Questions On Destiny And Human Free Will This article covers some interesting questions and answers on Destiny And Human Free Will. Question: Are we victims of Destiny? Do we have any part in the calamities befalling us? Answer: As this question has been discussed earlier, I will present a summarized...
Divine Decree And Destiny This article covers the answer to the question: “What is Divine Decree and Destiny?“ Divine Knowledge God is completely beyond our abilities of comparison and conception, and so we can acquire only some knowledge of His Attributes and Names, not of His Divine Essence, by meditating...
What Is Free Will? Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of responsibility, praise, guilt, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen. It is also connected with the concepts of advice, persuasion, deliberation,...
Will (Philosophy) Will, generally, is that faculty of the mind which selects, at the moment of decision, the strongest desire from among the various desires present. Will does not refer to any particular desire, but rather to the mechanism for choosing from among one’s desires. Within philosophy the will is important...
Free Will Free will is the power to exercise control over one’s decisions and actions. The interest of free will in philosophy primarily lies in whether free will exists. While hard determinism denies the existence of free will, other schools such as incompatibilism, soft determinism (or compatibilism), and libertarianism recognize it in some way...
Death And Destiny This article covers the answer to the question: “What is the Relationship Between Death and Destiny?“ Every event, including the manner and time of death, are predestined. Everything occurs within the framework of the Divine Decree, and also within an individual plan for each being. Such plans...
Why Do Both Destiny and Man’s Free Will Exist? This article covers the answer to the question: “Why do both destiny and man’s free will exist?“ Destiny and man’s free will, which marks the farthest point of perfection of one’s belief and submission, is something related to the inner experience...
Nature Of Man’s Free Will What is the Nature Of Man’s Free Will? Man’s free will is not something visible like the parts of the body. Nor does it have a material existence. However, that something has no visible, material existence does not mean it does not exist. Everyone has...
What Is Destiny? Destiny is a title of Divine Knowledge, it is not something that annuls man’s free will and forces him to behave in a pre-ordained way. Since God knows beforehand how man will behave in the world, He has an angel to pre-record his life history. Man behaves...
Is Man The Master of His Own Destiny? This article covers the answer to the question: “Is Man The Master of His Own Destiny?“ Question: Some Christian and other religious authorities considered the creation of evil to be evil, and therefore did not attribute the creation of unbelief and misguidance...
Is Manner And Moment Of Every Death Predestined? This article covers death and predestination. Like every other kind of event, the manner and time of death are predestined. In other words, what happens and is true of the natural world is likewise true of man. The process of coming into...
Illnesses And Afflictions We should point out that however undesirable and even appalling in appearance, afflictions, and illnesses usually bear good results. Like sometimes punishing our children in order to train them or having a gangrenous limb amputated, or obtaining medicine from the poison of snakes, most of the afflictions...
Does God Determine All Events In The Universe? This article covers the answer to the question: “Does God Determine All Events In The Universe?“ Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, God, the All Mighty determines everything in the universe....
What Is Divine Decree? Divine Decree means the execution of the decisions or judgments of Destiny. It includes man’s actions and God’s creation of them at the same time. That is, man wills to do something, which was (pre-) recorded in Destiny and God allows him to do that and...
God’s Predetermination Of Man’s Life This article is about God’s Predetermination of Man’s Life. Man’s free will is also included in the Divine Will. Nevertheless, the relation between the Divine Will and man’s free will is not the same as that between the Divine Will and the lives of other...
Divine Destiny And Decree And Divine Grace This article covers the relationship between Divine Decree and Destiny and Divine Grace. Divine Decree means carrying out Destiny’s decisions or judgments. It simultaneously includes our actions and God’s creation of them, for God allows us to do what we will to do by...
How Can We Reconcile Destiny and Man’s Free Will? The Divine Destiny and Man’s Free Will Can Be Reconciled In Seven Ways: First way: The absolute order and harmony displayed by the whole of creation bear witness that God is All-Wise and Just. Wisdom and Justice demand that man should...
Destiny And Man’s Free Will This article covers the understanding of destiny and man’s free will. Except for the human realm and Jinn, who have free will and therefore are accountable for their acts, Divine Destiny is the single absolutely and exclusively dominant factor in existence. In order to reconcile...
The Existence Of Man’s Free Will This article covers the Arguments for The Existence of Man’s Free Will. a. A man feels remorse when he commits something wrong. He begs God’s forgiveness for his sins. If he troubles someone or does someone harm, he begs that person to excuse him. All...
The Meaning Of Destiny And Decree This article covers the clarification of the meaning of destiny and decree. In a sense, Decree and Destiny are of the same meaning, but in another, Destiny means pre-determination or pre-ordinance, while Decree means the execution of this ordinance or putting it into effect. To...