Two Muslims hold the same belief in divine decree and draw opposite conclusions from it.
The first meets loss, illness or failure and finds the belief steadying. What reached him was never going to miss him; what missed him was never going to reach him. He grieves without despairing.
The second uses it as cover. Why blame him for what he does, when Allah decreed it before he was born? Every Muslim has heard this argument. Some have used it.
What the Booklet Establishes
Belief in Qada wa Qadar is not in dispute — it is one of the six pillars of faith, and denying it is not an option. What is in dispute is what follows from it, and that is where this booklet works.
It sets out what divine decree means: that Allah's knowledge encompasses everything, that His will is executed, and that this is entirely compatible with a human being choosing his own actions and answering for them. The second man's argument fails not because his premise is wrong but because his conclusion does not follow from it — and the booklet shows exactly where the step breaks, using the Qur'an and the Sunnah rather than philosophical argument.
Written to Be Given Away
Short, plain and inexpensive. Qadar is one of the two or three subjects where confusion is most common and most damaging, and where a brief correct explanation does more good than a long one nobody finishes. Suitable for new Muslims, youth groups, da'wah tables and anyone who has heard the excuse made and did not know how to answer it.
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