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MISCONCEPTION ABOUT FATE (TAQDEER) Has God predestined everything for us?

If yes then why are we held accountable for what we are bound to do exactly in accordance with that which God has written for us in advance? I have come across many people, especially Muslims, who have a lot of confusion regarding Taqdeer or FATE. It is often questioned that if everything has been drafted by God in advance and we all, human, animals, earth, heaven, sun moon etc., are bound to act exactly in the manner what has been predestined for us then what is the logic of our accountability. How can one be held accountable if he or she is forced to act on the lines already defined for him by the God. For example if I (God forbid) kill someone then it is because this murder has already been ordained for me by God. And if I act (kill someone) exactly in the manner what has already been destined by God for me then why should I be held responsible for that murder. Everything that we are doing and will do in our lives has already been written in the Holy Book of Allah named Loh e Mehfooz. All the creations of God except human beings have not been granted will powers. Sun, earth, moon, heaven cant change their routine on their own; they have to do exactly what God has ordained. But, the human being is the creation having been given will powers within certain limits. We have been blessed with very limited powers which on the whole are possessed by God. God can see everything, in past and future but we cant, we can see present but neither past nor future. God can hear everything but we can hear within limits. God has ultimate powers to do anything He wants but we have limited powers to do what we want. There is no doubt that we have been given a limited will power with which we are free to do anything, within defined limits, we want. We can love, we can do evil deeds, we can steal, and we can kill whatsoever we want. But this doesnt mean that we are bound to do all these events because they have already been ordained for us by God. Let me put it this way, as our God is not bound within our time frame or time dimension, He sees our future just like as he sees our past or present, and he knows very well what we have been doing, are doing and will do. Having known to him all, He wrote everything in the Holy Book and it looks we do everything according to what He already wrote. But the fact is that He wrote everything that we do in our life in advance. Every one is familiar with video games now a days. Every video game is a series of logics deliberately set at every turning point having two choices, yes or no, for the player. If someone opt correct logic, correct yes or no, at each turning point and levels, then he gets through and reaches the end point of the game and win it. The end point of the game is already known to the creator of that game. He knows very well each and every point which he deliberately sets with yes or no logic, for player to opt in order to have a win. Suppose the creator of video game has two kids. Being a loving father and having very close contacts with them, he knows very well which kid is likely to win the game and which one to loose. Having known their temperaments, he knows in advance which kid will adopt which logic at each and every turning point and level and is confident about the winner and looser. But he does not compel any of his children while selecting any of the game options. This doesnt mean at all that because the father already knows which one will be the looser or winner, the kids are bound to react in the manner what their father thinks them about them.

Now compare our life with that video game. We start this game with our birth and it is ended with death. There are a number of decisive moments in our life where one has to do this or that, tilt towards evil or be righteous. To decide what to do on decisive moments we have Guidance from our God in the form of scriptures, do this in such condition, dont do that etc. As God is our creator, He knows all of us very well and also know who will do what and when. What we do is not because it has already been ordained by God rather God has written all that we do, did or what we will do using our granted will power.

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