Destiny

Ibn Abbaas said:‎كل شيء بقدر حتى وضعك يدك على خدك“𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗸.”(‘Khalq Af’aalil Ibaad’, 26).

A righteous man was asked: “𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱?”He smiled and replied: “𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀…

We sometimes get disappointed when God doesn’t open a certain door for us, but sometimes those passages lead to nowhere or destroy us if opened. If we knew what was…

Don’t get angry at your children when they break utensils, because it is said that these lifeless objects also have an expiry date [ajal], like living beings [‎لا تضربوا إماءكم…

A Pashtun poet, Abdul-Rahman-Baba, says in a poem: څوک له خاورو ايرو پاڅوي تخت ورکړي څوک له تخته د ایرو په ډيران ولي "God rises some people from dust and…

An elderly man in China was using this object as a hammer to break walnuts for 25 years, until someone noticed that it was an unexploded grenade! ‏ ‎وَمَا كَانَ…

Jesus and the blind boy … بحر الدموع Ibn al-Jawzi narrates: ‎يروى أن عيسى عليه السلام مرّ ببعض الأنهار، فإذا بصبيان يلعبون في ذلك النهر، ومعهم صبي أعمى قد كف…

Arabs say: مَنْ حَفَرَ لأَخِيهِ قَلِيبًاأَوْقَعَهُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ قَرِيبًا"Whoever digs for his brother a hole (qaleeb),God will make this person himself fall in it soon (qareeb)." This is not a…

In 1894, when Adolf Hitler was a small child, he almost drowned in a river - but he was saved by someone! Imagine the impact of this incident on human…

Al-Qur'an: وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ "And for every nation (civilisation) there is a fixed term (lifespan)." [7:34].

Inanimate Objects also have a Destiny/Fate - قدر It has been narrated: لا تضربوا إماءكم على إنائكم فإن لها أجلا كآجال الناس "Don't smack your servants for breaking your vessels,…

Predestination (قدر) A man missed his flight. He became angry. Later on he saw on the news that the plane he missed, had crashed. In life, we will face problems…