, on the other hand, are traveling forward in time.

Since our Creator knows how each person will react to which choice, and even what they would do if they were tested with infinite choices for eternity, He gives them a two-day confrontation with themselves, an example of a life of testing. The sending of the Qur'an and the coming of the prophets are also part of this confrontation, this test. In this way, people see the good or evil in themselves and have no right to object in the Hereafter

Surah Al-Ma'idah 19 O People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you at a time when the messengers were cut off; he is making clear explanations. Do not say, "Neither a bearer of glad tidings nor a warner has come to us." Here has come to you the bearer of glad tidings and the warner. Allah is all-powerful.

Surah Al-Baqarah 26 It is a fact that Allah does not tire of giving the example of a mosquito or even a being above it. In such a case, the believers know that it is a truth from their Lord. But the disbelievers say "What does Allah mean by giving this as an example?" Allah leads many astray by it, and guides many to the truth and the good by it. Allah leads astray with it none but the transgressors.

Surah Al-Muddatair 31 We have made the inhabitants of Hell angels. And We have made their number nothing but a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those who have been given the Book may know clearly and clearly. That the faith of those who have believed may increase. Let not those who have been given the Book and those who believe be in doubt. And let those in whose hearts is a disease and those who have disbelieved say "What does Allah wish to illustrate by this?" Thus it is. Allah leads astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills to the truth and the good. Only He knows the armies of your Lord. This is nothing but an admonition and a reminder for man.

We said that this 2-day life of confrontation (test) with what is within oneself removes the right of the servants to object in the Hereafter. Let us continue to give examples from the relevant verses

Nisa

165 And We sent messengers bringing glad tidings and warning, so that mankind may have no proof against Allah after the messengers have come. Allah is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

7172 When your Lord brings forth the offspring from the loins of the sons of Adam, He makes them witnesses to themselves "Am I not your Lord?" They say, "Yes, we bear witness." So you will not be able to say on the Day of Resurrection, "We were unaware of this".

7173 Or you will not be able to say, "Our forefathers used to associate partners and we are their descendants after them; will you destroy us because of those who practiced innovations and superstitions?"

Human beings will have no excuse in the Hereafter for their deviations, such as disbelief, associating partners or following fabricated ancestral teachings. Both the revelations and proofs given at birth and the revelations and proofs we meet later on ensure this.

It is known what we would do with our free will if we were tried in infinite options for eternity, and accordingly we are made to face ourselves for 2 days (test). In this way, the evidence we deserve for or against us is collected.

Surat al-An'am 123 In this way We have made the bigwigs in every city/every civilization the criminals of that city and civilization, so that they may plot and set traps therein. In fact, they do not play tricks on anyone other than their own selves, but they do not realize it.

Surat al-Anfal 30 Those who disbelieved were plotting against you that they might bind you or kill you or drive you out of your land. They plot, and Allah also plots. But Allah is the best of plotters.

Surat al-Tur 42 Or do they wish to lay a trap? Verily, those who disbelieve are themselves caught in a trap.

Also pay attention to these verses

ISRA

And We decreed in the Book to the Children of Israel "Twice you will make mischief in that land and you will be very proud (you will be overbearing)!
And when the time came for the first time, We sent upon you Our servants who were very strong, and they went into the houses and searched you. This was a promise to be fulfilled.
Then again We enabled you to defeat them and We supported you with wealth and sons and multiplied your warriors.
If you do good, you do good to yourselves. And if you do evil, it is against yourselves. And when the time of your last transgression comes (We will send again such servants) that they may make your faces evil (cause your faces to fall in grief) and enter the Masjid (Jerusalem) as they entered it the first time, and destroy what they seized.

Again, our Lord says that He knows who will do what and what they deserve in the Hereafter.

Meanwhile, the fact that Allah knows who will go to heaven or hell before He even creates them, and that He created the people of heaven for heaven and the people of hell for hell, causes some people to falter philosophically for some reason.

That is to say, there are some people who raise strange objections such as, "If it is clear who will go where in the hereafter, why are we struggling?"

Nothing is certain from our point of view. Whatever we are going to do, we will do it with our own free will and then we will find out who goes where.

And this two-day representative test will take place in parallel with what we would do if we were tested forever. So no one goes to paradise or hell by accident. On the contrary, since it is clear what you would have been if you had lived forever, you will go to the eternal realm that you really deserve.

Otherwise, if Allah did not know what you would do if you lived forever, then everyone would be going to paradise and hell by chance. Whatever came out of the bingo, how you would come across in the world of 2 days, how you said goodbye, you would accidentally fall into paradise or hell.

But no, everyone is being brought to exactly what they deserve in a perfect way by our Almighty Lord.

Imagine a wounded person. You see him on the road and he needs urgent help. Now God knows whether this person will live or not. But you don't. That's why you immediately rush to that person's aid and work hard to save that person.

This is exactly the logic and reality of the test. We do not know whether we (and others) are going to paradise or hell. That is why we should run to the aid of both ourselves and all people. Both for the sake of worldly pleasure and for the sake of eternal happiness....

We should constantly produce good behaviors that will make people happy.

(My Turkish article translated with machine)

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Peace

By the way, it should be noted that our prayers do not change our destiny. Because even before Allah created us, He already knew what we would pray with our free will and wrote our destiny accordingly from the very beginning

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943 God pardons you; why did you give them leave before it became clear to you who are truthful, and who are lying?

944 Those who believe in God and the Last Day will not ask leave. They strive with their money and their lives. And God is aware of the righteous.

945 Those who ask leave are the ones who do not believe in God and the Last Day, and their hearts are in doubt. In their doubts they are wavering.

946 And if they had wanted to go then they would have taken all precautions for it, but God disliked them coming forth, so He made them lag behind, and they were told "Stay with those who have stayed."

947 Had they come out with you they would have added nothing but disorder, and they would have hurried about seeking a test among you. There are some amongst you who listen to them. God is aware of the wicked.

948 Indeed, even before this time have they tried to stir up discord and devised all manner of plots against thee, until the truth was revealed and God's will became manifest, however hateful this may have been to them.

(Here again we see the divine plan of Allah at work. Allah knew that the prophet would give permission to those people, and on this occasion again everyone was made to face themselves)

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God/Allah already knows from the very beginning what everyone will choose and what they deserve

554 O you who believe, whoever from among you turns away from His system, then God will bring a people whom He loves and they love Him; humble towards the believers, proud towards the rejecters; they strive in the cause of God and do not fear to be blamed by those who blame. This is the grace of God, He bestows it upon whom He wills; God is Encompassing, Knowledgeable.

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Allah has known from the very beginning what His servants will choose with their free will

174 And We decreed to the Children of Israel in the Book, that you will make corruption twice on the earth, and that you will become very high and mighty.